Security

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 216 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy If you appreciate my effort in spreading cybersecurity awareness, please vote for Security Affairs in the section “Your Vote for the Best EU Security Tweeter” https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EUBloggerAwards2018 Police seized Bestmixer, the mixing service washed […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2019
Apple updates address SQLite, WebKit issues in iTunes and iCloud for Windows

Apple released security updates for Windows versions of iTunes and iCloud, to address recently disclosed SQLite and WebKit security flaws. Apple released security updates to address recently disclosed SQLite and WebKit security vulnerabilities affecting Windows versions of iTunes and iCloud. Apple released iTunes for Windows 12.9.5 that addresses a total of 25 flaws, four SQLite […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2019
Russian military plans to replace Windows with Astra Linux

The Russian army seems to be in the process of replacing the Windows system with the Debian-based Linux distribution Astra Linux. Cyber security seems to subvert the globalization concept, governments are working to develop their own technology fearing possible espionage and sabotage activities of foreign states. The Russian military is in the process of replacing […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2019
VPNpro research: this Chinese-linked company secretly owns 10 VPNs with 86 million installs

Innovative Connecting is actually a Chinese company that secretly owns 10 VPN products with a total of 86 million installs under its belt. Recent research by the cybersecurity experts at VPNpro shows that the popular mobile VPN developer Innovative Connecting is actually a Chinese company that secretly owns 10 VPN products with a total of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2019
Using Public Wi-Fi? Your data can be hacked easily! Here’s How…

Public Wi-Fi is easily accessible by everyone, as much as free surfing sounds cool, it is risky as well. Let’s see how your data can be hacked easily. In the contemporary world of networking, Wi-Fi has become a vital commodity. Wi-Fi are now installed in each and every place regardless of the size of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2019
Siemens Healthineers medical products vulnerable to Windows BlueKeep flaw

Several products made by Siemens Healthineers are affected by a recently patched Windows BlueKeep vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708). The BlueKeep issue is a remote code execution vulnerability in Remote Desktop Services (RDS) that it can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker by connecting to the targeted system via the RDP and sending specially crafted requests. As explained by […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2019
GitHub introduces new tools and security features to secure code

GitHub announced the introduction of several new tools and security features to help developers secure their code. The popular code repository hosting service GitHub continues its efforts in helping its customers in developing and maintaining a secure code. “Ninety-nine percent of new software projects depend on open source code. This extensive code reuse helps everyone […]