Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2020
Adobe fixes critical flaws in Adobe InDesign, Framemaker, and Experience Manager

Adobe has released security updates to address 12 critical vulnerabilities in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Framemaker, and Adobe Experience Manager. Adobe has released security updates to address twelve critical vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code on systems running vulnerable versions of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Framemaker, and Adobe Experience Manager. “Adobe has […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2020
Expert found multiple critical issues in MoFi routers

Researchers found multiple vulnerabilities in MoFi Network routers, including critical flaws that can be exploited to remotely hack a device. The researchers Rich Mirch from CRITICALSTART discovered ten vulnerabilities MOFI4500 MoFi Network routers. The expert reported the issues to the vendor in May but some of the flaws have yet to be patched. Most of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2020
Newcastle University infected with DoppelPaymer Ransomware

UK research university Newcastle University suffered a DoppelPaymer ransomware attack and took its systems offline in response to the attack. UK research university Newcastle University was infected with the DoppelPaymer ransomware, in response to the incident it was forced to take systems offline on the morning of August 30th. The Newcastle University did not provide […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2020
France national cyber-security agency warns of a surge in Emotet attacks

The French national cyber-security agency warns of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities. The French national cyber-security agency published an alert to warn of a significant increase of Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities in France. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2020
Chilean bank BancoEstado hit by REVil ransomware

Chilean bank BancoEstado, one of the country’s biggest banks, was forced to shut down all branches following a ransomware attack. Chilean bank BancoEstado, one of the country’s biggest banks, was hit with a ransomware attack that forced its branches to remain closed since September 7. The ransomware encrypted most of the company servers and workstations. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2020
Russian national indicted for attempting to recruit Tesla employee to install malware

US authorities have indicted a Russian national for conspiring to recruit a Tesla employee to install malware onto the company’s infrastructure. Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov (27) has been indicted in the United States for conspiring to recruit a Tesla employee to install malware onto the company’s network. In August, US authorities arrested the Russian […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2020
US Federal systems must be covered by vulnerability-disclosure policies by March 2021

A new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) mandate requires U.S. agencies to implement vulnerability-disclosure policies by March 2021. The U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency CISA has issued a mandate that requires federal agencies to implement vulnerability-disclosure policies (VDPs) by March 2021. The main purpose of vulnerability-disclosure policies is to ensure that required information, other than […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2020
Epic Manchego gang uses Excel docs that avoid detection

A recently discovered cybercrime gang, tracked as Epic Manchego, is using a new technique to create weaponized Excel files that are able to bypass security checks Security experts from NVISO Labs recently spotted the activity of a new malware gang, tracked as Epic Manchego, that is actively targeting companies across the world with phishing emails since […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2020
Netwalker Ransomware hit Argentina’s official immigration agency

Argentina’s official immigration agency, DirecciĂłn Nacional de Migraciones, is the last victim of the Netwalker ransomware operators. Argentina’s official immigration agency, DirecciĂłn Nacional de Migraciones, was hit by a Netwalker ransomware attack that caused the interruption of the border crossing into and out of the country for four hours. The ransomware operators also exfiltrated sensitive […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2020
Visa warns of new sophisticated credit card skimmer dubbed Baka

Visa issued a warning regarding a new credit card JavaScript skimmer, tracked as Baka, that implements new features to evade detection. Visa issued a warning regarding a new e-skimmer known as Baka that removes itself from memory after having exfiltrating payment card details. The e-skimmer was first spotted by experts with Visa’s Payment Fraud Disruption […]