Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2021
ESET experts uncovered a previously undocumented piece of malware that had been observed targeting high-performance computing clusters (HPC). ESET analyzed a new piece of malware, dubbed Kobalos, that was employed in attacks against high-performance computing clusters (HPC). The name Kobalos comes from a small sprite from Greek mythology, a mischievous creature fond of tricking and frightening mortals. Kobalos is a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2021
The U.S. CISA reveals that many of the victims of the SolarWinds hackers had no direct connection to SolarWinds. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that many of the organizations targeted by SolarWinds hackers had not direct link to the supply chain attack. âWhile the supply chain compromise of SolarWinds first highlighted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2021
Experts spotted a new Trickbot module that is used to scan local networks and make lateral movement inside the target organization. Cybersecurity researchers discovered a new module of the Trickbot malware, dubbed ‘masrv’, that is used to scan a local network and make lateral movement inside the target organization. The masrv module leverage the Masscan open-source utility […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2021
Experts uncovered a new supply chain attack leveraging the update process of NoxPlayer, a free Android emulator for PCs and Macs. UPDATE (February 3rd, 2021): Following the publication of our research, BigNox have contacted us to say that their initial denial of the compromise was a misunderstanding on their part and that they have since […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2021
Researchers from the security firm NCC Group warn of the exploitation in the wild of a SonicWall zero-day vulnerability. Security experts from the firm NCC Group have detected “indiscriminate” exploitation of a SonicWall zero-day in attacks in the wild, ZDNet reported. NCC Group first disclosed the attacks on SonicWall devices on Sunday but did not […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2021
Google discovered a flaw in GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG)’s Libgcrypt encryption library that could be exploited to get remote code execution. The popular white hat hacker Tavis Ormandy of Google Project Zero discovered a severe heap buffer overflow flaw in GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG)’s Libgcrypt encryption software could have allowed a remote attacker to write […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2021
Expert disclosed an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Functions that could be exploited to escape the Docker container hosting them. Cybersecurity researcher Paul Litvak from Intezer Lab disclosed an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Functions that could be exploited by an attacker to escalate privileges and escape the Docker container that hosts them. The experts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2021
Experts from Great Firewall Report analyzed recent upgrades to China’s Great Firewall and revealed that it can be circumvented. Members of the Great Firewall Report group have analyzed the recent improvement implemented for China’s Great Firewall censorship system and revealed that it is possible to bypass it. Last year, the group published a detailed analysis […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2021
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the international press subscribe here. Chipmaker Intel reveals that an internal error caused a data leak Hacker leaks data of 2.28M users of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2021
The Rocke group is using a new piece of cryptojacking malware dubbed Pro-Ocean to target Apache ActiveMQ, Oracle WebLogic, and Redis installs. The cybercrime group Rocke is using a new piece of cryptojacking malware called Pro-Ocean to target vulnerable Apache ActiveMQ, Oracle WebLogic, and Redis intalls. The malware is an evolution of a Monero cryptocurrency […]
