Pierluigi Paganini
January 05, 2020
Austria’s foreign ministry announced it was facing a “serious cyberattack” and that it could be the work of a nation-state actor. Austria’s foreign ministry was the victim of a cyber-attack that is suspected to have been conducted by a foreign state due to its level of sophistication. “Due to the gravity and nature of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2020
US Government fears a new wave of cyber attacks from Iran as retaliation for the airstrike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani at the Baghdad airport in Iraq. Christopher C. Krebs, Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned of a potential new wave of cyber attacks carried out by Iran-linked hacker groups targeting U.S. assets. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2020
Early this week, Brazil fined Facebook $1.65 million for improperly sharing users’ data in a case linked to the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Brazil fined Facebook $1.65 million for improperly sharing users’ data in a case linked to the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. According to the Brazilian prosecutors, Facebook is responsible for an “abusive practice” […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2020
Maintainers of the OpenCV library addressed two buffer overflow flaws that could lead to arbitrary code execution. Maintainers of the OpenCV library addressed two high-severity buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code. OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) is an open-source library of programming functions mainly aimed at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2020
The Travelex currency exchange has been forced offline following a malware attack launched on New Year’s Eve. This week, the UK-based currency exchange Travelex announced that it has shut down its services as a “precautionary measure” following a malware attack. The London-based company, which operates more than 1,500 stores globally, suffered the attack on December […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2020
Cisco has released software updates for its Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) product to address several critical and high-severity issues. Cisco has released software updates that address several critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in its Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) product. All the vulnerabilities were reported to Cisco through Trend Microâs Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2020
Experts disclosed PoC exploits for remote command execution and information disclosure vulnerabilities affecting many D-Link routers. Security researchers Miguel MĂ©ndez ZĂșñiga and Pablo Pollanco from TelefĂłnica Chile recently published Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for remote command execution and information disclosure vulnerabilities affecting many D-Link routers. The security duo published on Medium the technical details of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2020
The popular US restaurant chain Landry’s announced that it was the victim of a cyber-attack, malware has infected its point of sale (POS) systems. The popular US restaurant chain Landry’s disclosed a security incident, its point of sale (POS) systems have been infected with malware specifically developed to steal customers’ payment card information (i.e. credit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2020
The Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange is forcing users to reset their passwords following a data leak. Another bad news for the community of the virtual currencies communities, the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange has forced its users to reset their passwords following a data leak. The measure was necessary to prevent spear-phishing attacks against the users aimed at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2020
Crooks are exploiting the popularity of the Star Wars saga to monetize their efforts, experts warn of online streaming sites delivering malware. Cybercriminals leverage popular movies like Star Wars to lure users into downloading malware to watch exclusive scenes or the full movie. Experts at Kaspersky have analyzed some threats that exploit the new Star Wars movie […]
