Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2020
Hackers have stolen O2 customers’ data from a database run by Aerial Direct, one of the largest UK partners of the telecommunications services provider. Hackers have stolen the data of O2 customers from a database operated by Aerial Direct, which is O2’s largest direct business partner in the UK and has more than 130,000 customers. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2020
While the Coronavirus is spreading in the U.S., a mysterious cyberattack hit the Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday. According to Bloomberg, that cited three people familiar with the matter, a cyberattack hit the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday night. People cited by Bloomberg confirmed that the cyber attack […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2020
Last week, Open Exchange Rates disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information and hashed passwords for customers of its API service. Last week, the currency data provider Open Exchange Rates has disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information and salted and hashed passwords for customers of its API service. Open Exchange […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2020
A cybercrime gang focused on Business Email Compromise (BEC) has started using coronavirus-themed scam emails in its attacks. While the Coronavirus is spreading worldwide cybercriminals and nation-state actors are launching COVID19-themed attacks on a global scale. Most of the attacks aimed at spreading malware to control victims’ computers and stealing sensitive data, but now a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2020
Slack addressed a critical flaw within 24 hours from its disclosure, the issue allowed attackers to carry out automate account takeover. The researcher Evan Custodio discovered a critical vulnerability in Slack that could have allowed attackers to launch automate account takeover. Slack addressed the vulnerability within 24 hours it was reported by the researcher, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2020
Tor Project maintainers warned users about a severe flaw in the Tor browser that may execute JavaScript code on sites it should not. The Tor Project announced a major bug in the Tor browser that may cause the execution of JavaScript code on sites for which users have specifically blocked JavaScript. The development team at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2020
A cyber attack hit one of the major COVID-19 testing laboratories in Czech, the Brno University Hospital in the city of Brno. While the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading on a global scale, crooks and nation-state actors are launching Coronavirus-themed attacks against targets worldwide. The healthcare systems of any country are under pressure, for this reason, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2020
European authorities dismantled two cybercrime organizations responsible for stealing millions through SIM hijacking. European authorities managed to dismantle the operations of two cybercrime gangs responsible for stealing millions through SIM hijacking. In SIM hijacking attacks (aka SIM swapping attacks) crooks are able to port the phone number of the victims to a new SIM card […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2020
VMware has fixed three serious flaws in its products, including a critical issue in Workstation and Fusion that allow code execution on the host from guest. VMware has addressed three serious vulnerabilities in its products, including a critical flaw in Workstation and Fusion that could be exploited to execute code on the host from guest. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2020
In the last weeks, security experts reported many Coronavirus-themed attacks carried out by cybercrime gangs, now experts warn of similar attacks from nation–state actors. Recently security experts reported many Coronavirus-themed attacks carried out by cybercrime gangs, but now experts are warning of similar attacks launched by nation-state actors. State-sponsored hackers from Russia, China, and North […]
