Security

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2021
92% of worldwide Microsoft Exchange IPs are now patched or mitigated

Microsoft revealed that 92% of all on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers exposed online affected by the ProxyLogon vulnerabilities are now patched. On March 2nd, Microsoft released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues collectively tracked as ProxyLogon (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) in all supported Microsoft Exchange versions that are actively exploited in the wild. At […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2021
Google fixes an Android vulnerability actively exploited in the wild

Google addressed a zero-day vulnerability affecting Android devices that use Qualcomm chipsets which is actively exploited in the wild. Google has addressed a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-11261, affecting Android devices that use Qualcomm chipsets. According to the IT giant, threat actors are actively exploiting the vulnerability in attacks in the wild. The CVE-2020-11261 flaw, is […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2021
CISA is warning of vulnerabilities in GE Power Management Devices

U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns of flaws in GE Power Management Devices that could allow an attacker to conduct multiple malicious activities on vulnerable systems. U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns of vulnerabilities in GE Power Management Devices that could be exploited by an attacker to conduct multiple malicious activities […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2021
Adobe addresses a critical vulnerability in ColdFusion product

Adobe has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability in the ColdFusion product (versions 2021, 2016, and 2018) that could lead to arbitrary code execution.  Adobe has released security patches to address a critical vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. The issue, tracked as CVE-2021-21087 is […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2021
RCE flaw in Apache OFBiz could allow to take over the ERP system

The Apache Software Foundation fixed a high severity remote code execution flaw in Apache OFBiz that could have allowed attackers to take over the ERP system. The Apache Software Foundation addressed last week a high severity vulnerability in Apache OFBiz, tracked as CVE-2021-26295, that could have allowed a remote, unauthenticated attacker to take over the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2021
Which is the Threat landscape for the ICS sector in 2020?

The Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for computers in the ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. The experts gathered data related to the cyberthreats that […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2021
CISA releases CHIRP, a tool to detect SolarWinds malicious activity

US CISA has released a new tool that allows detecting malicious activity associated with the SolarWinds hackers in compromised on-premises enterprise environments. US CISA released the CISA Hunt and Incident Response Program (CHIRP) tool, is a Python-based tool, that allows detecting malicious activity associated with the SolarWinds hackers in compromised on-premises enterprise Windows environments. Below […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2021
Threat actors are attempting to exploit CVE-2021-22986 in F5 BIG-IP devices in the wild

Cybersecurity experts warn of ongoing attacks aimed at exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ networking devices. Cybersecurity experts from NCC Group and Bad Packets security firm this week detected a wave of attacks exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-22986, in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ networking devices. “After seeing lots […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2021
Why Focusing on Container Runtimes Is the Most Critical Piece of Security for EKS Workloads?

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), a platform which gives customers the ability to run Kubernetes apps in the AWS cloud or on premises. Organizations are increasingly turning to Kubernetes to manage their containers. In the 2020 Cloud Native Survey, 91% of respondents told the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) that they were using Kubernetes—an increase […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2021
Millions of sites could be hacked due to flaws in popular WordPress plugins

Experts found vulnerabilities in two WordPress plugins that could be exploited to run arbitrary code and potentially take over a website. Security researchers disclosed vulnerabilities in Elementor and WP Super Cache WordPress plugins that could be exploited to run arbitrary code and take over a website under certain circumstances. The flaws were uncovered in the Elementor […]