Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2021
European Commission and other institutions were hit by a major cyber-attack

Not only the European Commission, but many other organizations of the European Union have been targeted by a cyberattack in March. A European Commission spokesperson confirmed that the European Commission, along with other European Union organizations, was hit by a cyberattack in March. The authorities did not disclose any details about the type of threats […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2021
SAP systems are targeted within 72 hours after updates are released

On-premises SAP systems are targeted by threat actors within 72 hours after security patches are released, security SAP security firm Onapsis warns. According to a joint study published by Onapsis and SAP, on-premises SAP systems are targeted by threat actors within 72 hours after security patches are released. Threat actors perform reverse-engineering of the SAP […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2021
Chinese Cycldek APT targets Vietnamese Military and Government in sophisticated attacks

China-linked APT group Cycldek is behind an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting entities in the government and military sector in Vietnam. China-linked APT group LuckyMouse (aka Cycldek, Goblin Panda, Hellsing, APT 27, and Conimes) is targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam with spear-phishing. The threat actors are sending out spear-phishing messages to compromise diplomatic targets in Southeast […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2021
This service allows checking if your mobile is included in the Facebook leak

Security researcher implemented a service to verify if your mobile number is included in the recent Facebook data leak. Security researcher Yaser Alosefer developed a new tool to help users to determine if their mobile numbers are included within the recent Facebook data leak that impacted 553 million users of the social networking giant. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2021
Experts discovered a privilege escalation issue in popular Umbraco CMS

Experts discovered a vulnerability in the popular CMS Umbraco that could allow low privileged users to escalate privileges to “admin.” Security experts from Trustwave have discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in the popular website CMS, Umbraco. The vulnerability affects an API endpoint that fails to properly check the user’s authorization prior to returning results found to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2021
Experts found critical flaws in Rockwell FactoryTalk AssetCentre

Rockwell Automation has recently addressed nine critical vulnerabilities in its FactoryTalk AssetCentre product with the release of version v11. The American provider of industrial automation Rockwell Automation on Thursday informed customers that it has patched nine critical vulnerabilities in its FactoryTalk AssetCentre product. FactoryTalk AssetCentre provides customers with a centralized tool for securing, managing, versioning, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2021
2,5M+ users can check whether their data were exposed in Facebook data leak

You can check if your personal information is included in the Facebook data leak by querying the data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. The news of the availability on a hacking forum of the personal information for 533,313,128 Facebook users made the headlines. The availability of the data was first reported by Alon Gal, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2021
33.4% of ICS computers hit by a cyber attack in H2 2020

H2 2020 – Kaspersky observed an increase in ransomware attacks on industrial control system (ICS) systems in developed countries. Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has published the Industrial Control System Threat Landscape report for H2 2020 which is based on statistical data collected by the distributed antivirus Kaspersky Security Network (KSN).  The data analyzed by the experts were received […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2021
Firmware attacks, a grey area in cybersecurity of organizations

A new report published by Microsoft revealed that 80% of global enterprises were victims of a firmware-focused cyberattack. Microsoft recently published a report that states, titled “March 2021 Security Signals report,” that revealed that more than 80% of enterprises were victims of at least one firmware attack in the past two years. The study pointed out that […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2021
Malware attack on Applus blocked vehicle inspections in some US states

A malware attack against vehicle inspection services provider Applus Technologies paralyzed preventing vehicle inspections in eight US states. Applus Technologies is a worldwide leader in the testing, inspection and certification sector, the company was recently hit by a malware cyberattack that impacted vehicle inspections in eight states, including Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Utah, and Wisconsin. […]