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Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2019
A critical vulnerability affecting the Ad Inserter WordPress plugin could be exploited by authenticated attackers to remotely execute PHP code. Security researchers at Wordfence discovered a critical vulnerability in the Inserter WordPress plugin that could be exploited by authenticated attackers to remotely execute PHP code. Ad Inserter is an Ad management plugin that allows administrators to benefit of advanced features to insert ads […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2019
It has happened again, another JavaScript package in the npm registry has been compromised, it is the installer for PureScript. The installer for PureScript package in the npm registry has tampered forcing project maintainers to purge the malicious code. Last week many developers reported several problems with the installer and PureScript contributor Harry Garrood found malicious code in its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2019
Instagram has recently addressed a critical flaw that could have allowed hackers to take over any Instagram account without any user interaction. Instagram has recently addressed a critical vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to completely take over any account without user interaction. The news was first reported by TheHackerNews, the issue was reported to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2019
On July 6, a ransomware attack brought down government computer systems at La Porte County, Indiana, finally, the county decided to pay $130,000 ransom. On July 6, a ransomware attack paralyzed the computer systems at La Porte County, Indiana, according to County Commission President Dr. Vidya Kora, employees were not able to access to any […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2019
A serious vulnerability in Walkie-Talkie App on Apple Watch forced the tech giant to disable the applications to avoid attackers spying on its users. Apple has temporarily disabled the Walkie-Talkie app on the Apple Watch due to a vulnerability that could be exploited to spy on users. The issue was reported to Apple via its report […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2019
Security experts at Emsisoft released a new decryptor, it could be used for free by victims of the Ims00rry ransomware to decrypt their files. Thanks to the experts at Emsisoft the victims of the Ims00rry ransomware can decrypt their files for free. The Ims00rry ransomware used AES-128 algorithm for the encryption process. Unlike most of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2019
SAP released 11 Security Notes as part of the Patch Day – July 2019, one of which was a Hot News Note addressing a critical flaw in Diagnostics Agent. This month SAP released 11 Security Notes as part of the Patch Day – July 2019. One of them is a Hot News Note that addresses […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2019
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued a security advisory to warn organizations of DNS hijacking attacks and provided recommendations this type of attack. In response to the numerous DNS hijacking attacks the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert to warn organizations of this type of attack. “In January 2019 the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2019
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! Croatia government agencies targeted with news SilentTrinity malware Customers of 7-Eleven Japan lost $500,000 due to a flaw in the mobile app Hackers compromised a Canonical GitHub account, Ubuntu […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2019
Brazilian users have been targeted by a large number of router attacks aimed at modifying the configuration of their routers for malicious purposes. This year, security experts at Avast have blocked more than 4.6 million cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attempts carried out by crooks to execute commands without the users’ knowledge. The campaign uncovered by […]
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