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Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2023
Twitter will allow using the SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) only to its Blue subscribers

Twitter has announced that the platform will allow using the SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) only to its Blue subscribers. To date, Twitter has offered three methods of 2FA: text message, authentication app, and security key. However, the company has announced that it will limit the use of SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) only to its Blue subscribers. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2023
GoDaddy discloses a new data breach

GoDaddy discloses a security breach, threat actors have stolen source code and installed malware on its servers in a long-runing attack. Web hosting company GoDaddy announced that attackers have stolen source code and installed malware on its servers. The threat actors have breached its cPanel shared hosting environment, the company states that it is not […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2023
Fortinet fixes critical vulnerabilities in FortiNAC and FortiWeb

Cybersecurity vendor Fortinet has addressed two critical vulnerabilities impacting its FortiNAC and FortiWeb products. Cybersecurity firm Fortinet has released security updates to address two critical vulnerabilities in FortiNAC and FortiWeb solutions. The two vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-39952 and CVE-2021-42756, are respectively an external control of file name or path in Fortinet FortiNAC and a collection […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2023
German airport websites hit by DDos attacks once again

Experts are investigating the failures of several German airports after some media attributed them to a possible hacking campaign. On Thursday, the websites of several German airports were unreachable, experts launched an investigation speculating a possible cyberattack on a large scale against the critical infrastructure. Ralph Beisel. chief executive of the ADV airport association, confirmed […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2023
Cisco fixed critical RCE bug in ClamAV Open-Source Antivirus engine

Cisco addressed a critical vulnerability in the ClamAV open source antivirus engine that can lead to remote code execution on vulnerable devices. Cisco fixed a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-20032 (CVSS score: 9.8), in the ClamAV open source antivirus engine. The vulnerability resides in the residing in the HFS+ file parser component, an attacker can trigger […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2023
CISA adds Cacti, Office, Windows and iOS bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

US CISA added actively exploited flaws in Cacti framework, Microsoft Office, Windows, and iOS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. US CISA added the following actively exploited flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog: CVE-2022-46169 – Cacti is an open-source platform that provides a robust and extensible operational monitoring and fault management framework for users. The flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2023
Mirai V3G4 botnet exploits 13 flaws to target IoT devices

During the second half of 2022, a variant of the Mirai bot, tracked as V3G4, targeted IoT devices by exploiting tens of flaws. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers reported that a Mirai variant called V3G4 was attempting to exploit several flaws to infect IoT devices from July to December 2022.  Below is the list […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2023
Over 500 ESXiArgs Ransomware infections in one day, but they dropped the day after

ESXiArgs ransomware continues to spread in Europe, most of the recent infections were observed in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and Ukraine Researchers from Censys reported that more than 500 hosts have been infected in a new wave of ESXiArgs ransomware attacks, most of which are in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.K.. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2023
New MortalKombat ransomware employed in financially motivated campaign

Talos researchers observed a financially motivated threat actor using a new ransomware dubbed MortalKombat and a clipper malware named Laplas. Since December 2022, Cisco Talos researchers have been observing an unidentified financially motivated threat actor deploying two new malware, the recently discovered MortalKombat ransomware and a GO variant of the Laplas Clipper malware. The threat actor […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2023
Hyundai and Kia to patch a flaw that allows the theft of the cars with a USB cable

Hyundai and Kia car makers are releasing an emergency software update to fix a flaw that can allow stealing a car with a USB cable. Carmakers Hyundai and KIA are rolling out an emergency update for the software shipped with several car models. The update addresses a bug that can be exploited by thieves to […]