Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2019
A flaw in Rockwell Controller allows attackers to redirect users to malicious Sites

A serious flaw in some of Rockwell Automation’s MicroLogix and CompactLogix PLCs can be exploited by a remote attacker to redirect users to malicious websites. Some of Rockwell Automation’s MicroLogix and CompactLogix PLCs are affected by a serious vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to redirect users to malicious websites. The vulnerabilyt was […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2019
Zero-day vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic

Security experts are warning of a dangerous zero-day remote code vulnerability that affects the Oracle WebLogic service platform. Oracle WebLogic wls9_async and wls-wsat components are affected by a deserialization remote command execution zero-day vulnerability. This zero-day flaw affects all Weblogic versions, including the latest one, that have the wls9_async_response.war and wls-wsat.war components enabled. Oracle WebLogic Server is a Java EE application […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2019
The Russian Shadow in Eastern Europe: Gamaredon ‘s Ukrainian MOD Campaign

Security researchers at Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab uncovered a new campaign carried out by the Russian state-actor dubbed Gamaredon. Introduction Few days after the publication of our technical article related to the evidence of possible APT28 interference in the Ukrainian elections, we spotted another signal of a sneakier on-going operation. This campaign, instead, seems to be linked […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2019
Kaspersky speculates the involvement of ShadowPad attackers in Operation ShadowHammer

Experts at Kaspersky Lab linked the recent supply-chain attack targeted ASUS users to the “ShadowPad” threat actor and the CCleaner incident. Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab linked the recent supply-chain attack that hit ASUS users (tracked as Operation ShadowHammer) to the “ShadowPad” threat actor. Experts also linked the incident to the supply chain attack that […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2019
Bodybuilding.com forces password reset after a security breach

Bad news for fitness and bodybuilding passionates, the popular online retailer Bodybuilding.com announced that hackers have broken into its systems. The popular online retailer website Bodybuilding.com announced last week that hackers have broken into its systems. The website offers any kind of fitness articles, exercises, workouts, and supplements. The company confirmed it has no evidence […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2019
FireEye experts found source code for CARBANAK malware on VirusTotal

Cybersecurity researchers from FireEye revealed that the Carbanak source code has been available on VirusTotal for two years, and none noticed it before. Researchers at FireEye discovered that the Carbanak source code has been available on VirusTotal for two years, but it was not noticed before. The Carbanak gang (aka FIN7, Anunak or Cobalt) stole over […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2019
Iran-linked APT34: Analyzing the webmask project

Security expert Marco Ramilli published the findings of a quick analysis of the webmask project standing behind the DNS attacks implemented by APT34 (aka OilRig and HelixKitten). Thanks to the leaked source code it is now possible to check APT34 implementations and techniques. Contest: Since at least 2014, an Iranian threat group tracked by FireEye as APT34 has […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2019
EmCare reveals patient and employee data were hacked

EmCare disclosed that a number of employees’ email accounts had been hacked, potentially exposing personal information of patients and employees.EmCare disclosed that a number of employees’ email accounts had been hacked, potentially exposing personal information of patients and employees. US healthcare firm EmCare Inc disclosed that a number of employees’ email accounts had been accessed, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2019
jQuery JavaScript library flaw opens the doors for attacks on hundreds of millions of websites

The popular jQuery JavaScript library is affected by a rare prototype pollution vulnerability that could allow attackers to modify a JavaScript object’s prototype. The impact of the issue could be severe considering that the jQuery JavaScript library is currently used on 74 percent of websites online, most sites still use the 1.x and 2.x versions […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2019
Campaign leverages Bit.ly, BlogSpot, and Pastebin to distribute RevengeRAT

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers uncovered a malicious campaign targeting entities in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East with RevengeRAT. The campaign was carried out during March, threat actors tracked as Aggah” used pages hosted on Bit.ly, BlogSpot, and Pastebin as a command-and-control (C2) infrastructure to distribute the RevengeRAT. Attackers hit organizations […]