Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2021
France ANSSI agency warns of APT31 campaign against French organizations

French cyber-security agency ANSSI warned of an ongoing cyberespionage campaign aimed at French organizations carried out by China-linked APT31 group. The French national cyber-security agency ANSSI warned of ongoing attacks against a large number of French organizations conducted by the Chine-linked APT31 cyberespionage group. The state-sponsored hackers are hijacking home routers to set up a […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2021
XLoader, a $49 spyware that could target both Windows and macOS devices

Check Point Research (CPR) experts have spotted a cheap malware, dubbed XLoader variant, which was upgraded to target both Windows and macOS PCs. XLoader is a very cheap malware strain that is based on the popular Formbook Windows malware.  FormBook is a data-stealing malware that is used in cyber espionage campaigns, like other spyware it is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2021
Kelihos botmaster Peter Levashov gets time served

A US federal judge sentenced Russian hacker Peter Levashov to 33 months, time served, and three years of supervised release for his role in operating the Kelihos botnet. The creator of the Kelihos Botnet, Peter Yuryevich Levashov (40), was sentenced to 33 months, time served, and three years of supervised release. Levashev used the pseudonym of […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2021
LPE flaw in Linux kernel allows attackers to get root privileges on most distros

Experts discovered a Local Privilege Escalation, tracked as CVE-2021-33909, that could allow attackers to get root access on most Linux distros. Qualys researchers discovered a local privilege escalation (LPE) tracked as CVE-2021-33909, aka Sequoia, an unprivileged attacker can exploit the flaw to get root privileges on most Linux distros. The issue is a size_t-to-int type […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2021
A 16-year-old bug (CVE-2021-3438) in printer driver affects millions of printers worldwide

Experts warn of a 16-year-old vulnerability (CVE-2021-3438) in an HP, Xerox, and Samsung printers driver that an attacker could exploit to gain admin rights on systems. Researchers from SentinelOne discovered a 16-year-old security vulnerability in an HP, Xerox, and Samsung printers driver that can allow attackers to gain admin rights on systems running the flawed […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2021
A bug in Fortinet FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer allows unauthenticated hackers to run code as root

Fortinet fixes a serious bug in its FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer network management solutions that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code as root. Fortinet has released security updates to address a serious bug, tracked as CVE-2021-32589, affecting FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer network management solutions. The CVE-2021-32589 vulnerability is a Use After Free issue that an attacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2021
WiFiDemon – Recently discovered iPhone Wi-Fi bug could also allow RCE

A recently discovered iPhone Wi-Fi bug that could crash the WiFi connectivity could be exploited by attackers to achieve remote code execution. In June, the researcher Carl Schou discovered a new bug in iPhone that can permanently break users’ WiFi by disabling it, the issue could be triggered by simply connecting to a rogue hotspot.  Once an […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2021
US DoJ indicts four members of China-linked APT40 cyberespionage group

US DoJ indicted four members of the China-linked cyberespionage group known as APT40 for hacking various entities between 2011 and 2018. The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) indicted four members of the China-linked cyber espionage group APT40 (aka TEMP.Periscope, TEMP.Jumper, and Leviathan) for hacking tens of government organizations, private businesses and universities around the world between 2011 and 2018. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2021
Experts disclose critical flaws in Advantech router monitoring tool

Cisco Talos experts disclose details of several critical flaws in a router monitoring application developed by industrial and IoT firm Advantech. Cisco Talos researchers discovered multiple critical vulnerabilities in the R-SeeNet application developed by industrial and IoT firm Advantech. The application allows network administrators to monitor Advantech routers in their infrastructure. The monitoring tool collects […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2021
Threat actor claims to have stolen 1 TB of data belonging to Saudi Aramco

A hacker claims to have stolen 1 TB of sensitive data from the Saudi Arabian petroleum and natural gas giant, Saudi Aramco. Threat actors that goes online with the moniker ZeroX  claim to have stolen 1 TB of sensitive data from the Saudi Arabian petroleum and natural gas giant end it is offering for sale […]