Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2019
A researcher was awarded $10,000 by Facebook for the discovery of a critical vulnerability that could have been exploited to hack Instagram accounts. The white-hat hacker Laxman Muthiyah has discovered a critical vulnerability that could have been exploited to hack Instagram accounts. The process affected Instagram’s password recovery process for mobile devices that leverages on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2019
Apple has released an emergency patch in iOS 12.4.1 that addresses the CVE-2019-8605 use-after-free vulnerability that allowed iPhone jailbreak. Recently, Apple accidentally unpatched a vulnerability it had already fixed, making current versions of iOS vulnerable to hackers and allowing the jailbreak of the devices. Experts discovered that the iOS version 12.4 released in June has reintroduced a security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2019
A new ransomware, dubbed Nemty, appeared in the threat landscape over the weekend, it spreads via compromised RDP connections. A new ransomware, called Nemty ransomware, has been discovered over the weekend by malware researchers. The name of the ransomware comes after the extension it adds to the encrypted file names, the malicious code also deletes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2019
The Binance cryptocurrency exchange revealed that leaked users’ KYC data were obtained by hackers from a third-party vendor. In July, the hack of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange made the headlines, hackers stole$41 Million worth of Bitcoin (over 7,000 bitcoins) from Binance. Binance is one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, its founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao confirmed that the hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2019
The popular Hosting provider Hostinger disclosed a recent security breach that allowed unauthorized access to a client database. Hostinger, one of the biggest hosting providers, disclosed a recent security breach that allowed attackers to access a client database. The security breach took place on August 23 and may have impacted up to 14 million Hostinger […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2019
BadPackets experts observed on August 22 a mass scanning activity targeting Pulse Secure “Pulse Connect Secure” VPN endpoints vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510. On August 22, BadPackets experts observed a mass scanning activity targeting Pulse Secure “Pulse Connect Secure” VPN endpoints vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510. Recently another popular cybersecurity expert, Kevin Beaumont, has also observed attackers attempting to exploit the CVE-2018-13379 in the FortiOS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2019
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning of an active IRS impersonation scam campaign sending spam emails to distribute malware. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued an alert to warn taxpayers of a new scam campaign distributing malware. Last week the US agency has received several reports from taxpayers that received spam messages with “Automatic Income […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2019
Researchers at Wordfence reported an ongoing hacking campaign exploiting security flaws in some WordPress plugins. Researchers from Wordfence uncovered an ongoing hacking campaign exploiting security vulnerabilities in some WordPress plugins to redirect visitors to websites under the control of the attackers. The campaign specifically targeted flaws in WordPress plugins developed by the developer NicDark (now […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 24, 2019
Cisco has released a hardware tool, called 4CAN, developed to help researchers to discover vulnerabilities in automotive systems. Computer systems in modern vehicles are very complex, they contain a huge quantity of devices and units that exchange a lot of data in real-time. These components communicate via the vehicle’s network, dubbed Controller Area Network (CAN). […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 24, 2019
UK authorities have seized over ÂŁ920,000 ($1.1 million) worth of Bitcoin from a prolific hacker, the funds will be used to compensate his victims. Grant West, aka ‘Courvoisier,’ is a hacker that was arrested by the police on September 2017 as result of a two-year-long investigation code-named ‘Operation Draba.’ The man was charged with multiple […]
