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Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2022
Microsoft releases Windows out-of-band emergency fixes for Win Server, VPN issues

Microsoft released Windows emergency out-of-band (OOB) updates to fix multiple issues caused by January 2021 Patch Tuesday updates. Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band (OOB) updates for Windows to address multiple issues caused by security updates issued as part of the January 2021 Patch Tuesday. The Windows Server updates for January were causing a series of issues […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2022
A small number of Crypto.com users reported suspicious activity on their wallet

Several Crypto.com users reported suspicious transactions that stole thousands of dollars in Ethereum (ETH) from their wallets. Several Crypto.com users reported suspicious transactions that stole thousands of dollars in Ethereum (ETH) despite their accounts being protected with 2FA. Crypto.com is a cryptocurrency exchange app based in Singapore, the app currently has 10 million users and 3,000 employees. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2022
Oracle Critical Patch Update for January 2022 will fix 483 new flaws

The pre-release announcement for Critical Patch Update (CPU) for January 2022 states that Oracle will fix 483 new flaws. This pre-release announcement for Critical Patch Update (CPU) for January 2022 confirms that Oracle security updates will address 483 new security patches. The Critical Patch Update for January will be released on Tuesday, January 18, 2022.  […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2022
Zoho fixes a critical vulnerability (CVE-2021-44757) in Desktop Central solutions

Zoho addressed a new critical severity flaw (CVE-2021-44757) that affects its Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP unified endpoint management (UEM) solutions Zoho fixed a new critical severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-44757, that affects its Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP unified endpoint management (UEM) solutions. The issue is an authentication bypass vulnerability, a remote attacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2022
High-Severity flaw in 3 WordPress plugins impacts 84,000 websites

Researchers discovered a high-severity vulnerability in three different WordPress plugins that impact over 84,000 websites. Researchers from WordPress security company Wordfence discovered a high-severity vulnerability that affects three different WordPress plugins that impact over 84,000 websites. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-0215 is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue that received a CVSS score of 8.8. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2022
Experts warn of attacks using a new Linux variant of SFile ransomware

The operators of the SFile ransomware (aka Escal) have developed a Linux version of their malware to expand their operations. SFile ransomware (aka Escal), has been active since 2020, it was observed targeting only Windows systems. Some variants of the ransomware append the English name of the target company to the filenames of the encrypted files. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2022
Kyiv blames Belarus-linked APT UNC1151 for recent cyberattack

Ukrainian government attributes the recent attacks against tens of Ukrainian government websites to Belarusian APT group UNC1151. The government of Kyiv attributes the defacement of tens of Ukrainian government websites to Belarusian APT group UNC1151, the Reuters agency reported in exclusive. Defaced websites were displaying the following message in Russian, Ukrainian and Polish languages. “Ukrainian! […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2022
European Union simulated a cyber attack on a fictitious Finnish power company

The European Union simulated a cyber attack on a fictitious Finnish power company to test its cyber-defense capabilities. Cyber drills are essential to test the resilience of our infrastructure, the European Union simulated a cyber attack on a fictitious Finnish power company to test its cyber-defense capabilities. The simulation took place on Friday and is […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2022
A new wave of Qlocker ransomware attacks targets QNAP NAS devices

QNAP NAS devices are under attack, experts warn of a new Qlocker ransomware campaign that hit devices worldwide. A new wave of Qlocker ransomware it targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide, the new campaign started on January 6 and it drops ransom notes named !!!READ_ME.txt on infected devices. In May, the Taiwanese vendor QNAP warned its […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 349

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Threat actors stole $18.7M from the Lympo NTF platform Prominent Carding Marketplace UniCC announced […]