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Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2021
FBI training document shows lawful access to multiple encrypted messaging apps

Which are the most secure encrypted messaging apps? An FBI document shows what data can be obtained from them. The Record shared an FBI training document that reveals the surveillance capabilities of the US law enforcement detailing which data can be extracted from encrypted messaging apps. The document analyzes lawful access to multiple encrypted messaging […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2021
Sabbath Ransomware target critical infrastructure in the US and Canada

Sabbath ransomware is a new threat that has been targeting critical infrastructure in the United States and Canada since June 2021. A new ransomware group called Sabbath (aka UNC2190) has been targeting critical infrastructure in the United States and Canada since June 2021. According to Mandiant researchers, the group is a rebrand of Arcane and […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2021
Play the Opera Please – Opera patches a flaw in their turbo servers

Opera released a mini patch for a vulnerability in their turbo servers that dates back to 2018. Prior approval are taken from Opera security team before disclosing this issue! Before we get started there are few things which we need to understand such as, Value added service (VAS): Value added services (VAS) is a popular telecommunications […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2021
New EwDoor Botnet is targeting AT&T customers

360 Netlab experts spotted a new botnet dubbed EwDoor that infects unpatched AT&T enterprise network edge devices. Experts from Qihoo 360’s Network Security Research Lab discovered a new botnet, dubbed EwDoor, that targets AT&T customers using EdgeMarc Enterprise Session Border Controller (ESBC) edge devices that are publicly exposed to the Internet. The attackers are targeting Edgewater Networks’ […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2021
Critical Printing Shellz flaws impact 150 HP multifunction printer models

Researchers discovered a critical wormable buffer overflow vulnerability that affects 150 different HP multifunction printer models (MFPs). Cybersecurity researchers from F-Secure have discovered two critical vulnerabilities, collectively tracked as Printing Shellz, that impact approximately 150 multifunction printer models. The vulnerabilities can be exploited by attackers to take control of vulnerable devices and steal sensitive information, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2021
WIRTE APT group targets the Middle East since at least 2019

A threat actor named WIRTE targets government, diplomatic entities, military organizations, law firms, and financial institutions in Middle East. Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky have detailed the activity of a threat actor named WIRTE that is targeting government, diplomatic entities, military organizations, law firms, and financial institutions in Middle East since early 2019. The activity of […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2021
4 Android banking trojans were spread via Google Play infecting 300.000+ devices

Experts found four Android banking trojans that were available on the official Google Play Store and that infected +300,000 devices. Researchers from ThreatFabric discovered four distinct Android banking trojans that were spread via the official Google Play Store between August and November 2021. According to the experts, the malware infected more than 300,000 devices through […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2021
Google experts found 2 flaws in video conferencing software Zoom

Google Project Zero researchers have discovered two vulnerabilities in the video conferencing software Zoom that expose users to attacks. Security researchers from Google Project Zero discovered two vulnerabilities in the video conferencing software Zoom that expose users to attacks. The vulnerabilities impact Zoom Client for Meetings on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. The issues […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2021
Panasonic confirmed that its network was illegally accessed by attackers

Panasonic disclosed a security breach after threat actors gained access to its servers storing potentially sensitive information. Japanese electronics giant Panasonic disclosed a security breach after threat actors gained access to some servers of the company containing sensitive data. The company discovered the intrusion on November 11 and immediately launched an investigation, which is still […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2021
Experts warn of attacks exploiting CVE-2021-40438 flaw in Apache HTTP Server

Threat actors are exploiting the recently patched CVE-2021-40438 flaw in Apache HTTP servers, warns German Cybersecurity Agency and Cisco. Threat actors are exploiting a recently addressed server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-40438, in Apache HTTP servers. The CVE-2021-40438 flaw can be exploited against httpd web servers that have the mod_proxy module enabled. A threat actor […]