Security

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2022
Samsung data breach: Lapsus$ gang stole Galaxy devices’ source code

Samsung confirmed that threat actors had access to the source code of its Galaxy smartphones in recent security breach. Samsung this week disclosed a data breach, threat actors had access to internal company data, including the source code of Galaxy models. Last week the Lapsus$ ransomware gang claimed to have stolen a huge trove of sensitive data […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2022
Microsoft March 2022 Patch Tuesday updates fix 89 vulnerabilities

Microsoft March 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates address 89 vulnerabilities in multiple products, including 3 zero-days. Microsoft March 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates address 89 vulnerabilities in multiple products, including Microsoft Windows components, Azure and Azure DevOps, Azure Sphere, Internet Explorer and Edge (EdgeHTML), Exchange Server, Office and Office Services and Web Apps, SharePoint Server, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2022
Access:7 flaws impact +150 device models from over 100 manufacturers

Many IoT and medical devices are affected by seven serious flaws, collectively tracked as Access:7, in widely used Axeda platform. Researchers from medical device cybersecurity company CyberMDX have discovered seven serious flaws, collectively tracked as Access:7, in the widely used Axeda platform of IIoT solutions provider PTC. “Access:7 could enable hackers to remotely execute malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2022
CISA urges to fix actively exploited Firefox zero-days by March 21

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added recently disclosed Firefox zero-days to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two critical security vulnerabilities in Mozilla firefox, tracked as CVE-2022-26485 and CVE-2022-26486, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The US agency has ordered federal civilian agencies to address both issues by […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2022
Dirty Pipe Linux flaw allows gaining root privileges on major distros

Dirty Pipe is a Linux vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0847, that can allow local users to gain root privileges on all major distros. Security expert Max Kellermann discovered a Linux flaw, dubbed Dirty Pipe and tracked as CVE-2022-0847, that can allow local users to gain root privileges on all major distros. The vulnerability affects Linux Kernel […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2022
Mozilla addresses two actively exploited zero-day flaws in Firefox

Mozilla fixed two critical actively exploited zero-day bugs in Firefox with the release of 97.0.2, ESR 91.6.1, Firefox for Android 97.3.0, and Focus 97.3.0. Mozilla has released Firefox 97.0.2, Firefox ESR 91.6.1, Firefox for Android 97.3.0, and Focus 97.3.0 to address a couple of critical zero-day vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-26485 and CVE-2022-26485, actively exploited in […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2022
CVE-2022-0492 flaw in Linux Kernel cgroups feature allows container escape

A Linux kernel flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-0492, can allow an attacker to escape a container to execute arbitrary commands on the container host. A now-patched high-severity Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0492 (CVSS score: 7.0), can be exploited by an attacker to escape a container to execute arbitrary commands on the container host. The issue is […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2022
Thousands of satellite users offline in Europe following a cyberattack, is it a conflict spillover?

Thousands of satellite internet users across Europe were disconnected from the internet by a cyber-event, experts suspect a cyber attack. Orange confirmed that “nearly 9,000 subscribers” of a satellite internet service provided by its subsidiary Nordnet in France were offline following a “cyber event” that took place on February 24 at Viasat, the US giant […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2022
Russian watchdog Roskomnadzor also blocked Facebook in Russia

State communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has ordered to block access to Facebook in Russia amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. State communications watchdog Roskomnadzor ordered to block access to Facebook over its decision to ban Russian media and state information resources. The block comes after Facebook recently deactivated or restricted access to accounts belonging to media […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2022
CISA adds 95 flaws to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 95 vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added 95 vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, FCEB agencies have to address the identified vulnerabilities […]