Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2023
Researchers published PoC exploits for CVE-2023-4911 vulnerability (aka Looney Tunables) impacting most popular Linux distributions. The vulnerability CVE-2023-4911 (CVSS score 7.8) is a buffer overflow issue that resides in the GNU C Library’s dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. An attacker can trigger the vulnerability to execute code with elevated privileges. “A […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2023
Cisco addressed a critical Static Credentials Vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20101, impacting Emergency Responder. Cisco released security updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20101 (CVSS score: 9.8), impacting Emergency Responder. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability to log in to susceptible systems using hard-coded credentials that cannot be changed. The vulnerability was discovered as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 05, 2023
The U.S. CISA added JetBrains TeamCity and Windows vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the JetBrains TeamCity flaw CVE-2023-42793 (CVSS score: 9.8) and Windows bug CVE-2023-28229 (CVSS score: 7.0) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Below are the descriptions of the two vulnerabilities: According to Binding Operational Directive […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 05, 2023
Researcher discovered that global B2B CRM provider Really Simple Systems exposed online a non-password-protected database with million records. Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password protected database that contained over 3 million records. The documents appeared to be associated with internal invoices, communications, and customer’s stored CRM files. Upon further research, records […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2023
International mobile virtual network operator Lyca Mobile announced it has been the victim of a cyber attack that disrupted its network. Lyca Mobile is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that provides prepaid mobile phone services to customers in several countries worldwide. A mobile virtual network operator doesn’t own its own physical wireless network infrastructure […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2023
Chipmaker Qualcomm addressed 17 vulnerabilities in various components and warns of three other actively exploited zero-day flaws. Chipmaker Qualcomm released security updates to address 17 vulnerabilities in several components. Three out of 17 flaws are rated Critical, 13 are rated High, and one is rated Medium in severity. The company is also warning that three […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2023
The DRM Report Q2 2023 report provides a detailed insight into the ransomware threat landscape during the period between May and August 2023. In an era where digitalization has woven its web into the very fabric of our lives, the dark underbelly of the digital realm continues to pose an ever-growing threat. Ransomware, a menace […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2023
Threat actors exploited an open redirection vulnerability in the job search platform Indeed to carry out phishing attacks. Researchers from the cybersecurity firm Menlo Security reported that threat actors exploited an open redirection vulnerability in the job search platform Indeed in phishing attacks. The phishing attacks were aimed at senior executives across various industries, primarily […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2023
A misconfiguration in the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) systems caused a leak of over 26K files, exposing clients’ parking permits and home addresses. The MTC is a governmental agency responsible for regional transportation planning and financing in the San Francisco Bay Area. The latest research by Cybernews shows that the agency left public access to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2023
Researchers from cybersecurity firm TG Soft are warning Italian entities and companies of LockBit 3.0 Black and BlackCat/AlphV attacks. In the last few weeks, two cybercriminal groups that have also targeted Italian entities and businesses, are back in the news; they are LockBit 3.0 Black and BlackCat/AlphV, which had already been reported by the media in the first decade of […]
