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Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2022
OpenSSL to fix the second critical flaw ever

The OpenSSL Project announced an upcoming update to address a critical vulnerability in the open-source toolkit. The OpenSSL Project announced that it is going to release updates to address a critical vulnerability in the open-source toolkit. Experts pointed out that it is the first critical vulnerability patched in toolkit since September 2016. “The OpenSSL project […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2022
See Tickets discloses data breach, customers’ credit card data exposed

International ticketing services company See Tickets disclosed a data breach that exposed customers’ payment card details. Ticketing service company See Tickets disclosed a data breach, and threat actors might have accessed customers’ payment card details. Threat actors were able to steal payment card data by implanting a software skimmer on its website. The company discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2022
US charges Ukrainian man with Raccoon Infostealer operation

US authorities charged a Ukrainian man with computer fraud for allegedly infecting millions of computers with Raccoon Infostealer. The US Justice Department charged a Ukrainian, Mark Sokolovsky (26) man with computer fraud for allegedly infecting millions of computers with the Raccoon Infostealer. The man is currently being held in the Netherlands, he was charged for […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2022
Two flaws in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility client for Windows actively exploited

Cisco warns of active exploitation attempts targeting two vulnerabilities in the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows. Cisco is warning of exploitation attempts targeting two security flaws, tracked as CVE-2020-3153 (CVSS score: 6.5) and CVE-2020-3433 (CVSS score: 7.8), in the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows. Both vulnerabilities are dated 2020 and are now patched. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2022
VMware fixes critical RCE in VMware Cloud Foundation

VMware addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation tracked as CVE-2021-39144. VMware has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-39144 (CVSSv3 9.8), in VMware Cloud Foundation. VMware Cloud Foundation™ is the industry’s most advanced hybrid cloud platform. It provides a complete set of software-defined services for compute, storage, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2022
Experts disclosed a 22-year-old bug in popular SQLite Database library

A high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-35737, has been disclosed in the SQLite database library. The security expert Andreas Kellas detailed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-35737 (CVSS score: 7.5), in the SQLite database library, which was introduced in October 2000. The CVE-2022-35737 flaw is an integer overflow issue that impacts SQLite versions 1.0.12 through 3.39.1. The vulnerability was […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2022
Two PoS Malware used to steal data from more than 167,000 credit cards

Researchers reported that threat actors used 2 PoS malware variants to steal information about more than 167,000 credit cards. Cybersecurity firm Group-IB discovered two PoS malware to steal data associated with more than 167,000 credit cards from point-of-sale payment terminals. On April 19, 2022, Group-IB researchers identified the C2 server of the POS malware called MajikPOS. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2022
Dormant Colors campaign operates over 1M malicious Chrome extensions

A new malvertising campaign, code-named Dormant Colors, is delivering malicious Google Chrome extensions that hijack targets’ browsers. Researchers at Guardio Labs have discovered a new malvertising campaign, called Dormant Colors, aimed at delivering malicious Google Chrome extensions. The Chrome extensions hijack searches and insert affiliate links into web pages. The experts called the campaign Dormant […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2022
Apple fixed the ninth actively exploited zero-day this year

Apple released security updates that addressed the ninth zero-day vulnerability actively exploited in the wild since the start of the year.  Apple has addressed the ninth zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks in the wild since the start of the year. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42827, is an out-of-bounds write issue that can be exploited by an attacker to […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2022
Cuba ransomware affiliate targets Ukraine, CERT-UA warns

The Ukraine Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) warns of Cuba Ransomware attacks against critical networks in the country. The Ukraine Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) warns of potential Cuba Ransomware attacks against local critical infrastructure. On October 21, 2022, the Ukraine CERT-UA uncovered a phishing campaign impersonating the Press Service of the General Staff of […]