Security

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2022
Exposed: the threat actors who are poisoning Facebook

An investigation of the infamous “Is That You?” video scam led Cybernews researchers into exposing threat actors who are poisoning Facebook Original post @ https://cybernews.com/security/exposed-the-threat-actors-who-are-poisoning-facebook/ An investigation of the infamous “Is That You?” video scam has led Cybernews researchers to a cybercriminal stronghold, from which threat actors have been infecting the social media giant with […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2022
Zyxel addresses four flaws affecting APs, AP controllers, and firewalls

Zyxel addressed multiple vulnerabilities impacting many of its products, including APs, AP controllers, and firewalls. Zyxel has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting multiple products, including firewall, AP, and AP controller products. Below is the list of the four vulnerabilities, the most severe one is a command injection flaw in some CLI commands […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2022
Do not use Tails OS until a flaw in the bundled Tor Browser will be fixed

The maintainers of the Tails project (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) warn users that the Tor Browser bundled with the OS could expose their sensitive information. The maintainers confirmed that Tor Browser in Tails 5.0 and earlier is unsafe to use for sensitive information. “We recommend that you stop using Tails until the release of 5.1 […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2022
Italy announced its National Cybersecurity Strategy 2022/26

Italy announced its National Cybersecurity Strategy for 2022/26, a crucial document to address cyber threats and increase the resilience of the country. Italy presented its National Cybersecurity Strategy for 2022/26 and reinforce the government’s commitment to addressing cyber threats and increasing the resilience of the country to cyber attacks. The strategy is aligned with the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2022
CISA adds 41 flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

US Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds 41 new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added 41 flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, including recently addressed issues in the Android kernel (CVE-2021-1048 and CVE-2021-0920) and Cisco IOS XR (CVE-2022-20821). The Cisco IOS XR flaw (CVE-2022-20821, CVSS score: […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2022
Trend Micro addressed a flaw exploited by China-linked Moshen Dragon APT

Trend Micro addressed a DLL hijacking issue in Trend Micro Security actively exploited by a China-linked threat group to deploy malware. Trend Micro addressed a DLL hijacking flaw in Trend Micro Security that a China-linked threat actor actively exploited to deploy malware. In early May, SentinelOne researchers observed a China-linked APT group, tracked as Moshen […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 21, 2022
Cisco fixes an IOS XR flaw actively exploited in the wild

Cisco addressed a medium-severity vulnerability affecting IOS XR Software, the company warns that the flaw is actively exploited in the wild. Cisco released security updates to address a medium-severity vulnerability affecting IOS XR Software, tracked as CVE-2022-20821 (CVSS score: 6.5), that threat actors are actively exploiting in attacks in the wild. The flaw resides in […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2022
Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 D2

During the second day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking competition, contestants demonstrated a working exploit for Microsoft Windows 11. During the second day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking competition, white hat hackers demonstrated a working exploit against Microsoft Windows 11 OS. The T0 group demonstrated an exploit for an improper access control flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2022
Google OAuth client library flaw allowed to deploy of malicious payloads

Google addressed a high-severity flaw in its OAuth client library for Java that could allow attackers with a compromised token to deploy malicious payloads. Google addressed a high-severity authentication bypass flaw in Google OAuth Client Library for Java, tracked as CVE-2021-22573 (CVS Score 8.7), that could be exploited by an attacker with a compromised token […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2022
CISA orders federal agencies to fix VMware CVE-2022-22972 and CVE-2022-22973 flaws

CISA orders federal agencies to fix VMware CVE-2022-22972 and CVE-2022-22973 vulnerabilities by May 23, 2022. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued the Emergency Directive 22-03 to order federal agencies to fix VMware CVE-2022-22972 and CVE-2022-22973 flaws or to remove the affected products from their networks by May 23, 2022. The list of impacted […]