Security

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2023
Experts released VMware vRealize Log RCE exploit for CVE-2022-31706

Horizon3 security researchers released proof-of-concept (PoC) code for VMware vRealize Log Insight RCE vulnerability CVE-2022-31706. Last week, researchers from Horizon3’s Attack Team announced the release of PoC exploit code for remote code execution in VMware vRealize Log tracked as CVE-2022-31706 (CVSS base 9.8/10). The PoC exploit code will trigger a series of flaws in VMware […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2023
QNAP addresses a critical flaw impacting its NAS devices

Taiwanese vendor QNAP is warning customers to install QTS and QuTS firmware updates to address a critical flaw impacting its NAS devices. QNAP released QTS and QuTS firmware updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-27596 (CVSS v3 score: 9.8), that affects QNAP NAS devices. A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability to inject malicious code […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2023
ISC fixed high-severity flaws in DNS software suite BIND

The latest BIND updates patch multiple remotely exploitable vulnerabilities that could lead to denial-of-service (DoS). BIND is a suite of software for interacting with the Domain Name System (DNS) maintained by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC). The ISC released security patches to address multiple high-severity denial-of-service DoS vulnerabilities in the DNS software suite. Threat actors can exploit […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2023
Patch management is crucial to protect Exchange servers, Microsoft warns

Microsoft warns customers to patch their Exchange servers because attackers always look to exploit unpatched installs. Microsoft published a post to urge its customers to protect their Exchange servers because threat actors actively attempt to exploit vulnerabilities in unpatched installs. The IT giant recommends installing the latest available Cumulative Update (CU) and Security Update (SU) […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2023
Google Chrome 109 update addresses six security vulnerabilities

Google addressed six security vulnerabilities in its web browser Chrome, none of them actively exploited in the wild. Google released Chrome version 109.0.5414.119 for Mac and Linux and 109.0.5414.119/.120 for Windows to address a total of six vulnerabilities. Four of the addressed flaws were reported by external researchers that were awarded for more than $26,500 for their […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2023
North Korea-linked TA444 group turns to credential harvesting activity

North Korea-linked TA444 group is behind a credential harvesting campaign targeting a number of industry verticals. Proofpoint researchers reported that North Korea-linked TA444 APT group (aka APT38, BlueNoroff, Copernicium, and Stardust Chollima) is behind a credential harvesting campaign targeting a number of industry verticals. APT38 appears to be a North Korea-linked group separate from the infamous Lazarus group, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2023
DragonSpark threat actor avoids detection using Golang source code Interpretation

Chinese threat actor tracked as DragonSpark targets organizations in East Asia with a Golang malware to evade detection. SentinelOne researchers spotted a Chinese-speaking actor, tracked as DragonSpark, that is targeting organizations in East Asia. The attackers employed an open source tool SparkRAT along with Golang malware that implements an uncommon technique to evade detection. “The threat […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2023
VMware warns of critical code execution bugs in vRealize Log Insight

A critical vulnerability in VMware vRealize Log Insight appliance can allow an unauthenticated attacker to take full control of a target system. VMware addressed multiple vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-31706, CVE-2022-31704, CVE-2022-31710, and CVE-2022-31711, in its vRealize Log Insight appliance. VRealize Log Insight is a log collection and analytics virtual appliance that enables administrators to collect, view, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2023
Pakistan hit by nationwide power outage, is it the result of a cyber attack?

Pakistan suffered a nationwide blackout, local authorities are investigating the cause and suspect it was the result of a cyberattack. On Monday, a nationwide blackout in Pakistan left millions of people in the darkness, and the authorities are investigating if it was caused by a cyberattack. The power outage impacted all the major cities in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2023
GoTo revealed that threat actors stole customers’ backups and encryption key for some of them

GoTo is notifying customers that its development environment was breached in November 2022, attackers stole customers’ backups and encryption key. GoTo, formerly LogMeIn Inc, is a flexible-work provider of software as a service (SaaS) and cloud-based remote work tools for collaboration and IT management, The company is warning customers that threat actors breached its development environment in November 2022 and stole encrypted […]