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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 21, 2018
Security experts at 360 Core Security have recently detected a new type of attack which targets some equihash mining pools. After analysis, they found out the attacked equihash mining pools are using a vulnerable equihash verifier (equihashverify : https://github.com/joshuayabut/equihashverify) to verify miners’ shares. There is a logic vulnerability in this verifier, so attacker can easily fake […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 21, 2018
UK teenager Kane Gamble (18) who broke into the email accounts of top US intelligence and security officials including the former CIA chief John Brennan. was sentenced to two years in prison. The British hacker Kane Gamble (18) who broke into the email accounts of top US intelligence and security officials including the former CIA chief John Brennan. was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2018
Security researchers at the 360 Core Security observed an APT group exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in IE, dubbed ‘double play’. The flaw is still unfixed. Security researchers at the 360 Core Security uncovered a zero-day vulnerability in IE, dubbed ‘double play’, that was triggered by weaponized MS Office documents. The experts have been observing an APT group targeting a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2018
Google announced that iOS users can now benefit from Google prompt feature via their Gmail application. Security and usability are crucial requirements for Google. Google announced that iOS users can now receive Google prompts via their Gmail application. “In 2017, we made Google prompt the primary choice for G Suite users turning on two-step verification for the first […]
