Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2018
Qrypter RAT hits 243 organizations worldwide in February

Qrypter RAT hits 243 organizations worldwide in February 2018, its popularity in the cybercrime ecosystem continues to increase. A new strain of remote access Trojan dubbed Qrypter RAT (aka Qarallax, Quaverse, QRAT, and Qontroller) hit hundreds of organizations worldwide. The malware was spotted by security firm Forcepoint, it has been around for a couple of years, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2018
Experts discovered a new tiny Pos Malware dubbed Pinkkite

Researchers presented findings on a new strain of point-of-sale malware, dubbed PinkKite, that was spotted by security experts at Kroll Cyber Security. A new strain of point-of-sale malware, dubbed PinkKite, was spotted by security experts at Kroll Cyber Security. PinkKite was first discovered in 2017 while the experts were instigating into a large POS malware campaign. PinkKite […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2018
What’s new in Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2018?

Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2018 – Microsoft released security updates for 75 security flaws, 14 of them listed as Critical and 61 are rated Important in severity. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2018 address 75 vulnerabilities, all the critical flaws fixed this month affect the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Most of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2018
OceanLotus APT is very active, it used new Backdoor in recent campaigns

The OceanLotus APT group, also known as APT32 and APT-C-00, has been using a new backdoor in recently observed attacks. The OceanLotus Group has been active since at least 2013, according to the experts it is a state-sponsored hacking group linked to Vietnam, most of them in Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, and Cambodia. The hackers targeting […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2018
March 2018 SAP Security Patch Day addresses decade-old vulnerabilities

SAP released March 2018 SAP Security Patch Day that addresses High and Medium priority vulnerabilities in its products, including three decade-old issues in SAP Internet Graphics Server. March 2018 SAP Security Patch Day includes 10 Security Notes, three rated High priority and 7 rated as Medium priority. The company also released 17 Support Package Notes, 11 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2018
13 Critical flaws and exploitable backdoors found in various AMD chips

Security researchers at Israel-based CTS-Labs have discovered 13 critical vulnerabilities and exploitable backdoors in various AMD chips. The flaws could be potentially exploited to steal sensitive data, install malicious code on AMD-based systems, and gain full access to the compromised systems. The flaws expose servers, workstations, and laptops running vulnerable AMD Ryzen, Ryzen Pro, Ryzen Mobile or […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2018
A critical flaw in Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP) affects all versions of Windows

Security experts at firm Preempt Security discovered a critical vulnerability in Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP) that affects all versions of Windows to date. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-0886, could be used by a remote attacker to exploit RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and Windows Remote Management (WinRM) to steal data and run malicious code. The vulnerability is […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2018
Samba fixed two critical vulnerabilities, update your version as soon as possible

  Maintainers at the Samba project have released new versions of the popular networking software to fix two critical vulnerabilities. Maintainers at the Samba project have released new versions of the popular open-source networking software to address two critical vulnerabilities that could be exploited by unprivileged remote attackers to launch DoS attacks against servers and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2018
Study confirms the trade of code-signing certificates is a flourishing business

According to a new study conducted by American and Czech researchers, the trade of code-signing certificates is a flourishing business. Code-signing certificates are precious commodities in the dark web, according to a new study conducted by American and Czech researchers and Symantec Labs technical director Christopher Gates their trade is a flourishing business. The experts pointed out […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2018
China-Linked APT15 used new backdoors in attack against UK Government’s service provider

China-Linked APT15 used new backdoors is an attack that is likely part of a wider operation aimed at contractors at various UK government departments and military organizations. Last week Ahmed Zaki, a senior malware researcher at NCC Group, presented at the  Kaspersky’s Security Analyst Summit (SAS), details of a malware-based attack against the service provider for the […]