Security

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2020
NATO Chief calls for a new strategic to address new challenges

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 addresses 2 critical flaws that can allow hackers to take over NASs

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 Device Manager flaws expose Windows systems to hack

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2020
Netwalker ransomware operators leaked files stolen from K-Electric

K-Electric, Pakistan’s largest private power company, did not pay the ransom and the Netwalker ransomware operators have leaked the stolen data. In early September, K-Electric (KE), the electricity provider for the city of Karachi, Pakistan, was hit by a Netwalker ransomware attack that blocked billing and online services. K-Electric is the largest power supplier in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 30, 2020
Developer successfully compiled leaked source code for MS Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 OSs

Last week, the source code for MS Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 OSs were leaked online, now a developer successfully compiled them. Last week, the source code for Microsoft’s Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems was published as a torrent file on the bulletin board website 4chan. This is the first time […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 30, 2020
Cisco fixes actively exploited issues in IOS XR Network OS

Cisco addressed two actively exploited DoS vulnerabilities that reside in the IOS XR software that runs on multiple carrier-grade routers. Cisco addressed two high severity memory exhaustion DoS vulnerabilities that reside in the IOS XR Network OS that runs on multiple carrier-grade routers. The company confirmed that both vulnerabilities are actively exploited in attacks in the wild. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2020
Apple addresses four vulnerabilities in macOS

Apple this week released security updates to address a total of four vulnerabilities affecting macOS Catalina, High Sierra and Mojave. Apple on Thursday announced to have patched four vulnerabilities affecting macOS Catalina, High Sierra and Mojave. “This document describes the security content of macOS Catalina 10.15.7, Security Update 2020-005 High Sierra, Security Update 2020-005 Mojave.” […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2020
Twitter warns developers of possible API keys leak

Twitter is warning developers that their API keys, access tokens, and access token secrets may have been exposed in a browser’s cache. Twitter is sending emails to developers to warn them that their API keys, access tokens, and access token secrets may have been exposed in a browser’s cache. According to the social media firm, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2020
Cisco fixes 34 High-Severity flaws in IOS and IOS XE software

Cisco patched 34 high-severity flaws affecting its IOS and IOS XE software, some of them can be exploited by a remote unauthenticated attacker. Cisco on Thursday released security patches for 34 high-severity vulnerabilities affecting its IOS and IOS XE software. The IT giant issued 25 advisories as part of the September 2020 semiannual IOS and IOS […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2020
Samba addresses the CVE-2020-1472 Zerologon Vulnerability

Samba team has released a security patch to address the Zerologon issue in the Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC). Samba team has released a security patch to address the Zerologon (CVE-2020-1472) issue in the Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC). The CVE-2020-1472 flaw is an elevation of privilege that resides in the Netlogon. The Netlogon service is an Authentication […]