Security

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2021
A flaw in WP Reset PRO WordPress plugin allows wiping the installation DB

A critical vulnerability in the WP Reset PRO WordPress plugin can allow an authenticated user to wipe the entire database of WordPress sites. Researchers from cybersecurity form Packstack have discovered a critical vulnerability in the WP Reset PRO WordPress plugin that could be exploited by an authenticated user to completely wipe the database of a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2021
Citrix addresses a critical flaw in ADC, Gateway

Citrix addressed two vulnerabilities affecting Citrix ADC, Gateway, and SD-WAN, one of them is a critical issue leading to DoS. Citrix has released security updates to address two vulnerabilities in ADC, Gateway, and SD-WAN, including a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-22955, that can be exploited to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition. The CVE-2021-22955 […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2021
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for November 2021 fix 2 Zero-Days actively exploited

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for November 2021 address 55 vulnerabilities in multiple products and warn of two actively exploited issues. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for November 2021 addressed a total of 55 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Windows Components, Azure, Azure RTOS, Azure Sphere, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Exchange Server, Microsoft Office […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2021
US DoS offers a reward of up to $10M for leaders of REvil ransomware gang

The U.S. government offers up to $10 million for identifying or locating leaders in the REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware operation The Department of State offers up to $10 million for information that can lead to the identification or location of individuals in key leadership positions in the REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware operation. The US government also offers $5 million […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2021
Hungarian official confirms Hungary used NSO Group Pegasus spyware

A Hungarian government official confirmed that his government has bought and used the controversial NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. Lajos Kosa, chair of the Parliament’s Defense and Law Enforcement Committee, confirmed that Hungary is one of the clients of the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group and that it bought and used the controversial Pegasus spyware. According […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2021
A drone was modified to disrupt U.S. Power Grid, says intelligence bulletin

US officials believe that a drone was employed in an attempted attack on a power substation in Pennsylvania last year.  US officials believe threat actors used a drone in an attempted attack on a power substation in Pennsylvania last year. The attackers used a DJI Mavic 2 quadcopter-type drone, with a thick copper wire attached underneath it via […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2021
npm libraries coa and rc. have been hijacked to deliver password-stealing malware

Two popular npm libraries, coa and rc., have been hijacked, threat actors replaced them with versions laced with password-stealing malware. The security team of the npm JavaScript package warns that two popular npm libraries, coa and rc., have been hijacked, threat actors replaced them versions laced with password-stealing malware. Coa is a command-line argument parser with approximately 9 million weekly downloads, while […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2021
Cisco warns of hard-coded credentials and default SSH key issues in some products

Cisco fixed critical flaws that could have allowed unauthenticated attackers to access its devices with hard-coded credentials or default SSH keys. Cisco has released security updates to address two critical vulnerabilities that could have allowed unauthenticated attackers to log in to affected devices using hard-coded credentials or default SSH keys. The first flaw fixed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2021
Expert found a critical remote code execution bug in Linux Kernel

A critical heap-overflow vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-43267, in Linux Kernel can allow remote attackers to takeover vulnerable installs. A SentinelOne researcher discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-43267, resides in the Transparent Inter Process Communication (TIPC) module of the Linux kernel. The flaw is a critical heap-overflow issue that could lead to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2021
CISA shares a catalog of 306 actively exploited vulnerabilities

The US CISA shared a list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild and orders US federal agencies to address them within deadlines. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a catalog of 306 actively exploited vulnerabilities and has issued a binding operational directive ordering US federal agencies to address […]