Cybersecurity

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2021
LockFile Ransomware uses a new intermittent encryption technique

Recently emerged LockFile ransomware family LockFile leverages a novel technique called intermittent encryption to speed up encryption. LockFile ransomware gang started its operations last month, recently it was spotted targeting Microsoft Exchange servers using the recently disclosed ProxyShell vulnerabilities. The popular security expert Kevin Beaumont was one of the first researchers to report that the LockFile operators are using the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2021
ISRAELI FIRM ‘BRIGHT DATA’ (LUMINATI NETWORKS) ENABLED THE ATTACKS AGAINST KARAPATAN

Who is behind the massive and prolonged Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that hit the Philippine human rights alliance Karapatan? The 25 days long DDoS attack against the website of Karapatan was launched by almost 30.000 IP addresses, whereas one third of the addresses originated from devices that there were not running “Open Proxies” or “Tor exits”. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2021
Boffins show PIN bypass attack Mastercard and Maestro contactless payments

Boffins from the Swiss ETH Zurich university demonstrated PIN bypass attack on contactless cards from Mastercard and Maestro. A group of researchers from the Swiss ETH Zurich university has discovered a vulnerability that allowed them to bypass PIN codes on contactless cards from Mastercard and Maestro. Technically the researchers performed a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack between […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2021
An RCE in Annke video surveillance product allows hacking the device

Researchers from Nozomi Networks discovered a critical vulnerability that can be exploited to hack a video surveillance product made by Annke. Researchers at industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks have discovered a critical flaw affecting a video surveillance product made by Annke, a popular manufacturer of surveillance systems and solutions. The vulnerability, tracked as […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2021
B. Braun Infusomat pumps could be hacked to alter medication doses

Researchers disclosed five vulnerabilities in B. Braun ‘s Infusomat Space Large Volume Pump and SpaceStation that could be remotely hacked. Cybersecurity researchers from McAfee disclosed five vulnerabilities in B. Braun’s Infusomat Space Large Volume Pump and SpaceStation that could be exploited by threat actors to alter medication doses. The flawed devices are uses in both […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2021
VMware addressed 4 High-Severity flaws in vRealize Operations

VMware released security patches to address multiple vulnerabilities in vRealize Operations, including four high severity flaws. VMware addressed multiple vulnerabilities in vRealize Operations, including four high severity flaws. The most severe flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-22025 (CVSS score of 8.6), is a broken access control vulnerability in the vRealize Operations Manager API. An attacker could exploit […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2021
Memorial Health System forced to cancel surgeries after ransomware attack

Health organization Memorial Health System was hit by a disruptive cyber attack that forced it to cancel surgeries and divert patients last week. The Memorial Health System announced that was hit by a disruptive cyber attack that forced it to suspend some of its operations. The organization operates the Marietta Memorial Hospital, the Selby General […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2021
NK-linked InkySquid APT leverages IE exploits in recent attacks

North Korea-linked InkySquid group leverages two Internet Explorer exploits to deliver a custom implant in attacks aimed at a South Korean online newspaper. Experts from cybersecurity firm Volexity reported that North Korea-linked InkySquid group (aka ScarCruft, APT37, Group123, and Reaper) leverages two Internet Explorer exploits to deliver a custom backdoor in watering hole attacks aimed at the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2021
Fortinet FortiWeb OS Command Injection allows takeover servers remotely

Fortinet addresses a command injection vulnerability that can allow attackers to take complete control of servers running vulnerable FortiWeb WAF installs. An authenticated attacker could execute arbitrary commands as the root user on the underlying system via the SAML server configuration page. Experts pointed out that the flaw could be chained with an authentication bypass flaw that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2021
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