Security

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2019
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2019 fix 88 flaws

Microsoft releases Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2019 that address 88 vulnerabilities in Windows OS and other products. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2019 address 88 vulnerabilities in Windows OS and other products of the tech giant (Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge browser, Microsoft Office and Services, ChakraCore, Skype for Business, Microsoft Lync, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2019
Adobe Patch Tuesday updates fix code execution issues in Campaign, ColdFusion, and Flash

Adobe Patch Tuesday updates for June 2019 address several critical arbitrary code execution flaws in Flash Player, ColdFusion and Campaign products. Adobe Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2019 address some critical arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in Flash Player, ColdFusion and Campaign products. Adobe fixed critical command injection, file extension blacklist bypass and deserialization vulnerabilities […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2019
Facebook is going to stop Huawei pre-installing apps on mobile devices

Facebook announced it would stop Huawei from pre-installing social networking apps on its smartphones to comply with US sanctions. Facebook announced it will no longer allow pre-installation of its social networking apps on Huawei smartphones to comply with the US ban on the Chinese tech giant. “We are reviewing the Commerce Department’s final rule and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2019
Recently a large chunk of European mobile traffic was rerouted through China Telecom

On June 6, for more than two hours China Telecom re-routed through its infrastructure a large chunk of European mobile traffic. In November security researchers Chris C. Demchak and Yuval Shavitt published a paper that detailed how China Telecom has been misdirecting Internet traffic through China over the past years. The experts speculate that they were […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2019
Fort Worth IT Professionals Fired for Reporting Cybersecurity Issues: What We Know

In October 2017, the city of Fort Worth, Texas became the target of a phishing scam. Their accounts payable department received an email that appeared to be from Imperial Construction, a company that was doing business with the city at the time. The sender of the email, later identified as Gbenga A. Fadipe, requested a […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2019
Tor Project released Tor Browser 8.5.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android

A new version of the popular Tor Browser was released by the Tor Project, it is Tor Browser 8.5.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The Tor Project has released Tor Browser 8.5.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android, the new version of the popular anonymizing browser. This release includes a temporary fix for a […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2019
VMware addressed flaws in its Workstation and Tools

VMware has informed its users that it has patched two high-severity vulnerabilities that affect its Tools and Workstation software. VMware has patched two high-severity flaws that affect its Tools and Workstation software. The first security flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-5522, affects VMware Tools 10.x on Windows. The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds read issue in the vm3dmp driver in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2019
Cisco disclosed several flaws in Cisco Industrial Network Director

Cisco disclosed several flaws in its CISCO Industrial Network Director product, including a high severity code execution vulnerability. Cisco employees discovered several vulnerabilities in CISCO Industrial Network Director product, including a high severity code execution flaw. The Cisco Industrial Network Director is used to manage industrial networks, it helps operations teams gain full visibility into […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2019
Analyzing the APT34’s Jason project

Security expert Marco Ramilli has analyzed the recently leaked APT34 hacking tool tracked as Jason – Exchange Mail BF. Today I want to share a quick analysis on a new leaked APT34 Tool in order to track similarities between APT34 public available toolsets. This time is the APT34 Jason – Exchange Mail BF project to be leaked […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2019
Google is taking action on deceptive installation tactics for Chrome Browser Extensions

Google aims at eliminating the use of deceptive installation tactics among Chrome browser extensions introducing a new policy. Google announced a new policy for Chrome browser extensions to eliminate the use of deceptive installation tactics. The additional changes are part of the Project Strobe presented by Google in October 2018 in the aftermath of the […]