Security

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2022
US Treasury sanctioned Iran ’s Ministry of Intelligence over Albania cyberattack

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Iran ‘s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and its Minister of Intelligence over the Albania cyberattack. The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against Iran ‘s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and its Minister of Intelligence over the cyber attack that hit Albania in July. MOIS is the primary intelligence […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2022
$30 Million worth of cryptocurrency stolen by Lazarus from Axie Infinity was recovered

US authorities recovered more than $30 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen by the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT from Axie Infinity. A joint operation conducted by enforcement and leading organizations in the cryptocurrency industry allowed to recover more than $30 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen by North Korean-linked APT group Lazarus from online video game Axie […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2022
Experts warn of attacks exploiting zero-day in WordPress BackupBuddy plugin

Threat actors are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in a WordPress plugin called BackupBuddy, Wordfence researchers warned. On September 6, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team was informed of a vulnerability being actively exploited in the BackupBuddy WordPress plugin. This plugin allows users to back up an entire WordPress installation, including theme files, pages, posts, widgets, users, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2022
CISA adds 12 new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

CISA added 12 more security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog including four D-Link vulnerabilities. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 12 new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, including four vulnerabilities in D-Link routers, two Chrome zero-day issues, and a recently disclosed flaw in the QNAP Photo Station. According to Binding Operational […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2022
Cisco will not fix the authentication bypass flaw in EoL routers

Cisco fixed new security flaws affecting its products, including a recently disclosed high-severity issue in NVIDIA Data Plane Development Kit. The most severe issues fixed by Cisco are an unauthenticated Access to Messaging Services Vulnerability affecting Cisco SD-WAN vManage software and a vulnerability in NVIDIA Data Plane Development Kit. The two issues have been tracked as CVE-2022-20696 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2022
Challenges of User Authentication: What You Need to Know

In the digital age, authentication is paramount to a strong security strategy. Which are the challenges of user authentication? In the digital age, authentication is paramount to a strong security strategy. As virtually every aspect of day-to-day life and business is conducted online, the added convenience has also brought added risk. Information privacy, data sovereignty, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2022
Zyxel addressed a critical RCE flaw in its NAS devices

Networking equipment vendor Zyxel addressed a critical vulnerability impacting its network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Zyxel addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-34747, impacting its network-attached storage (NAS) devices. The CVE-2022-34747 (CVSS score: 9.8) flaw is classified as a format string vulnerability that resides in Zyxel NAS326 firmware versions prior to V5.21(AAZF.12)C0. An attacker can exploit […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2022
Experts discovered TeslaGun Panel used by TA505 to manage its ServHelper Backdoor

Researchers discovered a previously undocumented software control panel, named TeslaGun, used by a cybercrime gang known as TA505. Researchers from cybersecurity firm PRODAFT have discovered a previously undocumented software control panel, tracked as TeslaGun, used by a cybercrime group known as TA505. Russian TA505 hacking group, aka Evil Corp, has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2022
Windows Defender identified Chromium, Electron apps as Hive Ransomware

Microsoft released a Windows Defender update to fix a problem that caused Defender antivirus to identify Chromium, Electron, as malware Microsoft released a Windows Defender update to fix a problem that caused Defender antivirus software to identify the app based on the Chromium browser engine or the Electron JavaScript framework as malware. Multiple users reported […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2022
A new SharkBot variant bypassed Google Play checks again

Experts spotted an upgraded version of the SharkBot malware that was uploaded to the official Google Play Store. Fox IT researchers have spotted an upgraded version of a SharkBot dropper that was uploaded to the official Google Play Store. While previous variants of the dropper relied on Accessibility permissions to automatically install the Sharkbot malware, […]