Security

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2021
Olympus US was forced to take down computer systems due to cyberattack

Olympus US was forced to take down IT systems in the American region (U.S., Canada, and Latin America) following a cyberattack. The medical technology giant Olympus was forced to shut down its computer network in America (U.S., Canada, and Latin America) following a cyberattack. The attack took place on October 10, 2021. “Upon detection of […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2021
GitKraken flaw lead to the generation of weak SSH keys

Git GUI client GitKraken team fixed a flaw that lead to the generation of weak SSH keys, users are recommended to revoke and renew their keys. The development team behind the Git GUI client GitKraken has fixed a vulnerability that was leading to the generation of weak SSH keys. The developers addressed the flaw with […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 11, 2021
Improper Certificate Validation issue in LibreOffice and OpenOffice allows signed docs spoofing

LibreOffice and OpenOffice released security updates to address a vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker to spoof signed documents.  LibreOffice and OpenOffice released security updates to address a moderate-severity flaw that can allow attackers to manipulate documents to appear as signed by a trusted source.  “It is possible for an attacker to manipulate documents […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 11, 2021
NSA explains how to avoid dangers of Wildcard TLS Certificates and ALPACA attacks

The NSA issued a technical advisory to warn organizations against the use of wildcard TLS certificates and the new ALPACA TLS attack. The National Security Agency (NSA) is warning organizations against the use of wildcard TLS certificates and the new ALPACA TLS attack. A wildcard certificate is a public key certificate that can be used […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2021
Medtronic recalls some controllers used with some of its insulin pumps over cyberattack risks

Medical device maker Medtronic recalled the remote controllers used with some of its insulin pumps because of dangerous vulnerabilities. Medical device maker Medtronic has recalled the remote controllers used with some of its insulin pumps because of they are affected by severe vulnerabilities that could lead to injury or death of the patients. An attacker can exploit the vulnerabilities […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2021
Google addresses four high-severity flaws in Chrome

Google has addressed a total of four high-severity vulnerabilities in the Chrome version for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Google released security updates to address a total of four high-severity vulnerabilities in the Chrome version for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The most severe vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-37977, is an after-free issue in Garbage Collection that could […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2021
Sky.com servers exposed via misconfiguration

CyberNews researchers found an exposed configuration file hosted on a Sky.com subdomain containing production data. Original post @ https://cybernews.com/news/sky-com-servers-exposed-via-misconfiguration/ CyberNews researchers found an exposed configuration file hosted on a Sky.com subdomain, containing what appear to be production-level database access credentials, as well as addresses to development endpoints. Sky, a subsidiary of Comcast, is Europe’s largest […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2021
The Netherlands declares war on ransomware operations

The Dutch government will not tolerate ransomware attacks that could threaten national security, it will use intelligence or military services to curb them. The Dutch government announced that it will not tolerate cyberattacks that pose a risk to its national security and will employ intelligence or military services to counter them. Cyberespionage and sabotage attacks, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2021
Apache rolled out a new update in a few days to fix incomplete patch for an actively exploited flaw

Apache Software Foundation has released HTTP Web Server 2.4.51 to completely address a vulnerability that has been actively exploited in the wild. Apache Software Foundation has released HTTP Web Server 2.4.51 to address an actively exploited path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2021-41773) that was only partially addressed with a previous release. An attacker can trigger the flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2021
Arizona governor announces the launch of Command Center to protect state computer systems

The governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, has announced the launch of a Cyber Command Center to address the thousands of attacks that daily target government computers. The governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, has launched a Cyber Command Center to repel the huge amount of attacks that every day hit the computer systems of the state. […]