Security

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2022
Thomson Reuters collected and leaked at least 3TB of sensitive data

The multinational media conglomerate Thomson Reuters left a database with sensitive customer and corporate data exposed online Original post at https://cybernews.com/security/thomson-reuters-leaked-terabytes-sensitive-data/ Thomson Reuters, a multinational media conglomerate, left an open database with sensitive customer and corporate data, including third-party server passwords in plaintext format. Attackers could use the details for a supply-chain attack. The Cybernews […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2022
SiriSpy flaw allows eavesdropping on users’ conversations with Siri

SiriSpy is a vulnerability affecting Apple iOS and macOS that allowed apps to eavesdrop on users’ conversations with Siri. SiriSpy is a now-patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-32946, in Apple’s iOS and macOS that could have potentially allowed any app with access to Bluetooth to eavesdrop on conversations with Siri and audio. “An app may be […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2022
OpenSSL to fix the second critical flaw ever

The OpenSSL Project announced an upcoming update to address a critical vulnerability in the open-source toolkit. The OpenSSL Project announced that it is going to release updates to address a critical vulnerability in the open-source toolkit. Experts pointed out that it is the first critical vulnerability patched in toolkit since September 2016. “The OpenSSL project […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2022
Two flaws in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility client for Windows actively exploited

Cisco warns of active exploitation attempts targeting two vulnerabilities in the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows. Cisco is warning of exploitation attempts targeting two security flaws, tracked as CVE-2020-3153 (CVSS score: 6.5) and CVE-2020-3433 (CVSS score: 7.8), in the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows. Both vulnerabilities are dated 2020 and are now patched. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2022
VMware fixes critical RCE in VMware Cloud Foundation

VMware addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation tracked as CVE-2021-39144. VMware has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-39144 (CVSSv3 9.8), in VMware Cloud Foundation. VMware Cloud Foundation™ is the industry’s most advanced hybrid cloud platform. It provides a complete set of software-defined services for compute, storage, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2022
Experts disclosed a 22-year-old bug in popular SQLite Database library

A high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-35737, has been disclosed in the SQLite database library. The security expert Andreas Kellas detailed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-35737 (CVSS score: 7.5), in the SQLite database library, which was introduced in October 2000. The CVE-2022-35737 flaw is an integer overflow issue that impacts SQLite versions 1.0.12 through 3.39.1. The vulnerability was […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2022
Apple fixed the ninth actively exploited zero-day this year

Apple released security updates that addressed the ninth zero-day vulnerability actively exploited in the wild since the start of the year.  Apple has addressed the ninth zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks in the wild since the start of the year. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42827, is an out-of-bounds write issue that can be exploited by an attacker to […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2022
Cuba ransomware affiliate targets Ukraine, CERT-UA warns

The Ukraine Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) warns of Cuba Ransomware attacks against critical networks in the country. The Ukraine Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) warns of potential Cuba Ransomware attacks against local critical infrastructure. On October 21, 2022, the Ukraine CERT-UA uncovered a phishing campaign impersonating the Press Service of the General Staff of […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2022
Norway PM warns of Russia cyber threat to oil and gas industry

Norway ’s prime minister warned last week that Russia poses “a real and serious threat” to the country’s oil and gas industry. Norway ’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre warned that Russia poses “a real and serious threat” to the country’s oil and gas industry. The minister claims its country is going slow in adopting […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2022
Security experts targeted with malicious CVE PoC exploits on GitHub

Researchers discovered thousands of GitHub repositories that offer fake proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for various flaws used to distribute malware. A team of researchers at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (Soufian El Yadmani, Robin The, Olga Gadyatskaya) discovered thousands of repositories on GitHub that offer fake proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for multiple vulnerabilities. The experts analyzed PoCs shared on […]