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Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2020
Fortinet VPN with default certificate exposes 200,000 businesses to hack

According to SAM Seamless Network, over 200,000 businesses are using Fortigate VPN with default settings, exposing them to the risk of a hack. In response to the spreading of Coronavirus across the world, many organizations deployed VPN solutions, including Fortigate VPN, to allow their employers to work from their homes. The configuration of the VPN […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2020
CISA says federal agency compromised by malicious cyber actor

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that a hacker breached a US federal agency and exfiltrated data. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that a hacker breached a US federal agency and threat actors exfiltrated data. CISA published a detailed incident report related to the incident but didn’t disclose the name of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2020
Alien Android banking Trojan, the powerful successor of the Cerberus malware

Security researchers spotted a new strain of Android malware, dubbed Alien, that implements multiple features allowing it to steal credentials from 226 apps. Researchers from ThreatFabric have discovered and analyzed a new strain of Android malware, tracked as Alien, that implements multiple features allowing it to steal credentials from 226 applications. Alien first appeared in […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2020
Instagram RCE gave hackers remote access to your device

Facebook has addressed a critical vulnerability in Instagram that could lead to remote code execution and turn the smartphone into a spying device. Facebook has fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Instagram that could lead to the hijack of smartphone cameras, microphones, and more.  The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-1895, was discovered by Check Point, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2020
Hackers are using Zerologon exploits in attacks in the wild

Microsoft is warning of threat actors that are actively using the Windows Server Zerologon exploits in attacks in the wild. Microsoft has published a series of Tweets to warn of attackers that are actively exploiting the Windows Server Zerologon in attacks in the wild. The IT giant is urging Windows administrators to install the released […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2020
Microsoft, Italy and the Netherlands agencies warn of EMOTET campaigns

Experts worldwide warn about a surge in the Emotet activity, this time the alerts are from Microsoft, Italy and the Netherlands agencies. Two weeks ago, cybersecurity agencies across Asia and Europe warned of Emotet spam campaigns targeting businesses in France, Japan, and New Zealand. The French national cyber-security agency published an alert to warn of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2020
Data for 600K customers of U.S. fitness chains Town Sports leaked online

The database containing personal information of over 600,000 clients of the US fitness chain Town Sports was exposed on the Internet. US fitness chain Town Sports has suffered a data breach, a database belonging to the company containing the personal information of over 600,000 people was exposed on the Internet. Town Sports International Holdings is an […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2020
Rogue employees at Shopify accessed customer info without authorization

E-commerce platform provider Shopify revealed that two members of its support staff accessed customer information without authorization. E-commerce platform provider Shopify on Tuesday confirmed that two employees of its support staff were accessing customer information without authorization. “Recently, Shopify became aware of an incident involving the data of less than 200 merchants. We immediately launched […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2020
Samba addresses the CVE-2020-1472 Zerologon Vulnerability

Samba team has released a security patch to address the Zerologon issue in the Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC). Samba team has released a security patch to address the Zerologon (CVE-2020-1472) issue in the Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC). The CVE-2020-1472 flaw is an elevation of privilege that resides in the Netlogon. The Netlogon service is an Authentication […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2020
HOW DO PROVIDERS IMPLEMENT INTERNET BLOCKING IN BELARUS?

Researchers at Qurium Media Foundation analyzed the blocking implemented by four different operators in Belarus. September 23, 2020 Qurium analyzes the blocking implemented by four different operators in Belarus Belarus operators use their own infrastructure to implement the blocking Block techniques include transparent web proxies, injection of HTTP responses, stateless and stateful SSL DPI and […]