Security

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2019
Experts warn of 5 new flaws in Google Chrome dubbed Magellan 2.0

Google addressed a new set of vulnerabilities, dubbed Magellan 2.0, that could be exploited for remote code execution inside the Chrome browser. Google has fixed five SQLite vulnerabilities, dubbed Magellan 2.0, that could be exploited by an attacker to remotely execute malicious code inside the Chrome browser. The vulnerabilities were discovered by researchers from the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 2019
A flaw in Twitter App for Android could have been exploited to take over the account

A flaw in the Twitter app for Android could have been exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information or take over an account. Twitter has recently addressed a security vulnerability that affected the Android version of the app, it could have been exploited by hackers to access sensitive information of the users (direct messages, protected […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 24, 2019
RuNet – Russia successfully concluded tests on its Internet infrastructure

Russia successfully disconnected from the internet Russia’s government announced that it has successfully concluded a series of tests for its RuNet intranet aimed at country disconnection from the Internet. The Russian Government has announced on Monday that it has successfully concluded the test on its RuNet intranet and the complete disconnection of the country from […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2019
Apple opens its bug bounty program to all white hat hackers

As announced in August, Apple has now announced the opening of its invite-only bug bounty program to all security researchers. Apple has now announced the opening of its invite-only bug bounty program to all security researchers. The tech giant will pay white hat hackers that will report security flaws in the iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2019
Negative opinion of Italy security committee Copasir on Huawei, ZTE 5G solutions

Italian parliamentary security committee Copasir said that Italy should consider preventing Huawei and ZTE from taking part in the development of 5G networks. The Italian parliamentary security committee Copasir (Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic) said that the Government should consider preventing Chinese telecoms companies Huawei and ZTE from participating in the development […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2019
Drupal addressed several issues, including a critical file processing bug

The Drupal development team released versions 7.69, 8.7.11 and 8.8.1, which address several vulnerabilities, including a serious file processing issue. Drupal developers have released versions 7.69, 8.7.11 and 8.8.1, which address several vulnerabilities, including a serious file processing issue. The most serious issue is related to the Archive_Tar third-party library, it has been assigned a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2019
FBI warns travelers against using untrusted and free WiFi networks

The FBI warned one again the holiday travelers about the danger of using free WiFi networks while traveling. Free WiFi networks, such as the ones in the airports and hotel, hide many dangers to the holiday travelers, for this reason, has once again published a new warning. Threat actors could leverage free WiFi networks to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2019
A thief stole hard drives containing Facebook payroll data from a car

Facebook informed its employees that hard drives containing information about its workers’ payroll were stolen from a car last month. On Friday, Facebook announced that hard drives containing information about its workers’ payroll were stolen from a car last month. According to the company, a thief stole unencrypted hard drives containing banking data belonging to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2019
More than 44 million Microsoft user accounts are exposed to hack

Microsoft revealed that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking. Microsoft discovered that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking because of using of compromised passwords. Experts from the Microsoft threat research team analyzed a database containing 3 billion leaked credentials […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2019
Adobe Patch Tuesday addresses critical flaws in four products

Adobe released the Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2019 that address flaws in Acrobat and Reader, Photoshop CC, ColdFusion, and Brackets. Adobe Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2019 address a total of 25 flaws in Acrobat and Reader, Photoshop CC, ColdFusion, and Brackets. “Adobe has published security bulletins for Adobe Acrobat and Reader (APSB19-55), […]