Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2020
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 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
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 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 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
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 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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2020
The City of Durham, North Carolina, was the last victim in order of time of the infamous Ryuk ransomware that infected its systems. The City of Durham, North Carolina was forced to shut down its network after its systems have been infected with the Ryuk Ransomware during the weekend. According to the local media, the City […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2020
Netgear is warning users of a critical remote code execution flaw that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of its wireless routers. Netgear has addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability that could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to take over AC Router Nighthawk (R7800) hardware running firmware versions prior to 1.0.2.68. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2020
Experts uncovered a new Coronavirus (COVID-19)-themed campaign that is distributing a malware downloader that delivers the FormBook information-stealing Trojan. Experts at MalwareHunterTeam uncovered a new malspam campaign exploiting the fear in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) to deliver malware. The campaign uses emails that pretend being sent by members of the World Health Organization (WHO), the messages […]
