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Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2020
Hackers are scanning the internet for vulnerable Salt installs, Ghost blogging platform hacked

Hackers are conducting a mass-scanning the Internet for vulnerable Salt installs that could allow them to hack the organizations, the last victim is the Ghost blogging platform. Experts warn of hacking campaign that is targeting organization using the Salt platform for the management of their infrastructure, the last victim is the Ghost blogging platform. The attackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2020
LineageOS servers hacked, attackers exploited unpatched Salt issues

On Saturday, at around 8 pm (US Pacific coast), hackers have breached the LineageOS servers by exploiting an unpatched vulnerability. On Saturday, at around 8 pm (US Pacific coast), hackers have breached the LineageOS servers by exploiting an unpatched vulnerability. LineageOS is a free and open-source operating system for smartphones, tablet computers, and set-top boxes, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2020
India’s Jio Coronavirus symptom checker exposed test results

A security glitch in the self-test coronavirus symptom checker developed by India’s Jio cell network exposed test results. While Coronavirus was spreading worldwide, India’s largest cell network Jio, a subsidiary of Reliance, has developed a coronavirus self-test symptom checker, days before the Indian government imposed a local lockdown to prevent the outbreak. The app was […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2020
Fake Microsoft Teams notifications aim at stealing Office365 logins

Phishing attacks impersonating notifications from Microsoft Teams targeted as many as 50,000 Teams users to steal Office365 logins. Abnormal Security experts observed two separate phishing attacks impersonating notifications from Microsoft Teams that targeted as many as 50,000 Teams users to steal Office365 logins. The popularity of Microsoft Teams has spiked as a result of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2020
President Trump’s executive order bans foreign electrical equipment from national power grid

US power grid will not include any equipment manufactured by foreign states for security reasons, this states the executive order signed by President Trump. This week President Trump signed an executive order that prohibits operators of US power grids to buy and install electrical equipment that has been manufactured outside the US. “I further find that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2020
French daily Le Figaro leaks 7.4 Billion records

French daily Le Figaro database accidentally exposed online, the archive included roughly 7.4 billion records containing personal information of employees and users. French daily newspaper Le Figaro exposed roughly 7.4 billion records containing personally identifiable information (PII) of employees, reporters, and at least 42,000 users. The database was discovered by the Safety Detectives team of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2020
Hackers are targeting recently patched WebLogic security vulnerability

Oracle warns of attacks against recently patched WebLogic security bug Oracle warns of attacks in the wild exploiting a recently patched vulnerability in WebLogic servers for which a PoC code is available on GitHub. IT giant Oracle published a security alert to warn organizations running WebLogic servers of ongoing attacks that exploit the CVE-2020-2883 vulnerability. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2020
Maze Ransomware operators claim to have stolen millions of credit cards from Banco BCR

Maze Ransomware operators claim to have gained access to the network of Banco BCR of Costa Rica and stolen 11 million credit card credentials. Maze Ransomware operators claim to have hacked the network of the state-owned Bank of Costa Rica Banco BCR and to have stolen internal data, including 11 million credit card credentials. Banco BCR […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2020
Europol analyses on criminal operations in Europe during COVID-19 Crisis

Threat actors and criminal organizations continue to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to make money, Europol warns. Europol published a report that highlights how criminals organizations are adapting their operations attempting to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic. The trend is similar to the one observed during previous financial crises, but the speed of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2020
Over 800K WordPress sites are at risk due to a flaw in Ninja Forms plugin

The development team oh the Ninja Forms WordPress plugin fixed a high severity security flaw that can let attackers take over websites. The developers behind the Ninja Forms WordPress plugin have addressed a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (Stored XSS) attacks. Ninja Forms is a drag and drop form builder plugin […]