Cybersecurity

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2021
Symantec uncovered a previously unknown nation-state actor, named Harvester, that targeted telcos

Symantec spotted a previously unknown nation-state actor, tracked as Harvester, that is targeting telecommunication providers and IT firms in South Asia. Symantec spotted a previously unknown nation-state actor, tracked as Harvester, that is using a custom implant, dubbed Backdoor.Graphon, in attacks aimed at telecommunication providers, IT firms, and government entities in South Asia. At this […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2021
Trustwave released a free decryptor for the BlackByte ransomware

Trustwave’s SpiderLabs researchers have released a free decryptor for the BlackByte ransomware that can allow victims to recover their files. Researchers from Trustwave’s SpiderLabs have released a decryptor that can allow victims of the BlackByte ransomware to restore their files for free. The experts spotted the BlackByte ransomware while investigating a recent malware incident. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2021
Apple silently fixed iOS zero-day without crediting the expet who reported it

Apple has silently addressed a zero-day vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain access to sensitive user data. Apple has silently addressed zero-day vulnerability with the release of iOS 15.0.2, the vulnerability could allow attackers gain access to sensitive user information. The flaw was reported to the IT giant by software developers Denis Tokarev seven […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 11, 2021
Apple released emergency update to fix zero-day actively exploited

Apple released emergency updates for both iOS and iPadOS to address a zero-day flaw that is actively exploited in the wild. Apple has released iOS 15.0.2 and iPadOS 15.0.2 to address a zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-30883, that is actively exploited in the wild. The flaw is a critical memory corruption issue that resides in […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2021
Security expert published NMAP script for Apache CVE-2021-41773 vulnerability

Security expert Dhiraj Mishra published an NMAP script for the CVE-2021-41773 Path Traversal vulnerability affecting Apache Web Server version 2.4.49. Security researcher Dhiraj Mishra released an NMAP script for the CVE-2021-41773 path traversal vulnerability affecting Apache Web Server version 2.4.49. This week Apache Software Foundation has released HTTP Web Server 2.4.51 to address an actively exploited path […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2021
Arizona governor announces the launch of Command Center to protect state computer systems

The governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, has announced the launch of a Cyber Command Center to address the thousands of attacks that daily target government computers. The governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, has launched a Cyber Command Center to repel the huge amount of attacks that every day hit the computer systems of the state. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2021
UK newspaper The Telegraph exposed a 10TB database with subscriber data

The UK media outlet The Telegraph has leaked 10 TB of subscriber data after failing to properly secure one of its databases. The UK newspaper The Telegraph’, one of the UK’s largest newspapers and online media outlets, has leaked 10 TB of data after failing to properly secure one of its databases. The popular researcher […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2021
LANtenna attack allows exfiltrating data from Air-Gapped systems via Ethernet cables

Boffins devised a new technique, dubbed LANtenna, to exfiltrate data from systems in air-gapped networks using Ethernet cables as a “transmitting antenna.” Security researchers from the Cyber Security Research Center in the Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel) devised a new data exfiltration mechanism, dubbed LANtenna Attack, that leverages Ethernet cables as a “transmitting […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2021
Apache patch a zero-day flaw exploited in the wild

Apache has addressed two vulnerabilities, one of which is a path traversal and file disclosure flaw in its HTTP server actively exploited in the wild. Apache has rolled out security patches to address two flaws, including a path traversal and file disclosure issue in its HTTP server that is actively exploited in the wild. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2021
Unnamed Ransomware gang uses a Python script to encrypt VMware ESXi servers

An unnamed ransomware gang used a custom Python script to target VMware ESXi and encrypt all the virtual machines hosted on the server. Researchers from Sophos were investigating a ransomware attack when discovered that the attackers employed a Python script to encrypt virtual machines hosted on VMware ESXi servers. In the attack investigated by the […]