Security

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2022
Threat actors continue to exploit Log4Shell in VMware Horizon Systems

The U.S. CISA and the Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER) warn of attacks exploiting the Log4Shell flaw in VMware Horizon servers. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER), published a joint advisory to warn of hacking attempts exploiting the Log4Shell flaw in VMware Horizon servers to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2022
NSO Group told lawmakers that Pegasus spyware was used by at least 5 European countries

The Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group revealed that its Pegasus spyware was used by at least five European countries. The controversial Israeli surveillance vendor NSO Group told the European Union lawmakers that its Pegasus spyware was used by at least five countries in the region. NSO Group’s General Counsel Chaim Gelfand admitted that the company […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2022
QNAP warns of a critical PHP flaw that could lead to remote code execution

Taiwanese company QNAP is addressing a critical PHP vulnerability that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution. Taiwanese vendor QNAP is addressing a critical PHP vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-11043 (CVSS score 9.8 out of 10), that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution. In certain configurations of FPM setup it is possible to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 370 by Pierluigi Paganini

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs for free in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. US DoJ announced to have shut down the Russian RSOCKS Botnet MaliBot Android Banking Trojan […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2022
Cisco will not address critical RCE in end-of-life Small Business RV routers

Cisco announced that it will not release updates to fix the CVE-2022-20825 flaw in end-of-life Small Business RV routers. Cisco will not release updates to address the CVE-2022-20825 RCE flaw in end-of-life Small Business RV routers and encourage upgrading to newer models. The vulnerability, which received a CVSS severity rating of 9.8 out of 10.0, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2022
ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang starts publishing victims’ data on the clear web

ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group began publishing victims’ data on the clear web to increase the pressure on them and force them to pay the ransom. ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group has adopted a new strategy to force victims into paying the ransom, the gang began publishing victims’ data on the clear web to increase the pressure. Publishing data online will […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2022
Researchers disclosed a remote code execution flaw in Fastjson Library

Researchers disclosed a remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-25845, in the popular Fastjson library. Cybersecurity researchers from JFrog disclosed details of a now patched high-severity security vulnerability in the popular Fastjson library that could be potentially exploited to achieve remote code execution. Fastjson is a Java library that can be used to convert Java Objects into their JSON representation. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2022
Cisco fixed a critical Bypass Authentication flaw in Cisco ESA and Secure Email and Web Manager

Cisco addressed a critical bypass authentication flaw in Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Secure Email and Web Manager. Cisco addressed a critical bypass authentication vulnerability affecting Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Secure Email and Web Manager. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-20798 (CVSS score 9.8), can be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2022
A critical flaw in Citrix Application Delivery Management allows resetting admin passwords

Citrix fixed a critical flaw in Citrix Application Delivery Management (ADM), tracked as CVE-2022-27511, that can allow attackers to reset admin passwords. Citrix fixed a critical vulnerability in Citrix Application Delivery Management (ADM), tracked as CVE-2022-27511, that can be exploited by attackers to reset admin passwords. Citrix Application Delivery Management (ADM) is a comprehensive platform […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2022
API Security Best Practices

Organizations face the constant need to protect these APIs from attacks so they can protect organizational data. Organizations are rapidly opening their ecosystem through Application Programming Interfaces (API) by ensuring seamless access to data and interaction with external software components and services. APIs are the gateway to providing the high security of data in an […]