Pierluigi Paganini
December 05, 2019
China is accused to have used the “Great Cannon” DDoS tool to launch attacks against LIHKG, a forum used by Hong Kong residents to organize protests. The Great Cannon Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) tool was used again by the Chinese government, this time it was used to target the LIHKG forum used by Hong Kong protesters to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 05, 2019
Ransomware attacks continue to threaten organizations worldwide, CyrusOne, one of the biggest data center providers in the US, is facing with an infection. A new ransomware attack made the headlines, systems at CyrusOne, one of the biggest data center providers in the US, were infected by the malware. The company reported the incident to law […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 04, 2019
Experts at Cisco Talos found two vulnerabilities in the GoAhead embedded web server, including a critical remote code execution flaw. GoAhead is the world’s most popular, tiny embedded web server. It is developed by EmbedThis that defines it as compact, secure and simple to use. GoAhead is deployed in hundreds of millions of devices and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 03, 2019
A vulnerability in the Microsoft OAuth implementation exposes Azure cloud accounts to takeover. The vulnerability affects the way Microsoft applications use OAuth for authentication, these applications trust certain third-party domains and sub-domains that are not registered by Microsoft. Experts from Cyberark discovered the following three vulnerable Microsoft applications that trust these unregistered domains Portfolios, O365 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 03, 2019
The US gunmaker Smith & Wesson was hacked late last month in a Magecart attack, attackers injected a malicious software skimmer. A new Magecart attack made the headlines, the victim is the American gunmaker Smith & Wesson. The hack took place last month, the attackers planted a malicious software skimmer on its website to steal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 02, 2019
Millions of SMS messages have been leaked by a database run by TrueDialog, a business SMS provider for businesses and higher education providers. Security experts at vpnMentor discovered a database belonging to the US communications company, TrueDialog that was leaking millions of SMS messages. Most of the SMS included in the database were sent by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 01, 2019
The online music streaming service Mixcloud was recently breached by a hacker that is attempting to sell stolen user data a dark web marketplace. On Friday, the hacker that goes online with the handle “A_W_S” contacted multiple media outlets to disclose the hack, it also provided data samples as proof of the data breach. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 01, 2019
The official Twitter account of Huawei Mobile Brazil has been hacked and attackers have sent offensive messages to the rival Apple. The official Twitter account of Huawei Mobile Brazil has been hacked, attackers have sent offensive messages to provoke the rival Apple. The hack took place on Black Friday in Brazil, but at the time […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 29, 2019
A few days ago the Great Plains center was hit by a ransomware attack that forced its staff to to pen and paper.A few days ago the Great Plains Health medical center was hit by a ransomware attack that forced its staff to switch to pen and paper.A few days ago the Great Plains center […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 29, 2019
Group-IB, has analyzed key recent changes to the global cyberthreat landscape in the “Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020” report. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has analyzed key recent changes to the global cyberthreat landscape. According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. The […]
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