IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2021
Ivanti fixed a critical code execution issue in Pulse Connect Secure VPN

Security firm Ivanti addressed a critical vulnerability in its Pulse Connect Secure VPN appliances that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. IT firm Ivanti released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in its Pulse Connect Secure VPN appliances. The most severe flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-22937 is a high-severity remote code execution […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2021
VMware addresses critical flaws in its products

VMware has addressed a critical vulnerability that affects multiple products that could be exploited to gain access to confidential information. VMware has released security updates to address multiple flaws in its products, including a critical issue that could allow an attacker to access confidential information. A couple of vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2021-22002 and CVE-2021-22003, impact Workspace […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2021
BlackMatter ransomware also targets VMware ESXi servers

BlackMatter gang rapidly evolves, the group has developed a Linux version that allows operators to targets VMware’s ESXi VM platform. The BlackMatter ransomware gang has implemented a Linux encryptor to targets VMware ESXi virtual machine platform. This is the last ransomware in order of time that is able to target VM platforms, some of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2021
Conti ransomware affiliate leaked gang’s training material and tools

An affiliate of the Conti RaaS has leaked the training material shared by the group with its network along with the info about one of the operators. An affiliate of the Conti RaaS has leaked the training material provided by the group to the customers of its RaaS, he also published the info about one […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2021
Cryptominer ELFs Using MSR to Boost Mining Process

The Uptycs Threat Research Team recently observed Golang-based worm dropping cryptominer binaries which use the MSR (Model Specific Register) driver.  By UPTYCS THREAT RESEARCH  Original research by Siddarth Sharma The Uptycs Threat Research Team recently observed Golang-based worm dropping cryptominer binaries which use the MSR (Model Specific Register) driver to disable hardware prefetchers and increase the speed of the mining […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2021
Cisco fixes critical, high severity vulnerabilities in VPN routers

Cisco fixed critical, high severity pre-auth security vulnerabilities impacting multiple Small Business VPN routers. Cisco addressed critical and high severity pre-auth security vulnerabilities that impact multiple Small Business VPN routers. An attacker could exploit the issues to trigger a denial of service condition or execute commands and arbitrary code on impacted multiple Small Business VPN […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2021
Cyber Defense Magazine – August 2021 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Cyber Defense Magazine August 2021 Edition has arrived. We hope you enjoy this month’s edition
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Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2021
China-linked APT groups target telecom companies in Southeast Asia

China linked APT groups have targeted networks of at least five major telecommunications companies operating in Southeast Asia since 2017. Cybereason researchers identified three clusters of activity associated with China-linked threat actors that carried out a series of attacks against networks of at least five major telecommunications companies located in South Asia since 2017. “The goal […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2021
Cisco fixed Remote Code Execution issue in Firepower Device Manager On-Box software

Cisco addressed a vulnerability in the Firepower Device Manager (FDM) On-Box software that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable devices. Cisco has addressed a vulnerability in the Firepower Device Manager (FDM) On-Box software, tracked as CVE-2021-1518, that could be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable devices. FDM On-Box allows […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2021
Experts found potential remote code execution in PyPI

A flaw in the GitHub Actions workflow for PyPI ’s source repository could be exploited to potentially execute arbitrary code on pypi.org. Security researcher RyotaK disclosed three flaws in PyPI, the most severe one could potentially lead to the compromise of the entire PyPI infrastructure. Python Package Index (PyPI) is the official third-party software repository […]