IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2021
US Gov sanctions Russia and expels 10 diplomats over SolarWinds hack

The U.S. and UK attributed with “high confidence” the recently disclosed supply chain attack on SolarWinds to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). The U.S. and U.K. attributed with “high confidence” the supply chain attack on SolarWinds to operatives working for Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) (aka APT29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes). The UK, US […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2021
Cyber thieves move $760 million stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex heist

Over $760 million worth of Bitcoin that were stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 were moved to new accounts. More than $760 million worth of Bitcoin, stolen from Asian cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016, were moved on Wednesday to new accounts. On August 2016, the Asian Bitfinex suffered a security breach that resulted in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2021
April 2021 Security Patch Day fixes a critical flaw in SAP Commerce

April 2021 Security Patch Day includes 14 new security notes and 5 updates to previously released notes, one of them fixes a critical issue in SAP Commerce. April 2021 Security Patch Day includes 14 new security notes and 5 updates to previously released ones, among the issues addressed by the software giant there is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2021
For the second time in a week, a Google Chromium zero-day released online

For the second time in a week, a Chromium zero-day remote code execution exploit code has been released on Twitter, multiple browsers impacted. A new Chromium zero-day remote code execution exploit has been released on Twitter this week, like the previous one that affects current versions of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and likely other Chromium-based browsers. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2021
WhatsApp flaws could have allowed hackers to remotely hack mobile devices

WhatsApp addressed two security vulnerabilities in its app for Android that could have been exploited to remotely hack the victim’s device. WhatsApp recently addressed two security vulnerabilities in its app for Android that could have been exploited by remote attackers to execute malicious code on a target device and potentially eavesdrop on communications. The vulnerabilities […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2021
FireEye: 650 new threat groups were tracked in 2020

FireEye published its M-Trend 2021 report based on the data collected during the investigation, 650 new threat groups were tracked in 2020 FireEye published its annual report, titled M-Trend 2021, which is based on the data collected during the investigation on security incidents it managed. Most of the incidents investigated by Mandiant (59%) in 2020 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2021
FBI silently removed web shells planted on Microsoft Exchange servers in the US

FBI log into web shells that hackers installed on Microsoft Exchange email servers across the US and removed the malicious code used by threat actors. A US judge granted the FBI the power to log into web shells that were injected by nation-state hackers on Microsoft Exchange servers across the US and remove the malware, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2021
Sweden blames Russia for Swedish Sports Confederation hack

The Swedish Sports Confederation organization was compromised in 2017-18 by hackers working for Russian military intelligence, officials said. The Swedish Sports Confederation is the umbrella organisation of the Swedish sports movement, it was hacked by Russian military intelligence in a campaign conducted between December 2017 and May 2018, officials said. In the same period, Russia-linked […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2021
Microsoft fixes 2 critical Exchange Server flaws reported by the NSA

Microsoft patch Tuesday security updates address four high and critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server that were reported by the NSA. Microsoft patch Tuesday security updates released today have addressed four critical and high severity vulnerabilities in Exchange Server (CVE-2021-28480, CVE-2021-28481, CVE-2021-28482, CVE-2021-28483), some of these flaws were reported by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). All the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2021
Adobe addresses two critical vulnerabilities in Photoshop

Adobe has addressed security vulnerabilities in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Digital Editions, Adobe Bridge, and RoboHelp. Adobe has fixed ten security vulnerabilities in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Digital Editions, Adobe Bridge, and RoboHelp. Seven vulnerabilities have been rated as critical, some of them could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Adobe has released two […]