Security

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2024
Security Affairs newsletter Round 504 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Pro-Russia group NoName targeted the websites of Italian airports North Korea actors use OtterCookie malware in Contagious Interview […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2024
Pro-Russia group NoName targeted the websites of Italian airports

Pro-Russia group NoName057 targets Italian sites, including Malpensa and Linate airports, in a new DDoS campaign amid rising geopolitical tensions. The pro-Russia group NoName57 continues its campaign of DDoS attacks against Italian infrastructure. This time, the group of alleged hacktivists targeted multiple websites, include the sites of Malpensa and Linate airports, as well as the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2024
Palo Alto Networks fixed a high-severity PAN-OS flaw

Palo Alto Networks addressed a high-severity PAN-OS flaw that could trigger denial-of-service (DoS) on vulnerable devices. Palo Alto Networks addressed a high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-3393 (CVSS score: 8.7), in PAN-OS software that could cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to reboot the firewall by sending a malicious packet […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2024
Brazilian citizen charged for threatening to release data stolen from a company in 2020

A Brazilian citizen faces U.S. charges for allegedly threatening to release data stolen from a company in a March 2020 security breach. The U.S. government has charged the Brazilian citizen Junior Barros De Oliveira, 29, with allegedly threatening to release data stolen from a company during a March 2020 security breach. De Oliveira was charged […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2024
A new Mirai botnet variant targets DigiEver DS-2105 Pro DVRs

Akamai researchers discovered a new Mirai botnet variant targeting a vulnerability in DigiEver DS-2105 Pro DVRs. Akamai researchers spotted a Mirai-based botnet that is exploiting an remote code execution vulnerability in DigiEver DS-2105 Pro NVRs. The experts pointed out that this Mirai variant has been modified to use improved encryption algorithms. The Mirai variant incorporates ChaCha20 and […]