Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2020
Hackers are targeting recently patched WebLogic security vulnerability

Oracle warns of attacks against recently patched WebLogic security bug Oracle warns of attacks in the wild exploiting a recently patched vulnerability in WebLogic servers for which a PoC code is available on GitHub. IT giant Oracle published a security alert to warn organizations running WebLogic servers of ongoing attacks that exploit the CVE-2020-2883 vulnerability. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2020
Over 800K WordPress sites are at risk due to a flaw in Ninja Forms plugin

The development team oh the Ninja Forms WordPress plugin fixed a high severity security flaw that can let attackers take over websites. The developers behind the Ninja Forms WordPress plugin have addressed a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (Stored XSS) attacks. Ninja Forms is a drag and drop form builder plugin […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 30, 2020
Chegg discloses the third data breach in the last two years

The American education technology firm Chegg discloses a security breach, it already sent notifications to its employees The US education technology company Chegg discloses a security breach that took place in early April, the firm already sent notifications to its employees. The data breach notification sent on April 28 inform the employee of a security […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 30, 2020
Group-IB uncovers PerSwaysion – sophisticated phishing campaign targeting executives worldwide

Group-IB uncovered a new sophisticated phishing campaign, tracked as PerSwaysion, against high-level executives of more than 150 companies worldwide.  Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, has identified a series of sophisticated successful phishing attacks against the management and executives of more than 150 companies around the world. The campaign, dubbed PerSwaysion due to the extensive abuse […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 30, 2020
Experts found critical flaws in 3 popular e-Learning WordPress Plugins

Security researchers from Check Point Research Team discovered critical vulnerabilities in three popular e-learning plugins for WordPress sites. Security researchers at Check Point Research Team are warning of recently discovered vulnerabilities in some popular online learning management system (LMS) WordPress plugins. The impact could be serious because these WordPress plugins are used for WordPress sites […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 30, 2020
EventBot, a new Android mobile targets financial institutions across Europe

Security experts from Cybereason Nocturnus team discovered a new piece of Android malware dubbed EventBot that targets banks, financial services across Europe. Researchers from Cybereason Nocturnus team discovered a new piece of Android malware dubbed EventBot that targets banks, financial services across Europe The malware first appeared in the threat landscape in March, in implements […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 30, 2020
RDP brute-force attacks rocketed since beginning of COVID-19

The number of RDP brute-force attacks is skyrocketing in mid-March due to remote working imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab are observing a significant increase in the number of RDP brute-force attacks since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this month, researchers from Shodan reported a 41% increase in the number of RDP […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2020
Estonian intelligence reports foreign hackers breached Mail.ee email provider

State-sponsored hackers have compromised a small number of accounts of the Estonian email provider Mail.ee belonging to high-profile people. Alleged state-sponsored hackers have hijacked a small number of accounts at the Estonian email provider Mail.ee, they exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the attack. According to the end-of-year report published this month by Estonian Internal Security […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2020
Google found zero-click vulnerabilities in Apple’s multimedia processing components

Google Project Zero white-hat hackers have disclosed zero-click vulnerabilities affecting multiple Apple operating systems. White-hat hackers at Google Project Zero team have discovered several zero-click vulnerabilities impacting multiple Apple’s multimedia processing components is several Apple operating systems. Multimedia processing components could be a privileges entry point for threat actos that attempt to hack into the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2020
Adobe addresses several critical flaws in Illustrator, Bridge, and Magento

Adobe released security updates for Adobe Illustrator, Bridge, and Magento that fix several issues, including multiple remote code execution flaws. Adobe has released security updates that address multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Illustrator, Bridge, and Magento, including some critical remote code execution flaws. The remote code execution flaws could be exploited by an attacker to execute commands […]