Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2017
Nissan Finance Canada announced on Thursday that the personal information of 1.13 million customers may have been exposed as a result of a data breach. Nissan Finance Canada has been hacked, personal information of 1.13 million customers may have been exposed as a result of a data breach discovered by the company on December 11 (The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 21, 2017
VMware has released security updates to address four vulnerabilities in its ESXi, vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA), Workstation and Fusion products. The flaws were addressed with the release of six patches for ESXi, version 12.5.8 of Workstation, version 8.5.9 of Fusion, and version 6.5 U1d of vCSA. Some of the flaws could be exploited by an attacker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 20, 2017
Experts discovered that the Windows 10 facial recognition security feature Hello can be spoofed using a photo of an authorized user. Security experts at pen-test firm Syss have discovered that the Windows 10 facial recognition security feature dubbed Hello can be spoofed in the simplest way, using a photo of an authorized user. “Microsoft face authentication in Windows 10 is an enterprise-grade identity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 20, 2017
Experts discovered that the popular WordPress Captcha plugin installed on over 300,000 sites was recently updated to deliver a hidden backdoor. Security experts at WordFence have discovered that the popular WordPress Captcha plugin installed on over 300,000 sites was recently updated to deliver a hidden backdoor. The WordPress team promptly removed the plugin from the official WordPress […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 20, 2017
Experts from Kaspersky have spotted an Android malware dubbed Loapi that includes a so aggressive mining component that it can destroy your battery. Researchers from security firm Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new strain of Android malware dubbed Loapi lurking in fake anti-virus and porn applications, that implements many features, including cryptocurrency mining. Loapi can be used to perform a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 19, 2017
The South Korea Cryptocurrency Exchange Youbit has gone bankrupt after suffering a major cyber attack for the second time this year. The South Korea Cryptocurrency Exchange Youbit shuts down after suffering a major cyber attack for the second time this year. The company announced bankrupt on Tuesday after being hacked for the second time in the last eight months, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 19, 2017
Experts at NewSky Security scanned the Internet and discovered that “out of 1,475 unique IPs, 1,123 Lexmark printers had no security.” We think of Internet of Things (IoT) as all the “new” devices added to networks like webcams, Internet-connected toys, smarthome devices, etc. But we have been connecting unattended things to networks for a very long […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 18, 2017
Two code execution vulnerabilities affecting version 5 of the vBulletin forum software were disclosed by researchers last week. Two code execution vulnerabilities affecting version 5 of the popular vBulletin forum CMS were disclosed by researchers last week via Beyond Security’s SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure program. vBulletin is currently used by over 100,000 sites, including Fortune 500 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 18, 2017
Traffic for Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and other tech giants routed through Russia, experts believe it was an intentional BGP Hijacking. Last week a suspicious event routed traffic for major tech companies (i.e. Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft) through a previously unknown Russian Internet provider. The event occurred on Wednesday, researchers who investigated it believe the traffic […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 17, 2017
Security researchers spotted a sophisticated malware campaign, tracked as Zealot campaign targeting Linux and Windows servers to install Monero miners. Security researchers from F5 Networks spotted a sophisticated malware campaign, tracked as Zealot campaign (after the name zealot.zip, one of the files dropped on targeted servers), targeting Linux and Windows servers to install Monero cryptocurrency miners. The campaign was detected […]
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