Security

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2025
Nessus scanner agents went offline due to a faulty plugin update

Tenable disabled two Nessus scanner agent versions after a faulty plugin update caused agents to go offline. Tenable Nessus is a widely-used vulnerability scanning tool designed to identify and assess security vulnerabilities in systems, networks, and applications. Tenable was forced to disable two Nessus scanner agent versions because a faulty plugin update caused agents to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2025
Nuclei flaw allows signature bypass and code execution

A vulnerability in Nuclei, an open-source vulnerability scanner, could allow attackers to bypass signature checks and execute malicious code. A high-severity security flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-43405 (CVSS score of 7.4), in the open-source vulnerability scanner ProjectDiscovery’s Nuclei, could allow attackers to bypass signature checks and execute malicious code. The Wiz’s engineering team discovered the vulnerability. The vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2025
Apple will pay $95 Million to settle lawsuit over Siri’s alleged eavesdropping

Apple has agreed to a $95 million settlement over a Siri eavesdropping lawsuit, denying any abuses. The settlement awaits judicial approval. Apple will pay $95 million to settle claims that its virtual assistant Siri was used to eavesdrop on users, though the company denies the allegations. The settlement proposed by the tech giant aims to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2025
LDAPNightmare, a PoC exploit targets Windows LDAP flaw CVE-2024-49113

Experts warn of a new PoC exploit, LDAPNightmare, that targets a Windows LDAP flaw (CVE-2024-49113), causing crashes & reboots. The vulnerability CVE-2024-49113 (CVSS score of 7.5), named LDAPNightmare, is a Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Denial of Service flaw that was discovered by the researcher Yuki Chen. An attacker can exploit the now-patched vulnerability to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2025
Around 3.3 million POP3 and IMAP mail servers lack TLS encryption

Over 3 million POP3 and IMAP mail servers lack TLS encryption, exposing them to network sniffing attacks. ShadowServer researchers reported that around 3.3 million POP3 and IMAP mail servers lack TLS encryption, exposing them to network sniffing attacks. POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) and IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) are two protocols used to retrieve […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2025
A US soldier was arrested for leaking presidential call logs

US authorities have arrested soldier Cameron John Wagenius for his alleged involvement in leaking presidential phone records. US authorities arrested Cameron John Wagenius (20), a US Army soldier, suspected of involvement in leaking presidential call logs. The soldier was arrested in Fort Hood, Texas, he is suspected to be the hacker who using the moniker […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2025
Russian media outlets Telegram channels blocked in European countries

Telegram restricted access to Russian state-owned news channels in several European countries, including Poland, France, and Italy. Telegram blocked access to channels of multiple Russian state-owned news outlets across Europe, including Italy, Poland, Czechia, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Greece, and Latvia. Some blocked Russian media outlets are RIA Novosti, NTV, Rossiya 1, and Rossiyskaya Gazeta.  Visitors are presented with […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2025
Proposed updates to HIPAA Security Rule mandate to restore the loss of certain relevant electronic information systems and data within 72 hours

HHS OCR proposed updates to the HIPAA Security Rule to boost cybersecurity for electronic protected health information (ePHI). On December 27, 2024, the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) proposed updates to the HIPAA Security Rule to enhance cybersecurity for electronic protected health information (ePHI). The proposed […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2024
China-linked actors hacked US Treasury Department

China-linked threat actors breached the U.S. Treasury Department by hacking a remote support platform used by the agency. China-linked threat actors breached the U.S. Treasury Department via a compromised remote support platform. The Treasury Department discovered the security breach on December 8th from its vendor BeyondTrust, according to a letter to lawmakers. BeyondTrust provides Privileged […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2024
Cisco states that the second data leak is linked to the one from October

Cisco confirmed the authenticity of the 4GB of leaked data, the data was compromised in a recent security breach, marking the second leak in the incident. Cisco confirmed the authenticity of the 4GB of leaked data, which was compromised in a recent security breach, marking it as the second leak in the incident. “We are […]