Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2019
Equifax revealed its earnings release related to the security breach suffered in 2017, the incident has cost about $1.4 billion plus legal fees. Equifax revealed this week its earnings release related to the security breach suffered by the credit bureau back in 2017, the incident has cost about $1.4 billion plus legal fees. In 2017 Equifax confirmed it has suffered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2019
Since December 2015, Alpine Linux Docker images have been shipped with hardcoded credentials, a NULL password for the root user. Security researchers from Cisco revealed that Alpine Linux Docker images distributed via the official Docker Hub portal since December 2015 have been using a NULL password for the root account, The NULL password for the root […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2019
Here are five things likely contributing to the cyberthreat management industry growth. Companies around the world increasingly realize that they cannot assume they’re safe from cyberattacks and must actively work to combat potential threats. It’s not surprising, then, that a report from Absolute Market Insights forecasts a 13.5% combined annual growth rate for the cybersecurity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2019
Android May 2019 Patches address critical vulnerabilities in the Google operating system, including 4 remote code execution flaws. Google released May 2019 patches address 8 critical flaws in Google operating system, including 4 remote code execution vulnerabilities. Google is not aware of attacks in the wild exploiting these flaws. According to the advisory released by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2019
Cisco released security updates to address a critical vulnerability in its virtualized function automation tool Elastic Services Controller (ESC). Cisco has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability affecting its virtualized function automation tool, Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC). The flaw could be exploited by a remote attacker could be exploited by an unauthenticated, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2019
China-linked APT group tracked as APT3 was using a tool attributed to the NSA-linked Equation Group more than one year prior to Shadow Brokers leak. China-linked APT group tracked as APT3 (aka Buckeye, APT3, UPS Team, Gothic Panda, and TG-0110) was using a tool attributed to the NSA-linked Equation Group more than one year prior […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2019
ICS-CERT is warning of several vulnerabilities in the GE Communicator software, including hardcoded credentials and privilege escalation bugs. ICS-CERT is warning of five flaws affecting the GE Communicator software, including privilege escalation issues and hardcoded credentials GE Communicator is a is a user-friendly software for programming and monitoring supported metering devices. The software allows users […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 05, 2019
Tor users noticed that the NoScript and HTTPS-Everywhere add-ons were disabled in the Tor browser, what’s happened? A few days ago millions of users discovered that Mozilla Add-ons were disabled and they were not able to re-activate or re-install them. The issue was caused by an expired intermediary certificate used to digitally sign Mozilla add-ons. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2019
The news was reported by the Kyodo News and has caught my attention, Japan will develop its first-ever computer virus as defense against cyber attacks. The Kyodo News revealed that Japan will develop its first-ever computer virus as a defense measure against cyber attacks and that the development will be completed by next March. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2019
Mozilla is going to update the Add-on Policy for Firefox to ban Firefox extensions containing obfuscated code starting from June 10, 2019. Mozilla announced a change to the Add-on Policy for Firefox to ban Firefox extensions containing obfuscated code starting from June 10, 2019. The move aims to prevent malicious extensions to threaten Firefox users. […]
