Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2020
Microsoft announced the launch of an Xbox bug bounty program with rewards of up to $20,000 for critical remote code execution flaws. Microsoft is going to launch an Xbox bug bounty program that will pay rewards of up to $20,000 for critical remote code execution vulnerabilities. “The Xbox Bounty Program invites gamers, security researchers, and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2020
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Authorities arrest 3 Indonesian hackers behind many Magecart attacks City of Potsdam offline following a cyberattack A new piece of Ryuk Stealer targets government, military and finance sectors Aggah: How to run a botnet without renting a Server […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2020
An ongoing phishing campaign launched by TA505 is using attachments featuring HTML redirectors for delivering malicious Excel docs Security experts from Microsoft have uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign launched by the TA505 cybercrime gang (aka Evil Corp) that is employing attachments featuring HTML redirectors for delivering malicious Excel docs. According to Microsoft, this is the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2020
Security researchers warn of malspam campaigns aimed at spreading malware that exploits media attention on the coronavirus epidemic. Unscrupulous cybercriminal groups are attempting to exploit media attention on the coronavirus to infect systems worldwide. Recently, coronavirus is monopolizing media attention, users online are searching for information about the virus and the way it is rapidly […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2020
Japanese electronics and IT giant NEC confirmed a security breach suffered by its defense business division in December 2016. The IT giant NEC confirmed that the company defense business division has suffered a security breach back in December 2016. The Japanese firm confirmed the unauthorized access to its internal network after Japanese newspapers disclosed the security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2020
The United States appreciated European Union’s new rules on 5G networks, but pressed them to ban China’s Huawei technology. The EU’s executive Commission this week presented a set of rules and technical measures aimed at reducing cybersecurity risks from the adoption of 5G networks. The Commission’s recommendations include blocking high-risk equipment suppliers from “critical and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2020
Experts at cyber security firm Cypher conducted a study on Portuguese domains during 2019 and concluded that Emotet and Ryuk were the most active threats Emotet, the most widespread malware worldwide and Ryuk, a ransomware type, are growing threats and real concerns for businesses and internet users in 2020. This is the conclusion of a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 30, 2020
Check Point detailed two recently patched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure services that could have allowed hackers to take over cloud services. Check Point researchers have published technical details of two recently fixed flaws in Microsoft Azure that could have allowed hackers to take over cloud services. Azure App Service allows users to build and host multi-platform web apps, mobile […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 30, 2020
Over 200K WordPress sites are exposed to attacks due to a high severity cross-site request forgery (CSRF) bug in Code Snippets plugin. A high severity cross-site request forgery (CSRF) bug, tracked as CVE-2020-8417, in Code Snippets plugin could be exploited by attackers to take over WordPress sites running vulnerable versions of the Code Snippets plugin. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 30, 2020
The popular US government contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) has suffered a ransomware attack, the news was reported by ZDNet. Last week, the US government contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) has suffered a ransomware attack that also infected its web servers. Electronic Warfare Associates provides electronic equipment to the US government, the list of customers […]
