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Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2018
Wavethrough CVE-2018-8235 flaw in Microsoft Edge leaks sensitive data

A flaw in the Edge browser, dubbed Wavethrough, addressed by latest Microsoft Patch Tuesday for June 2018 could be exploited to read restricted data. A bug in the Edge browser addressed by latest Microsoft Patch Tuesday for June 2018 could be exploited by attackers via malicious or compromised websites to read restricted data. The flaw was reported by […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2018
Crooks exploit CVE-2018-7602 Drupal flaw, aka Drupalgeddon3 to deliver Monero miner

Crooks are attempting to exploit a recently patched Drupal vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-7602, to drop Monero mining malware onto vulnerable systems. The CVE-2018-7602 flaw is a highly critical remote code execution issue, also known as Drupalgeddon3, that was addressed by the Drupal team in April with the release of versions 7.59, 8.4.8 and 8.5.3. The security patch for the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2018
GZipDe Downloader spotted serving a Metasploit backdoor

Security experts from AlienVault have spotted a new piece of malware named GZipDe that was used in a cyber-espionage campaign. GZipDe is downloader that is used by threat actors to fetch other payloads from a server controlled by attackers. The malware was detected after user from Afghanistan has uploaded a weaponized Word document on VirusTotal service, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2018
Red Alert 2.0 Android Trojan available for rent in the underground at $500 per Month

According to researchers at Trustwave, the source code of the Red Alert 2.0 Android Trojan is now available for rent on cybercrime underground forums at $500 per month. The experts discovered the latest variant because received a malicious apk via mail and analyzed it. “It all started with a spam message, which curiously had an Android App attachment. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2018
6 Security Flaws in Smart Speakers You Need to Know About

Connectivity and functionality may offer us convenience, but as with any new connected technology like smart speakers also come with security concerns. How would you feel about having a device in your home that’s always listening to what’s going on, standing ready to record, process and store any information it receives? That might be a […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2018
Cisco security updates address five critical issues in NX-OS Software

Cisco released security patches for more than 30 vulnerabilities, including five Critical arbitrary code execution issues affecting the NX-OS Software Cisco released security patches for more than 30 vulnerabilities including five Critical arbitrary code execution issues affecting the NX-API feature of NX-OS Software (CVE-2018-0301) and the Fabric Services component of FXOS Software and NX-OS Software […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2018
Magento credit card stealer Reinfector allows reinfect sites with malicious code

Cybercriminals used the ‘credit card stealer reinfector’ to reinfect the websites and continue to steal personal and financial data. Researchers at Sucuri reported crooks are using a very simple evasion technique to reinfect Magento websites after their malicious code has been removed. Cybercriminals have devised a method to hide the malicious code, the ‘credit card stealer reinfector’, used to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2018
Building a malware distribution network is too easy with Kardon Loader

Researchers at Netscout Arbor have discovered a malware downloader advertised on underground forums as a paid open beta product, its name is Kardon Loader. Researchers from Netscout Arbor have discovered a downloader advertised on underground forums dubbed Kardon Loader, it allows customers to build a malware distribution network or a botshop. Advs for Kardon Loader were first discovered on April 21, 2018, the author […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2018
Chronicle launches VirusTotal Monitor to reduce false positives

Alphabet owned cybersecurity firm Chronicle announced the launch of a new VirusTotal service that promises to reduce false positives.  VirusTotal Monitor service allows developers to upload their application files to a private cloud store where they are scanned every day using anti-malware solutions from antivirus vendors in VirusTotal. Every time the service flags the file as malicious, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2018
Flight tracking service Flightradar24 suffered a data breach

The popular flight tracking service Flightradar24 has discovered a data breach that affected one of its servers. The company notified the incident to its users via email and asked them to change their passwords, affected users’ passwords have been reset. FlightRadar24 promptly reported the incident to the Swedish Data Protection Authority in order to comply with the […]