Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2017
More than 14 Million Verizon Customers’ records exposed by a third party firm

Data belonging to 14 million U.S.-based Verizon customers have been exposed on an unprotected AWS Server by a partner of the telecommunications company. The notorious security expert Chris Vickery, UpGuard director of cyber risk research. as made another disconcerting discovery, more than 14 million US customers’ personal details have been exposed after the third-party vendor NICE left the sensitive […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2017
MS Patch Tuesday fixes 19 critical issues, including two NTLM zero-day flaws

As part of the Microsoft Patch Tuesday, the tech giant fixed two critical flaws in Windows NTLM Security Protocol. Users must apply the patch asap. As part of the July Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released security patches for a serious privilege escalation flaw affecting all Windows operating system versions for enterprises released since 2007. Experts at […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2017
Katyusha Scanner, a new SQLi Vulnerability Scanner Available for $500 in the underground

Katyusha Scanner is a new fully automated SQLi vulnerability scanner discovered by researchers at security firm Recorded Future. Recorded Future security researchers have discovered a fully automated SQLi vulnerability scanner, dubbed Katyusha Scanner, on a hacking forum. The tool is offered for sale for just $500, it allows mass scans, simply managed from a smartphone […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2017
SAP Security Notes fixes SAP POS flaw potentially affecting 500 billion installations

SAP has released its SAP Security Notes for July 2017 that includes 23 patches, the most severe is a SAP POS flaw that affects about 500 billion installs SAP has released its Security Notes for July that includes 23 patches with the majority of them rated medium. The most severe issue is a high-risk DoS vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2017
Do you use Adobe Flash Player? You should update it now!

Adobe released new versions of Flash Player and Connect web conferencing software to fix important and critical vulnerabilities. According to the security advisory published by Adobe for Flash Player, the new version 26.0.0.137 patches three critical vulnerabilities, including a remote code execution flaw tracked as CVE-2017-3099 that can be exploited by attackers to take full control of affected systems. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2017
Calling Artificial Intelligence to Counter Ransomware Attacks

The progression in Artificial Intelligence have incited intense debate worldwide, some experts are calling AI to counter malware attacks In a short span of six weeks, the world was hit twice by major ransomware attacks — malicious software that seizes the data stored on your computer systems and would only release it to you upon […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2017
Adwind RAT is back, crooks are targeting Aerospace industries in many countries

Security experts at TrendMicro discovered that the notorious Adwind RAT has resurfaced targeting enterprises in the Aerospace industries worldwide. Crooks are even more opportunists, they continually innovate their TTPs to maximize their profits to target the largest number of victims. Security experts at TrendMicro have discovered that the notorious Adwind RAT has resurfaced and cyber criminals are using it […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2017
Cloud Foundry has disclosed a privilege escalation flaw in User Account and Authentication software

The Open source devops platform Cloud Foundry fixed a bug that affects its User Account and Authentication server software. The Open source devops platform Cloud Foundry has disclosed a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-8032, that affects its User Account and Authentication server software. The flaw, rated by the organization as high-severity, could be exploited by zone […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2017
OSX DoK Malware linked to Operation Emmental used to target Swiss Banks again

Crooks behind the Operation Emmental hacking campaign have started targeting the Swiss banks using a variant of the DoK Mac OS X malware. In July 2014, malware researchers at Trend Micro published a report on the hacking campaign “Operation Emmental” that was targeting Swiss bank accounts whit a multi-faceted attack that allowed crooks to bypass two factor authentication implemented […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2017
Nato will respond with ‘conventional military assaults’ to future cyber attacks

NATO has warned that in the future any cyber attack against a member state could trigger a military response according to the mutual defence clause. NATO has warned that in the future any cyber attack against a member state could trigger a military response according to the alliance’s Article 5, mutual defence clause. The NATO […]