Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2018
Apple has implemented a new feature to protect the privacy of its MacBooks users aimed at preventing malicious software from spying on them. The Apple T2 security chip installed in the new series of MacBooks includes a new hardware feature that physically disconnects the built-in microphone when the lid is closed. The new T2 chip is installed in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2018
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! · How to deliver malware using weaponized Microsoft […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2018
Twitter announced to have deleted more than 10,000 accounts managed by bots that were posting messages to influence U.S. Midterm election. Twitter announced to have deleted more than 10,000 accounts managed by bots that were posting messages to discourage people from voting in Tuesday’s U.S. Midterm election. The accounts were created to appear from Democrats, but […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 01, 2018
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Pierluigi Paganini
October 29, 2018
IBM announced it is going to buy the open source company Red Hat for $34bn with the intent to enhance its cloud offerings. This is the biggest tech merger in history involving a software company. Red Hat was founded in 1993, it currently operates in 35 countries and employs some 12,000 people. The company achieved a net profit of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 29, 2018
Systemd is affected by a security vulnerability that can be exploited to crash a vulnerable Linux machine, and in the worst case to execute malicious code. An attacker can trigger the vulnerability using maliciously crafted DHCPv6 packets and modifying portions of memory of the vulnerable systems, potentially causing remote code execution. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-15688, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2018
The media outlet The Verge obtained a copy of a contract between Google and OEMs that obliges them to two years of security updates for popular phones. Google continues the battle for securing devices of its users, this time making mandatory for device makers two years of Android security updates. One of the main problems with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 23, 2018
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is embracing the work of ethical hackers and their researches to secure medical devices. Hacking is an ever-present concern in today’s highly connected society. People typically shudder to think about their smart speakers or home security systems getting compromised, and indeed, vulnerabilities in those devices would be traumatizing. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 19, 2018
Splunk recently addressed several vulnerabilities in Enterprise and Light products, some of them have been rated “high severity.” Splunk Enterprise solution allows organizations to aggregate, search, analyze, and visualize data from various sources that are critical to business operations. The Splunk Light is a comprehensive solution for small IT environments that automates log analysis and integrate […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2018
VMware has addressed a critical arbitrary code execution flaw affecting the SVGA virtual graphics card used by its ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion products. VMware has released security updated to fix a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability (CVE-2018-6974) in the SVGA virtual graphics card used by its ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion solutions. The issue in the VMware products […]
