Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2020
Crooks use weaponized coronavirus map to deliver malware

While WHO declares the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, crooks are attempting to exploit the situation to monetize their efforts. Cybercriminals continue to exploit the fear in the coronavirus outbreak to spread malware and steal sensitive data from victims. Experts from cybersecurity Reason reported cybercrimnals are using new coronavirus-themed attacks to deliver malware. Crooks are targeting […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2020
Talos found tens of dangerous flaws in WAGO Controllers

Cisco Talos experts discovered tens of flaws in WAGO products that expose controllers and human-machine interface (HMI) panels to remote attacks. Talos and Germany’s VDE CERT this week published advisories describing roughly 30 vulnerabilities identified in devices made by WAGO, a German company specializing in electrical connection and automation solutions. The vulnerabilities affect PFC100 and PFC200 programmable […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2020
Avast disables the JavaScript engine component due to a severe issue

Antivirus maker Avast has disabled a core component of its antivirus to address a severe vulnerability that would have allowed attackers to control users’ PC. The Antivirus maker Avast has disabled a major component of its antivirus engine to address a severe vulnerability that would have allowed attackers to hack into users’ PCs. The issue […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2020
Bugs in Avast AntiTrack expose users to cyber attacks

A flaw in the impacting Avast and AVG AntiTrack privacy software could expose users to browser hijacking and Man-in-The-Middle (MiTM) attacks. Security expert David Eade has discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2020-8987) in Avast and AVG AntiTrack privacy software that could expose end-users to Man-in-The-Middle (MiTM) attacks, browser session hijack, with consequent exposure of sensitive data. “A […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2020
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 fix 115 issues

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 address 115 vulnerabilities, 26 issues have been rated as critical severity. Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 address 115 vulnerabilities, 26 issues affecting Windows, Word, Dynamics Business Central, Edge, and Internet Explorer have been rated as critical severity. Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 also address […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2020
Microsoft accidentally reveals Wormable Win SMBv3 CVE-2020-0796 Flaw

Today Microsoft accidentally leaked info about a new wormable vulnerability (CVE-2020-0796) in the Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. Today Microsoft accidentally leaked info on a security update for a wormable vulnerability in the Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. The issue, tracked as CVE-2020-0796, is pre- remote code execution vulnerability that resides in the Server […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2020
Microsoft disrupted US-Based Infrastructure of the Necurs botnet

Microsoft announced that it took over the US-based infrastructure used by the infamous Necurs spam botnet that infected millions of computers. Microsoft announced to have taken over the US-based infrastructure used by the Necurs botnet. The IT giant explained that success is the result of a coordinated legal and technical joint effort to disrupt the Necurs […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2020
Microsoft warns of Human-Operated Ransomware as a growing threat to businesses

Microsoft is warning of human-operated ransomware, this kind of attack against businesses is becoming popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. Human-operated ransomware is a technique usually employed in nation-state attacks that is becoming very popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. In human-operated ransomware attack scenario, attackers use stolen credentials, exploit misconfiguration and vulnerabilities to access target networks, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2020
Former CIA employee Joshua Schulte was convicted of only minor charges

Joshua Schulte, the former CIA employee accused of leaking secret agency’s hacking tools to WikiLeaks was convicted of only minor charges Joshua Schulte, the former CIA software engineer that was accused of stealing the agency’s hacking tools and leaking them to WikiLeaks, was convicted of only minor charges. On November 2018, Joshua Adam Schulte was charged with 13 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2020
Revista Factum suffered week-long cyber attacks for denouncing corruption by the president of El Salvador

Revista Factum was under prolonged cyber attacks for denouncing corruption, the government of El Salvador had banned it. The government of El Salvador had banned Factum Magazine from attending its press conferences and was subjecting them to a smear campaign The alleged perpetrator of the attacks has been identified as a computer engineer acting, from […]