Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2021
Critical flaw in Microsoft Hyper-V could allow RCE and DoS

Experts disclose details about a critical flaw in Microsoft Hyper-V, tracked as CVE-2021-28476, that can allow executing arbitrary code on it. Researchers Peleg Hadar of SafeBreach and Ophir Harpaz of Guardicore disclose details about a critical flaw in Microsoft Hyper-V, tracked as CVE-2021-28476, that can allow triggering a DoS condition ot executing arbitrary code on it. The flaw resides in […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2021
US, UK, and Australian agencies warn of top routinely exploited issues

A joint report published by US, UK, and Australian cyber security agencies warns of the top routinely exploited vulnerabilities in 2020. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a Joint Cybersecurity […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2021
Chinese cyberspies used a new PlugX variant, dubbed THOR, in attacks against MS Exchange Servers

A China-linked cyberespionage group, tracked as PKPLUG, employed a previously undocumented strain of a RAT dubbed THOR in recent attacks. A China-linked cyberespionage group tracked as PKPLUG (aka Mustang Panda and HoneyMyte), which is known for targeting Southeast Asia, exploited vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Exchange Server to deploy a previously undocumented variant of PlugX  on compromised systems. Researchers […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2021
IBM Cost of a Data Breach study: average Cost of Data Breach exceeds $4.2M

The ‘Cost of a Data Breach’ report commissioned by IBM Security states that the cost of a data breach exceeded $4.2 million during the COVID19 pandemic. IBM Security presented today the annual study “Cost of Data Breach,” conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored and analyzed by IBM, which is based on data related to data […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2021
BlackMatter ransomware group claims to be Darkside and REvil succesor

BlackMatter ransomware gang, a new threat actor appears in the threat landscape and claims to combine TTPs of Darkside and REvil. BlackMatter is a new ransomware gang that started its activity this week, the cybercriminals group claims to be the successor of Darkside and REvil groups. Lile other ransomware operations, BlackMatter also set up its […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2021
Flaws in Zimbra could allow to takeover webmail server of a targeted organization

Researchers discovered flaws in Zimbra email collaboration software that could allow attackers to compromise email accounts by sending a malicious email. Cybersecurity researchers have discovered multiple security vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2021-35208 and CVE-2021-35208, in Zimbra email collaboration software. An unauthenticated attacker could chain these vulnerabilities to fully takeover a Zimbra webmail server of a targeted organization. An […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2021
South Africa’s logistics company Transnet SOC hit by a ransomware attack

Transnet SOC Ltd, a large South African rail, port and pipeline company, announced it was hit by a disruptive cyber attack. South Africa’s logistics company Transnet SOC was hit last week by a disruptive cyberattack that halted its operations at all the port’s terminals. The attack took place on Thursday, 22 July. “Port terminals are operational across the system, with […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2021
DIVD discloses three new unpatched Kaseya Unitrends zero-days

Experts found three new zero-day flaws in the Kaseya Unitrends service and warn users to avoid exposing the service to the Internet. Security researchers warn of three new zero-day vulnerabilities in the Kaseya Unitrends service. The vulnerabilities include remote code execution and authenticated privilege escalation on the client-side. Kaseya Unitrends is a cloud-based enterprise solution […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2021
Hackers flooded the Babuk ransomware gang’s forum with gay porn images

The Babuk ransomware operators seem to have suffered a ransomware attack, threat actors flooded their forum gay orgy porn images. At the end of June, the Babuk Locker ransomware was leaked online allowing threat actors to use it to create their own version of the popular ransomware. The Babuk Locker operators halted their operations at the end […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2021
Apple fixes CVE-2021-30807 flaw, the 13th zero-day this year

Apple released a security update that addresses CVE-2021-30807 flaw in macOS and iOS that may have been actively exploited to deliver malware Apple addressed a security flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-30807, in macOS and iOS that may have been actively exploited to plant malware on vulnerable devices. The vulnerability resides in the IOMobileFramebuffer, which is a […]