Security

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2024
Cisco states that the second data leak is linked to the one from October

Cisco confirmed the authenticity of the 4GB of leaked data, the data was compromised in a recent security breach, marking the second leak in the incident. Cisco confirmed the authenticity of the 4GB of leaked data, which was compromised in a recent security breach, marking it as the second leak in the incident. “We are […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2024
Security Affairs newsletter Round 504 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Pro-Russia group NoName targeted the websites of Italian airports North Korea actors use OtterCookie malware in Contagious Interview […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2024
Pro-Russia group NoName targeted the websites of Italian airports

Pro-Russia group NoName057 targets Italian sites, including Malpensa and Linate airports, in a new DDoS campaign amid rising geopolitical tensions. The pro-Russia group NoName57 continues its campaign of DDoS attacks against Italian infrastructure. This time, the group of alleged hacktivists targeted multiple websites, include the sites of Malpensa and Linate airports, as well as the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2024
Palo Alto Networks fixed a high-severity PAN-OS flaw

Palo Alto Networks addressed a high-severity PAN-OS flaw that could trigger denial-of-service (DoS) on vulnerable devices. Palo Alto Networks addressed a high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-3393 (CVSS score: 8.7), in PAN-OS software that could cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to reboot the firewall by sending a malicious packet […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2024
Brazilian citizen charged for threatening to release data stolen from a company in 2020

A Brazilian citizen faces U.S. charges for allegedly threatening to release data stolen from a company in a March 2020 security breach. The U.S. government has charged the Brazilian citizen Junior Barros De Oliveira, 29, with allegedly threatening to release data stolen from a company during a March 2020 security breach. De Oliveira was charged […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2024
A new Mirai botnet variant targets DigiEver DS-2105 Pro DVRs

Akamai researchers discovered a new Mirai botnet variant targeting a vulnerability in DigiEver DS-2105 Pro DVRs. Akamai researchers spotted a Mirai-based botnet that is exploiting an remote code execution vulnerability in DigiEver DS-2105 Pro NVRs. The experts pointed out that this Mirai variant has been modified to use improved encryption algorithms. The Mirai variant incorporates ChaCha20 and […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2024
A ransomware attack disrupted services at Pittsburgh Regional Transit

A ransomware attack on Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) was the root cause of the agency’s service disruptions. On December 23, 2024, Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) announced it was actively responding to a ransomware attack that was first detected on Thursday, December 19. Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) is the public transportation agency that serves the Pittsburgh […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2024
Apache fixed a critical SQL Injection in Apache Traffic Control

Apache Software Foundation (ASF) addressed a critical SQL Injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-45387, in Apache Traffic Control. The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) released security updates to address a critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-45387 (CVSS score 9.9), in Traffic Control. Traffic Control allows operators to set up a Content Delivery Network to quickly and efficiently deliver content […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 2024
DMM Bitcoin $308M Bitcoin heist linked to North Korea

Japanese and U.S. authorities attributed the theft of $308 million cryptocurrency from DMM Bitcoin to North Korean cyber actors. Japanese and U.S. authorities linked the $308 million cyber heist targeting cryptocurrency company DMM Bitcoin to North Korea-linked threat actors. On June 1st, the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin announced that crooks stole 4,502.9 Bitcoin (BTC), […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 24, 2024
Adobe is aware that ColdFusion bug CVE-2024-53961 has a known PoC exploit code

Adobe released out-of-band security updates to address a critical ColdFusion vulnerability, experts warn of a PoC exploit code available for it. Adobe released out-of-band security updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-53961 (CVSS score 7.4), in ColdFusion. Experts warn of the availability of a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for this vulnerability. The vulnerability is an […]