Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2020
Facebook addressed a critical issue in WhatsApp that would have allowed attackers to read files from a user’s local file system, on macOS and Windows. Facebook has addressed a critical vulnerability in WhatsApp, tracked as CVE-2019-18426, that would have allowed hackers to read files from a user’s local file system, on macOS and Windows systems. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2020
A German artist demonstrated how using a simple trick it is possible to deceive Google Maps and create a virtual traffic jam. The German artist Simon Weckert conducted a simple experiment to demonstrate how to deceive Google Maps and create a virtual traffic jam. The man put 99 cell mobile phones using Google Maps in a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2020
The city of Racine joins to the long string of US municipalities that were hit with ransomware attack, it was forced offline following the infection. The city of Racine, Wisconsin, was hit with a ransomware, the incident took place on January 31, 2020. Most of non-emergency computer services of the city went offline following the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2020
Twitter discloses a security incident involving third-parties that exploited its official API to match phone numbers with Twitter usernames. On December 24, 2019 the company discovered that its API were exploited by a large network of fake accounts to match Twitter usernames to phone numbers. The company immediately suspended the involved accounts. “On December 24, 2019 we […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2020
Last week NCA arrested six individuals in the United Kingdom because they are suspected to be involved in a Malta cyber-heist and money laundering operation. Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested six individuals in the United Kingdom because they are accused to be involved in a cyber-heist of a Malta bank and money laundering operation. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2020
Apple researcher discovered an important vulnerability (CVE-2019-18634) in ‘sudo’ utility that allows non-privileged Linux and macOS users to run commands as Root. Security expert Joe Vennix from Apple has discovered an important vulnerability in ‘sudo‘ utility, tracked as CVE-2019-18634, that allows non-privileged Linux and macOS users to run commands as Root. The issue could be […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2020
Cybercriminals are planting so-called “sleepers” in cleaning companies so that they can physically access IT infrastructure and hack them. The alert was launched by a senior police officer, cyber criminals are planting so-called “sleepers” in cleaning companies so that they can gau physical access IT infrastructure and hack them. The police are urging organizations to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2020
Hackers have already compromised more than 2,300 Linear eMerge E3 building access systems exploiting a severe vulnerability that has yet to be fixed. Linear eMerge E3 smart building access systems designed by Nortek Security & Control (NSC) are affected by a severe vulnerability (CVE-2019-7256) that has yet to be fixed and attackers are actively scanning […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2020
The Apollon market, one of the largest marketplaces, is likely exit scamming after the administrators have locked vendors’ accounts. The Apollon market, one of the darknet’s largest marketplaces, is likely exit scamming, vendors and customers reported suspicious behavior of its administrators. Users on Reddit are reporting that vendors can’t withdrawal funds nor sign into their […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2020
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Authorities arrest 3 Indonesian hackers behind many Magecart attacks City of Potsdam offline following a cyberattack A new piece of Ryuk Stealer targets government, military and finance sectors Aggah: How to run a botnet without renting a Server […]
