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Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2020
A new Insomnia iOS exploit used to spy on China’s Uyghur minority

Security researchers from Volexity discovered a new Insomnia iOS exploit that was being used to spy on China’s Uyghur minority. The Uyghur group is a Turkic minority ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central and East Asia. “The Uyghurs are recognized by the Chinese government only as a regional […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2020
OpenSSL Project fixed high-severity CVE-2020-1967 DoS issue in OpenSSL

The OpenSSL Project has released a security update for OpenSSL that addresses a DoS vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-1967. The OpenSSL Project released a security update for OpenSSL that patches a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-1967, that can be exploited by attackers to launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. This is the first issue addressed in OpenSSL in […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2020
Expert discloses 4 zero-days in IBM Data Risk Manager

A security researcher disclosed details of four zero-day flaws impacting an IBM security product after the IT giant refused to address them. The security researcher Pedro Ribeiro, Director of Research at Agile Information Security, has published details about four zero-day vulnerabilities affecting the IBM Data Risk Manager (IDRM) after the company refused to address the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2020
How to Protect Against COVID-19 Email Scams

The increasing number of news articles circulating on the internet in the wake of COVID-19 has resulted in the rise of Phishing attacks which feed on people’s fears. Phishing emails have been driven up to 600% since the end of February as cybercriminals capitalize on people’s fears. COVID-19 phishing emails have been said to make […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2020
267 Million Facebook identities available for 500 euros on the dark web

Over 267 million Facebook profiles are offered for sale on dark web sites and hacker forums, the dump is offered for £500 ($623) and doesn’t include passwords. Hackers are offering for sale over 267 million Facebook profiles for £500 ($623) on dark web sites and hacker forums, the archive doesn’t include passwords. Early March, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2020
Threat Report Portugal Q1 2020

Threat Report Portugal Q1 2020: Phishing and malware by numbers. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is a novel open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed by Segurança-Informática. This feed is based on automatic searches and also has a strong contribution from the community. This makes it a reliable and trustworthy and […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2020
US Government concerned by cyber attacks on Czech hospitals during COVID19 crisis

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed concerns for cyber cyber attacks that have targeted Czech hospitals involved in the fight against the Coronavirus. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed concerns for cyber cyber attacks that recently hit Czech hospitals involved in the fight against the Coronavirus. “As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2020
Uniswap and Lendf.me hacked, attacker stole $25 million worth of cryptocurrency

Hackers have stolen more than $25 million worth of cryptocurrency from the Uniswap exchange and the Lendf.me lending platform. Bad news from cryptocurrency industry, hackers have stolen more than $25 million in cryptocurrency from the Uniswap exchange and the Lendf.me lending platform. According to the experts, the two attacks could be linked, the same hacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2020
Tor Project cut a third of its staff due to the Coronavirus

The Tor Project cut a third of its staff due to the economic impact of the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak, 13 staffers out of 35 left the team. The ongoing Coronavirus outbreak has a significant impact on the Tor Project that was forced to cut a third of its staff due to the economic impact of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2020
Popular Webkinz World online children’s game hacked, 23M credentials leaked

ZDNet reported that a hacker has leaked 23 million credentials from the Webkinz World online children’s game. Webkinz are stuffed animals that have a playable online counterpart, www.webkinz.com, in “Webkinz World.” Webkinz were originally released by the Canadian toy company Ganz on April 29, 2005. Each Webkinz toy has an attached tag with a unique “Secret Code” printed on it […]