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Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2020
Microsoft addresses CVE-2020-0601 flaw, the first issue ever reported by NSA

Microsoft has released a security update to address “a broad cryptographic vulnerability” that is impacting its Windows operating system. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for January 2020 address a total of 49 vulnerabilities in various products, including a serious flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-0601, in the core cryptographic component of Windows 10, Server 2016 and 2019 editions. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2020
January 2020 Adobe Patch Tuesday updates fix issues in Illustrator, Experience Manager

Adobe released its January 2020 Patch Tuesday updates that address several flaws in Illustrator and Experience Manager products. Adobe releases its first 2020 patch Tuesday software updates that address several vulnerabilities in Illustrator and Experience Manager products. “Adobe has published security bulletins for Adobe Experience Manager (APSB20-01) and Adobe Illustrator (APSB20-03). Adobe recommends users update their product installations to the latest […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2020
Why Russian APT Fancy Bear hacked the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma?

Russia-linked cyber-espionage group hacked the Ukrainian energy company Burisma at the center of the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump. The Russian cyberspies, operating under Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency (aka Fancy Bear) carried out a spear-phishing campaign in November aimed at accessing the email of Burisma Holdings employees. The attack was detailed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 13, 2020
Facebook quickly fixed a bug exploited in attacks that exposed Page Admins info

Facebook addressed last week a security flaw that exposed page admin accounts, the bug was exploited against several high-profile pages. Last week Facebook has addressed a security issue that exposed page admin accounts, the bug was exploited in attacks in the wild against several high-profile pages. The page admin accounts are anonymous unless the Page […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2020
CISA warns that Pulse Secure VPN issue CVE-2019-11510 is still exploited

The US DHS CISA agency is warning organizations that threat actors continue to exploit the CVE-2019-11510 Pulse Secure VPN vulnerability. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning organizations that attackers continue to exploit the well known Pulse Secure VPN vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-11510. The CVE-2019-11510 flaw in Pulse Connect Secure […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2020
Two MageCart groups competed to steal credit cards data from Perricone MD ‘s European skincare sites

Two MageCart groups have planted software skimmers on multiple European websites for the Perricone MD anti-aging skincare Two distinct MageCart groups have compromised multiple European websites for the Perricone MD anti-aging skin-care brand with the intent of stealing customer payment card info. The two groups planted software skimmers on Perricone MD websites in Italy, Germany, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2020
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT continues to target cryptocurrency exchanges

In the last 18 months, North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group has continued to target cryptocurrency exchanges evolving its TTPs. Kaspersky researchers have analyzed the attacks carried out by North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group in the past 18 months and confirmed their interest in banks and cryptocurrency exchanges. In the mid-2018, the APT targeted cryptocurrency exchanges and cryptocurrency […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2020
Experts warn of ongoing scans for Citrix servers affected by CVE-2019-19781

Threat actors are probing Citrix servers in the attempt to exploit the CVE-2019-19781 remote code execution vulnerability. Security researchers are warning of ongoing scans for Citrix Application Delivery Controller (NetScaler ADC) and Citrix Gateway (NetScaler Gateway) servers affected by the CVE-2019-19781 vulnerabilities. The anomalous activities were detected last week, as reported by the popular expert Kevin […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2020
Mozilla addresses CVE-2019-17026 Firefox Zero-Day exploited in targeted attacks

Mozilla has released security updates for Firefox browser that address a zero-day flaw (CVE-2019-17026) that has been exploited in targeted attacks. Mozilla has released security updates to address a critical Firefox browser zero-day issue (CVE-2019-17026) that has been exploited in targeted attacks. The CVE-2019-17026 flaw is an “IonMonkey type confusion with StoreElementHole and FallibleStoreElement,” where IonMonkey is the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2020
The city of Las Vegas announced it has suffered a cyber attack

The city of Las Vegas announced it has suffered a cyber attack that breached its computer systems, it is unclear whether any sensitive data was exposed. Las Vegas officials say a cyber attack breached the city’s computer systems, the attack took place on Tuesday, but it wasn’t immediately clear if any sensitive data was exposed. […]