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Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2017
Kaspersky Lab solutions banned from US government agencies

The US Department of Homeland security banned government agencies for using software products developed by Kaspersky Lab Bad news for security firm Kaspersky, the US Department of Homeland security banned government agencies for using software products developed by Kaspersky Labs. The ban was the response to the concerns about possible ties between Kaspersky and Russian […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2017
September Patch Tuesday, patch your Windows now to avoid ugly surprises

Microsoft has just released the September Patch Tuesday, a huge batch of security updates to address 81 vulnerabilities including Blueborne issue. Microsoft has just released the September Patch Tuesday, a huge batch of security updates to address 81 vulnerabilities in almost any supported versions of Windows and other MS products. The batch includes security update to addresses […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2017
Bashware attack, how to run Linux malware on Windows systems

Experts found a new alarming method dubbed Bashware attack that allows attackers to silently run malware to bypass even the most common security solutions, The new Windows 10 feature Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) that implements the Linux bash terminal in Microsoft operating system could be exploited by malware to run undetected. The feature was recently […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2017
Adobe patches only two critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player in September

This month, Adobe has patched only two vulnerabilities in Flash Player, both are critical issues that could be exploited for remote code execution. The vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2017-11281 and CVE-2017-11282, they were discovered by Mateusz Jurczyk and Natalie Silvanovich of Google Project Zero. Both vulnerabilities are caused by memory corruption issues and affect the Flash Player […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2017
Billions of mobile, desktop and IoT devices potentially exposed to BlueBorne Attack

Billions of mobile, desktop and IoT devices that use Bluetooth may be exposed to a new stealthy remote attack dubbed BlueBorne attack. Billions of mobile, desktop and IoT devices that use Bluetooth may be exposed to a new remote attack, even without any user interaction and pairing. The unique condition for BlueBorne attacks is that targeted devices […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2017
Brute Force 900k + Attempts on a New Server

Brute Force Attack Report – This article is going to cover an attack we have had on a new network from the second it was connected to the internet. Instantly we were collecting data showing the determination of people trying to gain “root” access to our Server. Our data shows us that on the 21/August/2017 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2017
MongoDB improves security amid new wave of ransom-attacks

MongoDB company implements new data security features in response to the recent wave of ransom attacks that hit installations worldwide. You have to admit that the bad actors are very good at leveraging a vulnerability into a lucrative opportunity. The latest example comes from MongoDB,  a popular, open source database commonly deployed for big data applications on […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2017
Spain – Facebook slapped with €1.2M fine for violating data protection regulations

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has issued a €1.2 Million fine against Facebook for violating data protection regulations. Other privacy problems for the tech giant Facebook, the company has been fined for a series of privacy violations in Spain. The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has issued a €1.2 Million fine against Facebook for violating data protection regulations. According […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2017
Expert disclosed 10 zero-day vulnerabilities in D-Link DIR 850L wireless routers

The security researcher Pierre Kim has discovered ten critical zero-day vulnerabilities in D-Link DIR 850L routers and invites users to stop using them. The security researcher Pierre Kim has discovered ten critical zero-day vulnerabilities in routers from networking equipment manufacturer D-Link that open owners to cyber attacks. The flawed devices are the D-Link DIR 850L wireless AC1200 dual-band […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2017
Apache Foundation rejects allegation Equifax hackers exploited CVE-2017-9805 in Struts

Media and experts speculate Equifax Hack was the result of the exploitation of the recently discovered critical vulnerability CVE-2017-9805 in Apache Struts. Last week Equifax reported a huge data breach, hackers accessed its systems between mid-May and late July. The incident affected roughly 143 million U.S. consumers and some customers in the U.K. and Canada. […]