Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2021
Top executives of the software firm SolarWinds blamed an intern for having used a weak password for several years, exposing the company to hack. Top executives of the SolarWinds firm believe that the root cause of the recently disclosed supply chain attack is an intern that has used a weak password for several years. Initial […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2021
The National Security Agency (NSA) published a document to explain the advantages of implementing a zero-trust model. The National Security Agency (NSA) recently published a document to explain the benefits of adopting a zero-trust model, and advice to navigate the process. Modern infrastructure are complex environments that combine multiple technologies and that are exposed to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2021
During a video conference of the members of the European Council, EU leaders agreed on a new strategy aimed at boosting defense and security. During the recent video conference of the members of the European Council (25-26 February 2021), NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg highlighted the importance to define a strategy to boost defense and security. “We […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 27, 2021
‘Hotarus Corp’ Ransomware operators hacked Ecuador’s largest private bank, Banco Pichincha, and the country’s Ministry of Finance. A cybercrime group called ‘Hotarus Corp’ has breached the Ecuador’s largest private bank, Banco Pichincha, and the local Ministry of Finance (the Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas de Ecuador). The group claims to have also stolen data from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 25, 2021
Cisco addressed over a dozen vulnerabilities in its products, including three critical bugs in ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator, Application Services Engine, and NX-OS software. Cisco released security updates to address over a dozen vulnerabilities affecting multiple products, including three critical flaws impacting its ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator, Application Services Engine, and NX-OS software. The most severe vulnerability […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 23, 2021
VMware addressed a critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-21972, in vCenter Server virtual infrastructure management platform. VMware has addressed a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the vCenter Server virtual infrastructure management platform, tracked as CVE-2021-21972, that could be exploited by attackers to potentially take control of affected systems. vCenter Server is the centralized […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 23, 2021
IBM has released security patches to address high- and medium-severity vulnerabilities impacting some of its enterprise solutions. IBM has released security updates to address several high- and medium-severity flaws affecting some of its enterprise products, including IBM Java Runtime, IBM Planning Analytics Workspace, and IBM Kenexa LMS On Premise. Two issues, tracked as CVE-2020-14782 and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 21, 2021
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning about the risks of telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attacks on call centers. The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of the consequences of telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attacks on call centers, which in some cases could threaten people’s lives. TDoS attacks could render telephone systems unavailable […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2021
Security provider SonicWall released a new firmware update for an SMA-100 zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in attacks. SonicWall has released a second firmware update for the SMA-100 zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in attacks in the wild. SonicWall disclosed a security breach on January 22, it blamed sophisticated threat actors for the intrusion. On January, 29 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2021
A privacy bug in the Brave Browser caused the leak of the Tor onion URL addresses visited in the Tor mode by the users. A bug in the Private Window with Tor implemented in the Brave web browser could reveal the onion sites visited by the users. The Tor mode implemented in the Brave web […]
