Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2020
Google security researcher discovered Bluetooth vulnerabilities (BleedingTooth) in the Linux kernel that could allow zero-click attacks. Andy Nguyen, a Google security researcher, has found Bluetooth vulnerabilities, referred to as BleedingTooth, in the Linux kernel that could be exploited by attackers to run arbitrary code or access sensitive information. The BleedingTooth flaws are tracked as CVE-2020-12351, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2020
Earlier this month, German authorities have raided the offices of FinFisher, the German surveillance software firm, accused of providing its software to oppressive regimes. German authorities have raided the offices of FinFisher, the popular German surveillance firm as part of an investigation into the alleged sale of their software to oppressive regimes. The news was first reported […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2020
G7 Finance ministers expressed concern on Tuesday over the rise in ransomware attacks during the Covid-19 pandemic, including some involving cryptocurrencies. Finance ministers from the G7 industrialized countries expressed concern on Tuesday over the rise in malicious cyberattacks, especially ransomware attacks, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. G7 Finance ministers warn of ransomware attacks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2020
Norway ‘s government blames Russia for the cyber attack that targeted the email system of the country’s parliament in August. Norway ‘s government is blaming Russia for the cyberattack that targeted the email system of the country’s parliament this summer. At the end of August, Norway’s parliament Stortinget announced that it was the target of a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2020
Adobe has released a security update to address a critical remote code execution flaw in Adobe Flash Player that could be easily exploited by hackers. Adobe has released a security update to address a critical remote code execution flaw in Adobe Flash Player (CVE-2020-9746) that could be exploited by threat actors by tricking the victims […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2020
Seyfarth Shaw, one of the leading global legal firms announced that it was a victim of an “aggressive malware” attack, likely a ransomware attack. Seyfarth Shaw LLP is an international AmLaw 100 law firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, its clients include over 300 of the Fortune 500 companies, and its practice reflects virtually every industry and segment of the economy. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2020
Members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance once again call for tech firms to engineer backdoors into end-to-end and device encryption. States of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance (US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand), plus Japan and India, once again call for tech firms to implement backdoors into end-to-end and device encryption. “We, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2020
A joint operation conducted by FS-ISAC, ESET, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, NTT, Symantec, and Microsoft aimed at takedown the TrickBot botnet. Microsoft’s Defender team, FS-ISAC, ESET, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, NTT, and Broadcom’s cyber-security division Symantec joint the forces and announced today a coordinated effort to take down the command and control infrastructure of the infamous TrickBot botnet. The experts that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2020
US government networks are under attack, threat actors chained VPN and Windows Zerologon flaws to gain unauthorized access to elections support systems. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a joint security alert to warn of attackers combining VPN and Windows Zerologon flaws to target government networks. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2020
Security experts from Cyble found alleged sensitive documents of NATO and Turkey, is it a case of cyber hacktivism or cyber espionage? Researchers from the US-based firm Cyble recently came across a post shared by an unknown threat actor that goes online with the moniker Spectre123, where he has allegedly leaked the sensitive documents of […]
