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Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2019
Hacker publicly releases Jailbreak for iOS version 12.4

Apple accidentally unpatched a vulnerability it had already fixed, making current versions of iOS vulnerable to hackers. A public Jailbreak for iPhones in was released by a hacker, it is an exceptional event because it is the first in years. According to Motherboard, that first reported the news, Apple accidentally unpatched a flaw it had […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2019
Apple announces major changes to its bug bounty program, including higher rewards

At the Blackhat cybersecurity conference, Apple has announced a few major changes to its bug bounty program that will be open to any researcher. The most striking change is related to the payout for the rewards, themaximum reward passed from $200,000 to $1 million. This is the biggest payout for a bug bounty program operated […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2019
Microsoft warns for the second time of applying BlueKeep patch

Microsoft issued a new warning for users to update their systems to address the remote code execution vulnerability dubbed BlueKeep. Microsoft issued a new warning for users of older Windows OS versions to update their systems in order to patch the remote code execution vulnerability dubbed BlueKeep. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-0708, impacts the Windows […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2019
Google white hat hacker found code execution flaw in Notepad

The popular white hat hacker Tavis Ormandy has announced the discovery of a code execution vulnerability in Microsoft’s Notepad text editor. The Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy announced the discovery of a code execution flaw in Microsoft’s Notepad text editor. Ormandy reported the issue to Microsoft and will wait 90 days according to Google vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2019
Internet scans found nearly one million systems vulnerable to BlueKeep

Roughly one million devices are vulnerable to attacks exploiting the BlueKeep Windows vulnerability and hackers are ready to hit them. Yesterday I reported the discovery made by experts at GreyNoise that detected scans for systems vulnerable to the BlueKeep (CVE-2019-0708) vulnerability. The scans were first detected on May 25, 2019, experts explained that a single […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2019
BlueKeep scans observed from exclusively Tor exit nodes

GreyNoise experts detected scans for systems vulnerable to the BlueKeep (CVE-2019-0708) vulnerability from exclusively Tor exit nodes. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for May 2019 address nearly 80 vulnerabilities, including an RDS vulnerability dubbed BlueKeep that can be exploited to carry out WannaCry-like attack. The issue is a remote code execution flaw in Remote Desktop Services (RDS) that it can […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2019
PoC Exploits for CVE-2019-0708 wormable Windows flaw released online

Several security experts have developed PoC exploits for wormable Windows RDS flaw tracked as CVE-2019-0708 and dubbed BlueKeep. Experts have developed several proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for the recently patched Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-0708 and dubbed BlueKeep. One of the PoC exploits could be used for remote code execution on vulnerable […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 204 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·      A Cobalt Strike flaw exposed attackers infrastructure ·      The operator of DDoS-for-hire service pleads guilty ·      The Wireshark Foundation released Wireshark 3.0.0 ·      Annual RSA Conference Exclusive 2019 […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 13, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 196 – News of the week

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! Blur data leak potentially exposed data of 2.4 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 180 – News of the week

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! ·      Domestic Kitten – An Iranian surveillance operation […]