Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2019
Intel addresses high severity flaw in Processor Diagnostic Tool

Intel Patch Tuesday updates for July 2019 address a serious flaw in Processor Diagnostic Tool and minor issue in the Solid State Drives (SSD) for Data Centers (DC). Intel’s Patch Tuesday security updates for July 2019 address a serious flaw in the Processor Diagnostic Tool and another issue in the Solid State Drives (SSD) for […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2019
New FinFisher spyware used to spy on iOS and Android users in 20 countries

Malware researchers from Kaspersky have discovered new and improved versions of the infamous FinFisher spyware used to infect both Android and iOS devices. Experts at Kaspersky have discovered a new improved variant of the FinFisher spyware used to spy on both iOS and Android users in 20 countries. According to the experts, the new versions […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2019
UK ICO proposes a $123 million fine for Marriott 2014 data breach

The UK’s data privacy regulator plans to fine giant hotel chain Marriott International with a ÂŁ99 million ($123 million) under GDPR over 2014 data breach. The company replied that it will fight against the fine, it could reply to the UK ICO’s proposal before the final determination. The UK’s data privacy regulator announced that the giant hotel […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2019
Prototype Pollution flaw discovered in all versions of Lodash Library

Liran Tal, a developer advocate at open-source security platform Snyk, discovered a high-severity prototype pollution security flaw that affects all versions of lodash. Lodash is a JavaScript library which provides utility functions for common programming tasks using the functional programming paradigm. Liran Tal, a developer advocate at Snyk, discovered a high-severity prototype pollution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-10744, that affects all […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2019
Maryland Department of Labor discloses a data breach

The Maryland Department of Labor announced it has suffered a data breach announced that exposed personally identifiable information.  The Maryland Department of Labor suffered a data breach, hackers accessed databases containing personally identifiable information (PII). The security breach was discovered earlier this year, hackers also accessed data stored in the Literacy Works Information System and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2019
Flaw in Zoom video conferencing software lets sites take over webcam on Mac

Zoom video conferencing software for Mac is affected by a flaw that could allow attackers to take over webcams when users visit a website. Cybersecurity expert Jonathan Leitschuh disclosed an unpatched critical security vulnerability in the Zoom app for Apple Mac computers, that is chained with another issue, could be exploited by attackers to execute […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2019
A new Astaroth Trojan Campaign uncovered by Microsoft

Microsoft Defender ATP Research Team discovered a fileless malware campaign that was spreading the information stealing Astaroth Trojan. Experts at the Microsoft Defender ATP Research Team discovered a fileless malware campaign that is delivering the information stealing Astaroth Trojan. The malware is able to log the users’ keystrokes, collect information through hooking, access clipboard content, and monitor […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2019
Cyberattack shuts down La Porte County government systems

Government computer systems at La Porte County, Indiana, were shut down after a cyber attack hit them on July 6. Experts believe it was a ransomware attack. On July 6, a cyber attack brought down government computer systems at La Porte County, Indiana. At the time of writing, there were only a few details about […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2019
Backdoor mechanism found in Ruby strong_password library

The developer Tute Costa found a backdoor in the Ruby library during regular security audits before deploying his code in the production environment. The developer Tute Costa found a backdoor in the Ruby library during regular security audits. The dangerous code was used to check the password strength of user-chosen passwords when the library was being […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2019
Hackers are poisoning the PGP SKS keyserver network poisoned

Threat actors targeted two high-profile PGP project contributors with the intent to poison certificates used by the SKS keyserver network.  Contributors to the PGP protocol GnuPG claim that threat actors are “poisoning” their certificates, this means that attackers spam their certificate with a large number of signatures. The intent is to make it impossible for […]