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Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2019
Zendesk 2016 security breach may impact Uber, Slack, and other organizations

Zendesk discloses a data breach that took place in 2016 when a hacker accessed data of 10,000 users, including passwords, emails, names, and phone numbers. In 2016, customer service software company Zendesk suffered a security breach that exposed data of 10,000 users, including passwords, emails, names, and phone numbers. Zendesk software is currently used by […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2019
Expert disclosed details of remote code execution flaw in Whatsapp for Android

Researcher discovered a double-free vulnerability in WhatsApp for Android that could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable device. A security researcher that goes online with the moniker Awakened discovered a double-free vulnerability in WhatsApp for Android and demonstrated how to leverage on it to remotely execute arbitrary code on […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2019
Former American Express employee under investigation for customers’ data abuse

Authorities are investigating an American Express employee for unauthorized access to cardholder information and potentially abuse for fraud. Authorities launched a criminal investigation on an American Express employee that is suspected to accessed to cardholder information and potentially abused for fraud. Exposed information includes full name, physical and/or billing address, Social Security numbers, birth dates, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2019
Asics apologizes after pornography ran on screens at central store in Auckland for hours

NZ Sports Store Apologises Over Porn Played on Big Screens Hackers broadcasted pornography content on large television screens located above the Asics central store in Auckland for several hours. The New Zealand branch of sports brand Asics apologized for an embarrassing incident that took place over the weekend. On Sunday, hackers broadcasted pornography content on […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2019
Ten hospitals in Alabama and Australia have been hit with ransomware attacks

A new wave of ransomware attacks hit US and Australian hospitals and health service providers causing the paralysis of their systems. Several hospitals and health service providers from the U.S. and Australia were hit by ransomware attacks that forced the administrators to shut part of their IT infrastructure. “Ten hospitals—three in Alabama and seven in […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2019
Experts found 20 Million tax records for Russian citizens exposed online

Experts discovered an unprotected Elasticsearch cluster containing personally identifiable and tax information of Russian citizens exposed online. Security experts from Comparitech along with security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered 20 million tax records belonging to Russian citizens exposed online in clear text and without protection. The experts found an unprotected Elasticsearch cluster that was containing personally […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2019
Teheran: U.S. has started ‘Cyber War’ against Iran

Iran ’s Passive Defense Organization chief Gholamreza Jalali declared that the US government has started its cyber war against the country. Gholamreza Jalali, Iran’s Passive Defense Organization chief, announced that that “America has started its cyber war against Iran, without providing more details. The news was reported by the ISNA news website on October 1, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2019
Singapore presented the Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity Masterplan

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) presented the Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity Masterplan to increase the resilience of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) sectors. The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) presented the Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity Masterplan to enhance the security and resilience of Singapore’s Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) sectors in delivering essential services. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2019
A new Adwind variant involved in attacks on US petroleum industry

Adwind is back, a new variant of the popular RAT is targeting US petroleum industry entities with new advanced features. A new variant of the popular Adwind RAT (aka jRAT, AlienSpy, and JSocket) is targeting entities in the US petroleum industry. The new variant implements advanced features such as multi-layer obfuscation. The malware is distributed via a […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2019
Danish company Demant expects to incur losses of up to $95 Million after cyber attack

Demant, a leading international hearing health care company, expects to incur losses of up to $95 million following a ransomware attack. Last month, Demant suffered a cyber attack that caused important problems to its operations, the company has yet to recover after the attack, a circumstance that suggests it was hit by a ransomware attack. […]