Security

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2019
It’s official, administrative network at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant was infected with DTrack

The news is shocking, the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) that initially denied a malware infection, now admits the security breach. Yesterday a worrying news made the headlines, the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) was hit by a cyber attack. Some users are claiming on the social media that a piece of the ‘DTrack’ malware has infected […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2019
NCSC Report: U.K. neutralized over 600 cyber attacks this year

NCSC Report: U.K. has neutralized more than 600 cyber attacks this year, most of them launched by threat actors from overseas The National Cyber Security Centre announced that the U.K. has neutralized more than 600 cyber attacks this year, most of them launched by threat actors from overseas. Hackers from overseas, many of which are […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2019
Google addresses High-Severity sandbox escape issues in Chrome

Google has patched three serious flaws in Chrome that can be exploited to escape the sandbox of the popular web browser. Google has addressed three serious vulnerabilities affecting its Chrome browser that can be exploited to escape the built-in sandbox. The tech giant released Chrome 77 update in September that addressed two use-after-free vulnerabilities that […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2019
Signature update for Symantec Endpoint protection crashed many device

Symantec rolled out an intrusion prevention signature update for its Endpoint Protection product that has caused many devices to crash and display a so-called blue screen of death (BSOD). An intrusion prevention signature update for the Endpoint Protection product had a bad impact on the devices, in many cases it caused the devices to crash […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2019
Adobe out-of-band security updates address 82 flaws in 3 products

Adobe has released out-of-band security updates to address a total of 82 security vulnerabilities that affect three products of the company. On Tuesday, Adobe released out-of-band security updates to address 82 flaws in Acrobat and Reader, Experience Manager, Experience Manager Forms, and Download Manager. Out of 82 security flaws, 45 vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Acrobat and Reader have […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2019
Privacy advocates criticize Apple for sharing some users browsing data with Tencent

New problems for Apple, most of its users likely ignore that the company is sharing iOS web browsing data on some of them to Chinese giant Tencent. Most Apple users likely don’t know that the tech giant is sending iOS web browsing data on some of them to the Chinese giant Tencent. The news is […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 11, 2019
Researchers released a free decryptor for the Nemty Ransomware

Good news for the victims of the Nemty Ransomware, security researchers have released a free decryptor that could be used to recover files. I have great news for the victims of the recently discovered Nemty Ransomware, security researchers have released a free decryptor tool that could be used to recover files. In mid-August, the Nemty […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 11, 2019
Top cybersecurity certifications to consider for your IT career

With the right cybersecurity certifications, you can attain your goals seamlessly and in a fast way and speed up your career. Cyber attacks are making headlines almost every day in today’s era. The attacks have increased both in number and complexity. Because of this natural demand, it is now crucial for companies and specialized firms […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2019
SAP October 2019 Security Patch Day fixes 2 critical flaws

SAP addressed two critical vulnerabilities (Hot News) as part of the October 2019 Security Patch Day. SAP has released its October 2019 Security Patch Day updates that also address two critical vulnerabilities (Hot News) with CVSS scores of 9.3 and 9.1. The October 2019 Security Patch Day also includes a High Priority Note addressing Binary Planting […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2019
Tor Project is going to remove End-Of-Life relays from the network

Maintainers at the Tor Project have removed from its network more than 800 relay servers running outdated and EOL versions of the Tor software. Currently, the Tor network is composed of more than 6000 relays, some of them running outdated Tor software versions (in some cases back to the 0.2.4.x versions). Other relays are running […]