Security

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2022
Swiss army asks its personnel to use the Threema instant-messaging app

The Swiss army has banned all instant messaging apps, including Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp, recommending the use of the Threema app. The Swiss army has banned foreign instant messaging apps such as Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp and only allows its members to use the Threema messaging app, which is developed in Switzerland. Threema is the instant […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2022
Russian submarines threatening undersea cables, UK defence chief warns

Russian submarines threatening undersea network of undersea cables, says UK defence chief Sir Tony Radakin UK defence chief Sir Tony Radakin warns of Russian submarines threatening the undersea network of internet cables, which are critical infrastructure of our society. Multiple activities heavily depend on the global network of undersea cables, including financial transactions and communications. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2022
Unauthenticated RCE in H2 Database Console is similar to Log4Shell

Researchers disclosed a critical RCE flaw in the H2 open-source Java SQL database which is similar to the Log4J vulnerability. Jfrog researchers discovered a critical vulnerability in the H2 open-source Java SQL database related to the Log4Shell Log4J vulnerability. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-42392, could allow attackers to execute remote code on vulnerable systems, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2022
Alfer Microsoft, also SonicWall confirmed that its products were affected by Y2K22 bug

SonicWall confirmed that some of its Email Security and firewall products have been impacted by the Y2K22 bug. Security vendor SonicWall confirmed that some of its Email Security and firewall products have been impacted by the Y2K22 bug. According to the company, starting January 1, 2022, its Email Security products began experiencing an issue causing […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2022
Norton Crypto, the controversial cryptomining feature of Norton 360

Experts warn that the popular antivirus product Norton 360 has installed a cryptocurrency miner on its customers’ computers. Many users ignore that Norton 360 comes with a cryptomining feature, dubbed Norton Crypto, that could allow them to earn money mining Ethereum (ETH) cryptocurrency while the customer’s computer is idle. Norton keeps a 15% of the mined cryptocurrency. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2022
Google Docs comment feature abused in phishing campaign

Experts warn of a new phishing technique that abuses the commenting feature of Google Docs to send out emails that appear from a legitimate source. Researchers from security firm Avanan in December uncovered a phishing campaign targeting mainly Outlook users with a new technique that abuses the commenting feature of Google Docs to send out […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2022
VMware fixed CVE-2021-22045 heap-overflow in Workstation, Fusion and ESXi

VMware addressed a heap-overflow issue (CVE-2021-22045) in Workstation, Fusion and CVE-2021-22045 products that can lead to code execution on the hypervisor. VMware released security updates to address a heap-overflow vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-22045, in its Workstation, Fusion and ESXi products. VMware has addressed the vulnerability with the release of ESXi670-202111101-SG, ESXi650-202110101-SG, Workstation 16.2.0, and Fusion […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2022
Researchers used electromagnetic signals to classify malware infecting IoT devices

Cybersecurity researchers demonstrate how to use electromagnetic field emanations from IoT devices to detect malware. A team of academics (Duy-Phuc Pham, Damien Marion, Matthieu Mastio and Annelie Heuser) from the Research Institute of Computer Science and Random Systems (IRISA) have devised a new approach that analyzes electromagnetic field emanations from the Internet of Things (IoT) […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2022
SEGA Europe left AWS S3 bucket unsecured exposing data and infrastructure to attack

SEGA Europe inadvertently left users’ personal information publicly accessible on Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket. SEGA Europe inadvertently left users’ personal information publicly accessible on Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket.  At the end of the year, gaming giant SEGA Europe inadvertently left users’ personal information publicly accessible on Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket, cybersecurity firm VPN […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2022
Microsoft rolled out emergency fix for Y2k22 bug in Exchange servers

Microsoft released an emergency patch to fix the Y2k22 bug that is breaking email delivery on on-premise Microsoft Exchange servers. Microsoft has rolled out an emergency fix that addresses the Y2k22 bug that is breaking email delivery on on-premise Microsoft Exchange servers since January 1st, 2022. “We have addressed the issue causing messages to be […]