Security

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2021
Google fixes a critical Android RCE flaw in the System component

Google’s June security bulletin addresses more than 90 vulnerabilities in Android and Pixel devices, including a Critical RCE (CVE-2021-0507). Google’s June security bulletin addresses more than 90 vulnerabilities in Android and Pixel devices, including a Critical RCE tracked as CVE-2021-0507 that could allow to take over a device. “The most severe vulnerability in this section […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2021
Microsoft June 2021 Patch Tuesday addresses 6 zero-days actively exploited

Microsoft’s June 2021 Patch Tuesday addressed 50 vulnerabilities, including six zero-day issues that are being actively exploited in the wild. Microsoft’s June 2021 Patch Tuesday addresses 50 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, .NET Core and Visual Studio, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based and EdgeHTML), SharePoint Server, Hyper-V, Visual Studio Code – Kubernetes Tools, Windows HTML Platform, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2021
US CISA published a guide to better use the MITRE ATT&CK framework

The U.S. CISA announced the availability of a new guide for cyber threat intelligence experts on the use of the MITRE ATT&CK framework. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week released a new guide for cyber threat intelligence experts on the use of the MITRE ATT&CK framework. In 2018, MITRE announced the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2021
Trend Micro details CVE-2021-30724 privilege escalation flaw in macOS, iOS

Trend Micro disclosed technical details of a patched privilege escalation issue, tracked as CVE-2021-30724, that impacts macOS, iOS and iPadOS. Trend Micro researchers disclosed technical details of a patched privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-30724, that impacts macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. The flaw was reported to Apple by Trend Micro researcher Mickey Jin, and the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2021
Cisco fixes High-severity issues in Webex, SD-WAN, ASR 5000 software

Cisco addressed multiple security flaws, including high-severity vulnerabilities, in Webex Player, SD-WAN software, and ASR 5000 series software. Cisco has addressed multiple vulnerabilities in its products, including high-risk flaws in Webex Player, SD-WAN software, and ASR 5000 series software. The IT giant fixed three high-severity vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-1503, CVE-2021-1526, CVE-2021-1502) affecting Webex Player for Windows and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2021
Flaws in Realtek RTL8170C Wi-Fi module allow hijacking wireless communications

Researchers found multiple flaws in the Realtek RTL8170C Wi-Fi module that could be exploited to elevate privileges and hijack wireless communications. Researchers from Israeli IoT security firm Vdoo found multiple vulnerabilities in the Realtek RTL8170C Wi-Fi module that could allow to elevate privileges and hijack wireless communications. The Realtek RTL8710C module is based on a […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2021
Critical 0day in the Fancy Product Designer WordPress plugin actively exploited

A critical zero-day vulnerability in the Fancy Product Designer WordPress plugin exposes more than 17,000 websites to attacks. Researchers from the Wordfence team at WordPress security company Defiant warn that a critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-24370, in the Fancy Product Designer WordPress plugin is actively exploited in the wild. Fancy Product Designer is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2021
American food processing giant JBS Foods halts production after cyberattack

The American food processing company and meat producer JBS Foods was forced to shut down production at multiple sites worldwide following a cyberattack. The American food processing giant JBS Foods, the world’s largest processor of fresh beef, was forced to shut down production at multiple sites worldwide following a cyberattack. The cyberattack impacted multiple production plants […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2021
Experts devised a new attack to bypass Microsoft PatchGuard

A security researcher discovered a bug in PatchGuard Windows security feature that can allow loading unsigned malicious code into the Windows kernel. Japanese researcher Kento Oki has discovered a bug in PatchGuard that could be exploited by an attacker to load unsigned malicious code into the Windows operating system kernel. The PatchGuard, also known as […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2021
These 2 attacks allow to alter certified PDF Documents

Researchers disclosed two new attack techniques that allow modifying visible content on certified PDF documents without invalidating the digital signature. Researchers from Ruhr-University Bochum have disclosed two new attack techniques, dubbed Evil Annotation and Sneaky Signature attacks, on certified PDF documents that could potentially allow attackers to modify visible content without invalidating their digital signature. The […]