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Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2020
Expert released PoC exploits for recently disclosed Cisco DCNM flaws

A researcher has publicly released some proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits and technical details for flaws in Cisco’s Data Center Network Manager (DCNM). Early this month, Cisco released security updates for its Cisco’s Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) product that address several critical and high-severity vulnerabilities. All the vulnerabilities were reported to Cisco through Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) and Accenture’s iDefense service […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2020
Two PoC exploits for CVE-2020-0601 NSACrypto flaw released

Researchers published proof-of-concept (PoC) code exploits for a recently-patched CVE-2020-0601 flaw in the Windows operating system reported by NSA. Security researchers have published two proof-of-concept (PoC) code exploits for the recently-patched CVE-2020-0601 vulnerability that has been reported to Microsoft by the US National Security Agency (NSA). Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for January 2020 address a […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2020
Critical auth bypass issues affect InfiniteWP Client and WP Time Capsule WordPress plugins

WP Time Capsule and InfiniteWP WordPress plugins are affected by security flaws that could be exploited to take over websites running the popular CMS. Experts at security firm WebArx have ethically disclosed vulnerabilities in WP Time Capsule and InfiniteWP plugins, both were patched earlier this month by the developer Revmakx. The flaws in WP Time […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2020
5ss5c Ransomware emerges after Satan went down in the hell

The cybercrime group behind Satan ransomware and other malware seems to be involved in the development of a new threat named 5ss5c. The threat actors behind the Satan, DBGer and Lucky ransomware and likely Iron ransomware, is back with a new piece of malware named ‘5ss5c’. The Bart Blaze believes that the threat actors have […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2020
VMware addresses flaws in VMware Tools and Workspace ONE SDK

VMware has released security updates to address a local privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Tools version 10 for Windows. VMware has released VMware Tools 11.0.0 that addresses a local privilege escalation issue in Tools 10.x.y tracked as CVE-2020-3941. The issue, classified as a race condition flaw that could be exploited by an attacker to access […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2020
P&N Bank data breach may have impacted 100,000 West Australians

P&N Bank discloses data breach, customer account information, balances exposed The Australian P&N Bank is notifying its customers a data breach that has exposed personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive account data. P&N Bank, a division of Police & Nurses Limited and operating in Western Australia, suffered a data breach and is reporting the incident […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2020
Hacker offers for sale 49 million user records from US data broker LimeLeads

49 million user records from US data broker LimeLeads were available for sale on a hacking forum. 49 million user records from US data broker LimeLeads were available for sale on a hacking forum, the data were exposed on an Elasticsearch server. Exposed LimeLeads data contains full name, title, user email, employer/company name, company address, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2020
Microsoft addresses CVE-2020-0601 flaw, the first issue ever reported by NSA

Microsoft has released a security update to address “a broad cryptographic vulnerability” that is impacting its Windows operating system. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for January 2020 address a total of 49 vulnerabilities in various products, including a serious flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-0601, in the core cryptographic component of Windows 10, Server 2016 and 2019 editions. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2020
January 2020 Adobe Patch Tuesday updates fix issues in Illustrator, Experience Manager

Adobe released its January 2020 Patch Tuesday updates that address several flaws in Illustrator and Experience Manager products. Adobe releases its first 2020 patch Tuesday software updates that address several vulnerabilities in Illustrator and Experience Manager products. “Adobe has published security bulletins for Adobe Experience Manager (APSB20-01) and Adobe Illustrator (APSB20-03). Adobe recommends users update their product installations to the latest […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2020
Cisco addressed a high-severity bug in Webex that could allow Remote Code Execution

Tech giant Cisco has recently addressed two high-severity vulnerabilities affecting its Webex and IOS XE Software products. Cisco Systems has released security fixes for two high-severity vulnerabilities in its products, including a remote code execution flaw in the Webex video conferencing platform. The Webex flaw resides in the web-based management interface of Cisco Webex Video […]