Security

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2020
Police arrest two people over stealing sensitive data from defense giant

Italian police arrested two people that have stolen 10 GB of confidental and alleged secret data from the defense company Leonardo S.p.A. Italian police have arrested two people that have been accused of stealing 10 GB of confidental data and military secrets from defense company Leonardo S.p.A. Leonardo is a state-owned multinational company and one […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2020
Recently disclosed CVE-2020-4006 VMware zero-day was reported by NSA

VMware addressed CVE-2020-4006 zero-day flaw in VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector. VMware has finally released security updates to fix the CVE-2020-4006 zero-day flaw in VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector. At the end of November, VMware only has released a workaround to address the critical […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2020
Islamic imprisoned hacker Ardit Ferizi ordered to be deported

The Islamic hacker Ardit Ferizi, who is serving 20 years for giving his support to Islamic State group has been granted compassionate release. Ardit Ferizi, aka Th3Dir3ctorY, is the hacker that supported the ISIS organization by handing over data for 1,351 US government and military personnel. Ferizi is the first man charged with cyber terrorism that was extradited to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2020
A scan of 4 Million Docker images reveals 51% have critical flaws

Security experts analyzed 4 million public Docker container images hosted on Docker Hub and found half of them was having critical flaws. Container security firm Prevasio has analyzed 4 million public Docker container images hosted on Docker Hub and discovered that the majority of them had critical vulnerabilities. The cybersecurity firm used its Prevasio Analyzer […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2020
UK gov bans new Huawei equipment installs after Sept 2021

The British government will ban the installation of new Huawei equipment in the 5G networks of Wireless carriers after September 2021. The British government will not allow the installation of new Huawei equipment in the 5G networks of Wireless carriers after September 2021. The decision to ban the Chinese giant from the building of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2020
Chip maker Advantech hit by Conti ransomware gang

The IIoT chip maker Advantech was hit by the Conti ransomware, the gang is now demanding over $13 million ransom from the company. The Conti ransomware gang hit infected the systems of industrial automation and Industrial IoT (IIoT) chip maker Advantech and is demanding over $13 million ransom (roughly 750 BTC) to avoid leaking stolen […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2020
Drupal emergency updates fix critical arbitrary PHP code execution

Drupal has released emergency security updates to fix a critical flaw with known exploits that could allow for arbitrary PHP code execution. Drupal has released emergency security updates to address a critical vulnerability with known exploits that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary PHP code execution on some CMS versions. The Drupal project uses the PEAR […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2020
The global impact of the Fortinet 50.000 VPN leak posted online

The global impact of the Fortinet 50.000 VPN leak posted online, with many countries impacted, including Portugal. A compilation of one-line exploit tracked as CVE-2018-13379 and that could be used to steal VPN credentials from nearly 50.000 Fortinet VPN devices has posted online. This vulnerability resides in an improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2020
Retail giant Home Depot agrees to a $17.5 million settlement over 2014 data breach

Retail giant Home Depot has agreed to a $17.5 million settlement in a multi-state investigation of the data breach that the company suffered in 2014. The US largest home improvement retailer giant Home Depot agrees to $17.5 million settlement over the 2014 data breach. In 2014, Home Depot revealed that the data breach impacted 56 million customers […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2020
Microsoft fixes Kerberos Authentication issues with an out-of-band Update

Microsoft released an out-of-band update for Windows to address authentication flaws related to a recently patched Kerberos vulnerability. Microsoft released an out-of-band update to address authentication issues in Windows related to a recently patched Kerberos vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-17049. “An out-of-band optional update is now available on the Microsoft Update Catalog to address a known […]