Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2020
G7 Finance ministers expressed concern on Tuesday over the rise in ransomware attacks during the Covid-19 pandemic, including some involving cryptocurrencies. Finance ministers from the G7 industrialized countries expressed concern on Tuesday over the rise in malicious cyberattacks, especially ransomware attacks, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. G7 Finance ministers warn of ransomware attacks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2020
Microsoft October 2020 Patch Tuesday security updates address 87 vulnerabilities, including 21 remote code execution (RCE) issues. Microsoft October 2020 Patch Tuesday security updates address 87 vulnerabilities, including 21 remote code execution (RCE) issues. The remote code execution (RCE) flaws fixed by Microsoft affects multiple products, including Excel, Outlook, the Windows Graphics component, and the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2020
Britain’s most senior cyber general declared that the UK has implemented an advanced offensive cyberwar capability that could destroy its enemies. Gen Sir Patrick Sanders, the UK’s strategic command chief, announced that that the UK has implemented an advanced offensive cyberwar capability that could potentially “degrade, disrupt and destroy” the critical infrastructure of its adversaries. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2020
The US DHS’s Homeland Threat Assessment (HTA) report revealed that threat actors have targeted the US Census network during the last year. The US Department of Homeland Security revealed that unknown threat actors have targeted the network of the US Census Bureau during the last year. The attacks were reported in the first Homeland Threat Assessment (HTA) report released earlier […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2020
Google improves malware protection for Google Chrome users who are covered by the company’s Advanced Protection Program (APP). The Advanced Protection Program aims at protecting users with high visibility and sensitive information (i.e. activists, journalists, and political parties), who are exposed to the risk of targeted attacks. Google announced an improved malware protection. In March, Google […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2020
Major Belgium’s telecom operator Proximus announced on Friday that it will gradually replace its equipment from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei. One of the major Belgium telecom operator Proximus announced on Friday that it will gradually replace its equipment from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei. The company will replace the network equipment from the Chinese giant with products […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2020
Cisco fixed three high-severity flaws in Webex video conferencing system, Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras and Identity Services Engine. Cisco has addressed three high-severity flaws and eleven medium-severity vulnerabilities in its Webex video conferencing system, Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras and Identity Services Engine. The most severe of these vulnerabilities is a Remote […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2020
NATO Chief calls for a new strategic to mitigate the risks related to the threats to the rising technologies, new forms of terrorism, and the role of China The rapid and continuous changes in our society needs to be properly addressed, NATO warns, NATO Chief call for a new strategic to address the global rise […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2020
QNAP has addressed two critical security vulnerabilities in the Helpdesk app that could enable potential attackers to take over NAS devices. QNAP has addressed two critical security vulnerabilities in the Helpdesk app that can potential allow threat actors to take over vulnerable QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Helpdesk is a built-in app that allows owners of QNAP […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2020
HP published details of three vulnerabilities in the HP Device Manager that could be exploited by attackers to take over Windows systems. HP released a security advisory that includes details for three critical and high severity vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2020-6925, CVE-2020-6926, and CVE-2020-6927, that impact the HP Device Manager. The IT giant revealed that an attacker could […]
