Security

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2022
75% of medical infusion pumps affected by known vulnerabilities

Researchers analyzed more than 200,000 network-connected medical infusion pumps and discovered that over 100,000 of them are vulnerable. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks have analyzed more than 200,000 medical infusion pumps on the networks of hospitals and other healthcare organizations and discovered that 75% are affected by known vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2022
Cisco fixed two critical flaws in Expressway, TelePresence VCS solutions

Cisco fixed critical flaws in its Expressway Series and TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) unified communications products. Cisco announced security patches for a couple of critical vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-20754 and CVE-2022-20755 (CVSS score of 9.0), in its Expressway Series and TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) unified communications products. “Multiple vulnerabilities in the API and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2022
The Difference Between Human and Machine Identities

As digital transformation is advancing and automation is becoming an essential component of modern enterprises, collaboration between humans and machines is crucial. With this level of interaction, a new identity problem is emerging as machines operate on behalf of humans. Collaboration between humans and machines is a working reality today. Along with this comes the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2022
Popular open-source PJSIP library is affected by critical flaws

Researchers from JFrog’s Security Research team discovered five vulnerabilities in the PJSIP open-source multimedia communication library. Researchers from JFrog’s Security Research team discovered five vulnerabilities in the popular PJSIP open-source multimedia communication library. PJSIP is a communication library written in C language implementing standard-based protocols such as SIP, SDP, RTP, STUN, TURN, and ICE. It […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2022
Asylum Ambuscade spear-phishing campaign targets EU countries aiding Ukrainian refugees

A spear-phishing campaign, tracked as Asylum Ambuscade, targets European government personnel aiding Ukrainian refugees. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint uncovered a spear-phishing campaign, likely conducted by a nation-state actor, that compromised a Ukrainian armed service member’s email account to target European government personnel involved in managing the logistics of refugees fleeing Ukraine. The phishing messages […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2022
Researcher leaked Conti’s internal chat messages in response to its support to Russia

A Ukrainian researcher leaked tens of thousands of internal chat messages belonging to the Conti ransomware operation. A Ukrainian researcher leaked 60,694 messages internal chat messages belonging to the Conti ransomware operation after the announcement of the group of its support to Russia. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Hold Security confirmed that the researcher was able to access […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2022
Chipmaker giant Nvidia hit by a ransomware attack

The chipmaker giant Nvidia was the victim of a ransomware attack that took down some of its systems for two days. The chipmaker giant Nvidia was victim of a ransomware attack that impacted some of its systems for two days. The security breach is not connected to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, according to a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2022
Russia restricts Twitter in the country amid conflict with Ukraine

Global internet monitor working group NetBlocks reported that Twitter has been restricted in Russia amid conflict with Ukraine. Global internet monitor working organization NetBlocks shared its metrics confirming the restriction of Twitter in Russia from early morning amid conflict with Ukraine. Multiple local providers (Rostelecom, MTS, Beeline and MegaFon) were blocking access to the popular […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2022
UK’s NHS Digital warns of an RCE in Okta Advanced Server Access client

The UK’s NHS Digital agency warns of an RCE in the Windows client for the Okta Advanced Server Access authentication management platform. The UK’s NHS Digital agency published a security advisory to warn organizations of a remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-24295, impacting the Windows client for the Okta Advanced Server Access authentication management […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2022
Data wiper attacks on Ukraine were planned at least in November and used ransomware as decoy

Experts reported that the wiper attacks that yesterday hit hundreds of systems in Ukraine used a GoLang-based ransomware decoy. Yesterday, researchers from cybersecurity firms ESET and Broadcom’s Symantec discovered a new data wiper malware that was employed in a recent wave of attacks that hit hundreds of machines in Ukraine. A tweet from ESET revealed that the company’s telemetry shows […]