Pierluigi Paganini
April 25, 2018
Security researchers Kate Temkin discovered a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Tegra chipsets that could be exploited for the execution of custom code on locked-down devices. The expert devised an exploit, dubbed Fusée Gelée, that leverages a coldboot vulnerability to gain full, unauthenticated arbitrary code execution from an early bootROM context via Tegra Recovery Mode (RCM). The exploitation of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2018
Researchers Paulos Yibelo explored a vulnerability he found in SaferVPN Chrome Extension. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-10308 should help malicious actors to retrieve vital information such as IP addresses when a user visits a website. After my last month’s finding in Hotspot Shield, I decided to look at and audit more VPNs to see how […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2018
Israeli researchers presented their new research named BeatCoin, it is an experiment wherein they demonstrate how to steal private keys for a cryptocurrency wallet installed on cold storage. How to protect cryptocurrency wallets? Many experts will tell you to store them in air-gapped networks, but let me remind you to check if Ben Gurion experts are far from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2018
The researchers at CSE ZLab have spotted a new family of malware, tracked as Bandios malware spreading in the wild. The peculiarity of Bandios malware is the fact that this malware is in a rapid and constant evolution and development. Experts observed several versions of the malware stored on the same websites, they represent the evolution of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2018
Kaspersky analyzed the serves compromised by the Energetic Bear APT and assumed with some degree of certainty that the group operates in the interests of or takes orders from customers that are external to it. Security experts at Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT have published a detailed analysis of the server compromised by the notorious Energetic […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2018
Google researcher has publicly disclosed a Windows 10 zero-day that could be exploited by attackers to bypass Windows Lockdown Policy on systems with User Mode Code Integrity (UMCI). Google has publicly disclosed a Windows 10 zero-day vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to bypass Windows Lockdown Policy on systems with User Mode Code Integrity (UMCI) enabled […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2018
You might have heard that WordPress security is often referred to as hardening, WordPress website security is all about putting locks on doors and windows and having lookouts on each of your “towers.” You might have heard that WordPress security is often referred to as “hardening.” While the name might cause a few eyebrows to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2018
Cisco has announced a set of security patches that address the CVE-2018-0229 vulnerability in its implementation of the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML). The CVE-2018-0229 flaw could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to establish an authenticated AnyConnect session through an affected device running ASA or FTD Software. “A vulnerability in the implementation of Security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2018
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! · Microsoft engineer charged with money laundering linked to Reveton ransomware · TrueMove H, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 21, 2018
Twitter bans Kaspersky Lab from advertising its solutions on the platform citing DHS ban for its alleged ties with the Russian intelligence. Twitter bans Kaspersky Lab from advertising on its platform citing DHS ban for its alleged ties with Russian intelligence agencies. “At the end of January of this year, Twitter unexpectedly informed us about […]
