Security

Pierluigi Paganini October 03, 2024
Cloudflare mitigated new record-breaking DDoS attack of 3.8 Tbps

Cloudflare recently mitigated a new record-breaking DDoS attack, peaking at 3.8 Tbps and 2.14 billion packets per second (Pps). Cloudflare reported that starting from early September, it has mitigated over 100 hyper-volumetric L3/4 DDoS attacks, with many exceeding 2 billion Pps and 3 Tbps. The largest DDoS attack peaked at 3.8 Tbps, that is the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 03, 2024
Telegram revealed it shared U.S. user data with law enforcement

Telegram fulfilled over a dozen U.S. law enforcement data requests this year, potentially revealing the IP addresses or phone numbers of 100+ users. Independent website 404 Media first revealed that in 2024 Telegram has fulfilled more than a dozen law enforcement data requests from the U.S. authorities. The social media platform “potentially revealed” that it […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2024
U.S. CISA adds Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2024-29824 (CVSS score of 9.6) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. In May, Ivanti rolled out security patches to […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2024
14 New DrayTek routers’ flaws impacts over 700,000 devices in 168 countries

Multiple flaws in DrayTek residential and enterprise routers can be exploited to fully compromise vulnerable devices. Forescout researchers discovered 14 new vulnerabilities in DrayTek routers, two of which have been rated as critical. Of the 14 security flaws nine are rated high, and three are rated medium in severity. The flaws impact residential and enterprise […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2024
UMC Health System diverted patients following a ransomware attack

US healthcare provider UMC Health System had to divert patients due to a network outage caused by a ransomware attack. On September 27, 2024, US healthcare provider UMC Health System announced an investigation into an IT outage across its network. UMC diverted patients for several days after taking IT systems offline following a ransomware attack. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2024
U.S. CISA adds D-Link DIR-820 Router, DrayTek Multiple Vigor Router, Motion Spell GPAC, SAP Commerce Cloud bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds D-Link DIR-820 Router, DrayTek Multiple Vigor Router, Motion Spell GPAC, SAP Commerce Cloud bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added SonicWall SonicOS, ImageMagick and Linux Kernel vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the descriptions for these […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2024
News agency AFP hit by cyberattack, client services impacted

AFP suffered a cyberattack affecting its IT systems and content delivery for partners, the incident impacted some client services. Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported a cyberattack on Friday that impacted its IT systems and content delivery for partners. The media agency confirmed that the global news coverage remains unaffected, however some client services were impacted. AFP […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2024
Progress Software fixed 2 new critical flaws in WhatsUp Gold

Progress Software addresses six new security vulnerabilities affecting its WhatsUp Gold, two of them are rated as critical severity. Progress Software has addressed six new security vulnerabilities in its IT infrastructure monitoring product WhatsUp Gold. “The WhatsUp Gold team has identified six vulnerabilities that exist in versions below 24.0.1. We are reaching out to all […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2024
Irish Data Protection Commission fined Meta €91 million for storing passwords in readable format

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta €91 million for storing the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plaintext. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) €91 million ($100 million) for storing the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plaintext, violating data protection regulations. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2024
A cyberattack on Kuwait Health Ministry impacted hospitals in the country

The Kuwait Health Ministry is recovering from a cyberattack that disrupted systems at multiple hospitals and disabled the Sahel healthcare app. Kuwait’s Health Ministry was the victim of a cyberattack that took systems at several of the country’s hospitals offline. The cyber attack also impacted the Ministry of Health website, which is still offline, and […]