Pierluigi Paganini
June 06, 2020
Hackers have stolen confidential documents from the US military contractor Westech, which provides critical support for US Minuteman III nuclear deterrent. MAZE ransomware operators have stolen sensitive data from Westech, a company that supports the US Minuteman III nuclear deterrent. The LGM-30 Minuteman is a U.S. land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in service with the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 06, 2020
A critical vulnerability in traffic light controllers manufactured by SWARCO could have been exploited by attackers to disrupt traffic lights. A critical vulnerability in traffic light controllers designed by SWARCO could have been exploited by hackers to disrupt traffic lights. SWARCO is the world’s largest manufacturer of signal heads and the number two internationally for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 05, 2020
ST Engineering is the last victim of the Maze Ransomware operators that published their data on their leak website. ST Engineering is one of the leading engineering groups worldwide, it specializes in the aerospace, electronics, land systems, and marine sectors. The group operates in more than 100 countries and reported revenue of $7.86b in FY2019. The Maze ransomware operators […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 05, 2020
Google researchers revealed that campaign staffs for both President Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been targeted recently by foreign hackers. Foreign hackers are targeting campaign staffs for both President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden ahead of the November US election. The news was revealed by Google in a series of tweets published […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 04, 2020
Security experts have observed a large-scale campaign over the weekend aimed at stealing configuration files from WordPress sites. Security researchers from WordFence have observed a large-scale campaign over the weekend aimed at stealing configuration files from WordPress sites. Threat actors attempted to exploit well- known vulnerabilities in unpatched plugins to download configuration files from WordPress […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 04, 2020
Hackers hijacked one of the domains of the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck and used it for spear-phishing attacks. The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck announced that threat actors have accessed their account at the Oname.com domain registrar and hijacked one of its domain names. Then the attackers used the hijacked domain to launch spear-phishing attacks against […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2020
Researchers from Cisco Talos disclosed two critical flaws in the Zoom software that could have allowed attackers to hack into the systems via chat. Zoom is one of the most popular video-conferencing software, every day it is used by millions of users, especially during the COVID outbreak. Cybersecurity researchers from Cisco Talos have disclosed two critical vulnerabilities […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2020
Several flaws in the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) have been exploited by Russia-linked hackers, hundreds of thousands of servers are still unpatched. Russia-linked threat actors have exploited several vulnerabilities in the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) in their campaigns. Last week, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) warned that Russia-linked APT group tracked Sandworm Team has been […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 31, 2020
Two security flaws in the PageLayer WordPress plugin can be exploited to potentially wipe the contents or take over WordPress sites. Security experts from WordFence discovered two high severity security vulnerabilities in the PageLayer WordPress plugin that could potentially allow attackers to wipe the contents or take over WordPress sites using vulnerable plugin versions. PageLayer is a WordPress page […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 29, 2020
Threat actors targeted industrial suppliers in Japan and several European countries in sophisticated attacks, Kaspersky reported. Researchers from Kaspersky’s ICS CERT unit reported that threat actors targeted industrial suppliers in Japan and several European countries in sophisticated attacks. The experts first observed the attacks in early 2020, while in early May, threat actors targeted organizations […]
