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Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2020
Research: nearly all of your messaging apps are secure

CyberNews Investigation team analyzed the 13 most popular messaging apps to see if the apps are really safe.  Source: https://cybernews.com/security/research-nearly-all-of-your-messaging-apps-are-secure/ In recent research, the CyberNews Investigation team discovered that a chat service, most likely based in China, had leaked more than 130,000 extremely NSFW images, video and audio recordings of their users. While this messaging […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2020
Researchers shared the lists of victims of SolarWinds hack

Security experts shared lists of organizations that were infected with the SolarWinds Sunburst backdoor after decoding the DGA mechanism. Security experts started analyzing the DGA mechanism used by threat actors behind the SolarWinds hack to control the Sunburst/Solarigate backdoor and published the list of targeted organizations. Researchers from multiple cybersecurity firms published a list that […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2020
Bulletproof VPN services took down in a global police operation

A joint operation conducted by law European enforcement agencies resulted in the seizure of the infrastructure of three bulletproof VPN services. A joint operation conducted by law enforcement agencies from the US, Germany, France, Switzerland, and the Netherlands resulted in the seizure of the infrastructure used by three VPN bulletproof services. VPN bulletproof services are […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2020
VMware and Cisco also impacted by the SolarWinds hack

The IT giants VMware and Cisco revealed they were impacted by the recently disclosed SolarWinds supply chain attack. VMware and Cisco confirmed to have been both impacted by the recent SolarWinds hack. A recent advisory published by the NSA is warning that Russian state-sponsored hackers are exploiting the recently patched CVE-2020-4006 VMware flaw to steal sensitive information from […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2020
Dell Wyse ThinOS flaws allow hacking think clients

Multiple Dell Wyse thin client models are affected by critical vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a remote attacker to take over the devices. Critical vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2020-29492 and CVE-2020-29491 affect several Dell Wyse thin client models that could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute malicious code and gain access to arbitrary files. In computer […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2020
SUPERNOVA, a backdoor found while investigating SolarWinds hack

While investigating the recent SolarWinds Orion supply-chain attack security researchers discovered another backdoor, tracked SUPERNOVA. The investigation of the SolarWinds Orion supply-chain attack revealed the existence of another backdoor that was likely used by a separate threat actor. After the initial disclosure of the SolarWinds attack, several teams of researchers mentioned the existence of two […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2020
Zero-day exploit used to hack iPhones of Al Jazeera employees

Tens of Al Jazeera employees were targeted in a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a zero-click iOS zero-day vulnerability to hack their iPhones. Researchers from Citizen Lab reported that at least 36 Al Jazeera employees were targeted in a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a zero-click iOS zero-day vulnerability to hack their iPhones. The attackers used an […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2020
Clop ransomware gang paralyzed flavor and fragrance producer Symrise

Flavor and fragrance producer Symrise is the last victim of the Clop ransomware gang that claims to have stolen 500 GB of unencrypted files. Symrise AG, a major producer of flavours and fragrances, was hit by Clop ransomware operators. The threat actors claim to have stolen 500 GB of unencrypted files. The attack was reported […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 293

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Hacked Subway UK marketing system used in TrickBot phishing campaign Pay2Key hackers stole data from Intels Habana Labs PgMiner botnet exploits disputed CVE to hack unsecured PostgreSQL DBs Security Affairs […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2020
SolarWinds hackers also breached the US NNSA nuclear agency

US DOE confirmed that threat actors behind the recent SolarWinds supply chain attack also hacked the networks of the US NNSA nuclear agency. US DOE confirmed this week that threat actors behind the recent SolarWinds supply chain attack also compromised the networks of the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) agency. “The Department of Energy […]