Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2018
Experts released an unofficial patch for Zero-Days in Dasan GPON home routers

Experts at vpnMentor released an unofficial patch for Zero-Days in Dasan GPON home routers manufactured by the company Dasan. Security experts at vpnMentor last week disclosed a couple of zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-10561 & CVE-2018-10562) in Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network GPON home routers manufactured by the company Dasan. The researchers have found a way to bypass the authentication to access the GPON home […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2018
Hackers continue to hack Drupal installs to install backdoors and inject cryptocurrency malware

Recently security experts discovered two critical vulnerabilities in the Drupal CMS (CVE-2018-7600 and CVE-2018-7602), and cybercriminals promptly attempted to exploit them in the wild. The hackers started using the exploits for the above vulnerabilities to compromise drupal installs, mostly cryptocurrency mining. It has been estimated that potentially over one million Drupal websites are vulnerable to cyber attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2018
UPDATED – Critical RCE vulnerability found in over a million GPON Home Routers

Security researchers at VPNMentor conducted a comprehensive assessment on of a number of GPON home routers and discovered a Critical remote code vulnerability that could be exploited to gain full control over them. The researchers have found a way to bypass the authentication to access the GPON home routers (CVE-2018-10561). The experts chained this authentication bypass flaw with another command […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2018
SynAck ransomware Employs Many Novel Techniques to Avoid Detection

The latest variant of the SynAck ransomware now includes a number of novel and complex anti-detection techniques, including one that was only made published by security researchers in December 2017. When it originally appeared on the scene, SynAck ransomware didn’t seem unique or outstanding. It was marginally effective, but it wasn’t going to force enterprises […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2018
European Central Bank announced a framework for cyber attack simulation on financial firms

Last week, the European Central Bank has published the European framework for testing financial sector resilience to cyber attacks. The framework aims to simulate the effects of cyber attacks on critical systems in the banking industry in the European Union. The move is the response to the numerous cyberheists that hit the financial industry in the past […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2018
New ZooPark APT targets Android users in Middle East since 2015

Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new cyber-espionage APT group tracked ZooPark that targeted entities in the Middle East during the past three years. ZooPark APT has been active at least since 2015 and has shown a growing level of sophistication across the years. “ZooPark is a cyberespionage operation that has been focusing on Middle […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2018
Spectre-NG – Researchers revealed 8 new varieties of the Spectre flaws

A group of security researchers has reportedly discovered 8 new varieties of the Spectre vulnerabilities, dubbed Spectre-Next Generation or Spectre-NG, that affect Intel CPUs. A German security website reported that an unnamed team of researchers has discovered the new flaws that exploit the new issues reported in the original Spectre and Meltdown attacks. The new eight Spectre-NG vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs also affect some ARM […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2018
A bug in GandCrab ransomware V3 accidentally locks systems running Windows 7

The latest variant of the dreaded GandCrab ransomware,version 3, locks the infected systems running on Windows 7. A few days ago, experts from security firm Fortinet uncovered a new spam campaign delivering a new version of the GandCrab ransomware, the version v3. Like other ransomware, such as Locky and Sage, the GandCrab ransomware v3 also changes the wallpapers of the infected […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2018
GLitch attack, Rowhammer attack against Android smartphones now leverages GPU

A team of experts has devised the GLitch attack technique that leverages graphics processing units (GPUs) to launch a remote Rowhammer attack against Android smartphones. A team of experts has demonstrated how to leverage graphics processing units (GPUs) to launch a remote Rowhammer attack against Android smartphones. By exploiting the Rowhammer attackers hackers can obtain higher kernel […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2018
CVE-2018-2879 – Vulnerability in Oracle Access Manager can let attackers impersonate any user account

Security researchers have discovered a security vulnerability in Oracle Access Manager that can be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass the authentication and take over the account of any user. Security researcher Wolfgang Ettlinger from SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab has discovered a security vulnerability in Oracle Access Manager that can be exploited by a […]