Pierluigi Paganini
August 22, 2020
Freepik, one of the most popular online graphic resources sites online has disclosed a security breach that impacted 8.3 Million users. Freepik, the popular website that provides high-quality free photos and design graphics, has disclosed a major security breach that impacted 8.3 Million users. Freepik says that hackers were able to steal emails and password hashes for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 22, 2020
The FBI and CISA issued a joint alert to warn teleworkers of an ongoing vishing campaign targeting entities from multiple US sectors. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint security advisory to warn teleworkers of an ongoing vishing campaign targeting organizations from multiple US industry industries. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2020
Experts at threat intelligence firm Cyble came across a post published by Maze ransomware operators claiming to have breached the steel sheet giant Hoa Sen Group. During the ordinary monitoring of Deepweb and Darkweb, researchers at Cyble came across the leak disclosure post published by the Maze ransomware operators that claim the hack of the Hoa Sen […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2020
Mozilla has expanded its bug bounty program including rewards for bypass methods for the exploit mitigations and security features in Firefox. Mozilla announced this week that it has expanded its bug bounty program with a new category that focuses on bypass methods for the exploit mitigations, security features, and defense-in-depth measures implemented in the Firefox […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2020
The University of Utah admitted to have paid a $457,059 ransom in order to avoid having ransomware operators leak student information online. The University of Utah admitted having paid a $457,059 ransom after the ransomware attack that took place on July 19, 2020, that infected systems on the network of the university’s College of Social […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2020
Microsoft released an Out-of-Band security update to address privilege escalation flaws in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 systems. Microsoft released this week an out-of-band security update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 systems that address two privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Windows Remote Access. Both vulnerabilities were addressed by Microsoft in August, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 20, 2020
Google addressed an email spoofing vulnerability affecting Gmail and G Suite a few hours after it was publicly disclosed. Google addressed an email spoofing vulnerability affecting its Gmail and G Suite products a few hours after it was publicly disclosed, but the IT giant was ware of the flaw since April. On Wednesday, the researcher […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 20, 2020
IBM addressed a shared memory vulnerability in its Db2 data management solutions that could lead to information disclosure. IBM fixed a shared memory vulnerability in its Db2 data management products that can be exploited by malicious local users to access sensitive data. The vulnerability, which is tracked as CVE-2020-4414, was discovered by researchers from Trustwave, it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 20, 2020
Cisco addressed a critical default credentials vulnerability (CVE-2020-3446) affecting some configurations of its ENCS 5400-W series and CSP 5000-W series appliances. Cisco fixed a critical default credentials vulnerability impacting some configurations of its ENCS 5400-W series and CSP 5000-W series appliances. Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) is technology developed by Cisco Systems that optimizes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 20, 2020
The South African branch of consumer credit reporting agency Experian disclosed a data breach that impacted 24 million customers. The South African branch of consumer credit reporting agency Experian disclosed this week a data breach that impacted 24 million customers. The company revealed that only personal information was exposed in the data breach, no financial […]
