Security

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2021
FBI will share compromised passwords with HIBP Pwned Passwords

The FBI is going to share compromised passwords discovered during investigations with Have I Been Pwned (HIBP)’s ‘Pwned Passwords’ service. The FBI will share compromised passwords that were discovered during investigations with the ‘Pwned Passwords‘ service implemented by the data breach notification site Have I Been Pwned (HIBP). The Pwned Passwords service allows users to search […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2021
Secure Search is a Browser Hijacker – How to Remove it Now?

Secured Search is a browser hijacker that changes your browser’s settings to promote securedsearch.com, let’s remove it. Secured Search is the same piece of software as ByteFence Secure Browsing. It’s supposedly a tool that improves browsing security and privacy. In reality, it’s a browser hijacker. It alters your browser’s settings to promote securedsearch.com (which is […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2021
SonicWall fixes an NSM On-Prem bug, patch it asap!

SonicWall urges customers to address a post-authentication flaw that affects on-premises versions of the Network Security Manager (NSM). SonicWall urges customers to ‘immediately’ address a post-authentication vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20026, impacting on-premises versions of the Network Security Manager (NSM). The vulnerability rated with an 8.8 severity score could be simply exploited without user interaction. The flaw could […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2021
CVE-2020-15782 flaw in Siemens PLCs allows remote hack

Industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty discovered a new flaw in Siemens PLCs that can be exploited by a remote and unauthenticated attacker to hack the devices. Researchers at industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty have discovered a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens PLCs, tracked as CVE-2020-15782, that could be exploited by remote and unauthenticated attackers to bypass memory protection. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2021
APT hacked a US municipal government via an unpatched Fortinet VPN

The FBI revealed that foreign hackers compromised the network of a local US municipal government by exploiting flaws in an unpatched Fortinet VPN. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported that an APT group had breached the network of a local US municipal government by exploiting vulnerabilities in an unpatched Fortinet VPN. “The FBI is […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2021
DHS announces security measures for critical pipeline industry

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced new cybersecurity requirements for critical pipeline owners and operators. The Colonial pipeline incident continues to have a serious impact on the critical infrastructure sector. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced new cybersecurity requirements for owners and operators of critical pipelines. The new security directive requires critical […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2021
NASA identified 1,785 cyber incidents in 2020

NASA identified more than 6,000 cyber-related incidents in the last four years, according to a report published by its Office of Inspector General. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has identified more than 6,000 cyber-related incidents in the last four years, according to a report published by NASA’s Office of Inspector General. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2021
M1RACLES, the unpatchable bug that impacts new Apple M1 chips

A security expert has discovered a vulnerability in Apple M1 chips, dubbed M1RACLES, that cannot be fixed. Software engineer Hector Martin from Asahi Linux has discovered a vulnerability in the new Apple M1 chips, tracked as CVE-2021-30747, that was named M1RACLES. The expert pointed out that the issue can only be fixed with a redesign […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2021
Another critical bug impacts all VMware vCenter Server installs

VMware addresses a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw in the Virtual SAN Health Check plug-in that impacts all vCenter Server installs. VMware has released security updates to address a remote code execution (RCE) flaw in vCenter Server that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code on the installs. vCenter Server is the centralized […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2021
Ivanti fixes high severity flaw in Pulse Connect Secure VPN

A flaw in Pulse Connect Secure VPN could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Ivanti addressed a high severity Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Secure VPN appliances that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-22908, has received a CVSS […]