Security

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2022
CISA adds Oracle Fusion Middleware flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

CISA added a critical flaw impacting Oracle Fusion Middleware, tracked as CVE-2021-35587, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a critical vulnerability impacting Oracle Fusion Middleware, tracked as CVE-2021-35587 (CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. An unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP can […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2022
Tips for Gamifying Your Cybersecurity Awareness Training Program

In today’s technological world, educating people about cybersecurity awareness is an absolute necessity. According to one report, 82% of data breaches involved the human element, from social attacks to misuse of technologies. These errors are not always entirely preventable, as some level of human error is inevitable, but proper training in cybersecurity awareness can greatly […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2022
Irish data protection commission fines Meta over 2021 data-scraping leak

Irish data protection commission (DPC) fined Meta for not protecting Facebook’s users’ data from scraping. Meta has been fined â‚¬265 million ($275.5 million) by the Irish data protection commission (DPC) for the data leak suffered by Facebook in 2021 that exposed the data belonging to millions of Facebook users. The Data Protection Commission is also imposing […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2022
A flaw in some Acer laptops can be used to bypass security features

ESET announced the discovery of a vulnerability impacting Acer laptops that can allow an attacker to deactivate UEFI Secure Boot. ESET researchers announced in a series of tweets the discovery of a vulnerability impacting Acer laptops, the issue can allow an attacker to deactivate UEFI Secure Boot. The experts explained that the flaw, tracked as […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2022
US FCC bans the import of electronic equipment from Chinese firms

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced it will completely ban the import of electronic equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the total ban for telecom and surveillance equipment from Chinese companies Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua due to an “unacceptable” national security threat. The US […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2022
Data from 5.4M Twitter users obtained from multiple threat actors

The massive data breach suffered by Twitter that exposed emails and phone numbers of its customers may have impacted more than five million users. At the end of July, a threat actor leaked data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform. The threat actor offered […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2022
Devices from Dell, HP, and Lenovo used outdated OpenSSL versions

Researchers discovered that devices from Dell, HP, and Lenovo are still using outdated versions of the OpenSSL cryptographic library. Binarly researchers discovered that devices from Dell, HP, and Lenovo are still using outdated versions of the OpenSSL cryptographic library. The OpenSSL software library allows secure communications over computer networks against eavesdropping or need to identify the party at the other end. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2022
Google fixed the eighth actively exploited #Chrome #zeroday this year

Google on Thursday released security updates to address a new zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-4135, impacting the Chrome web browser. Google rolled out an emergency security update for the desktop version of the Chrome web browser to address a new zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-4135, that is actively exploited. The CVE-2022-4135 vulnerability is a heap […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2022
Pro-Russian group Killnet claims responsibility for DDoS attack that has taken down the European Parliament site

Pro-Russian hacker collective Killnet took down the European Parliament website with a DDoS cyberattack. The Pro-Russia group of hacktivists Killnet claimed responsibility for the DDoS attack that today took down the website of the European Parliament website. “KILLNET officially recognises the European Parliament as sponsors of homosexualism,” states the group.  The attack was launched immediately […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2022
Microsoft releases out-of-band update to fix Kerberos auth issues caused by a patch for CVE-2022-37966

Microsoft released an out-of-band update to fix problems tied to a recent Windows security patch that caused Kerberos authentication issues. Microsoft released an out-of-band update to address issues caused by a recent Windows security patch that causes Kerberos authentication problems. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for November 2022 addressed a privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-37966, […]