IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2021
Experts released PoC exploit code for a critical RCE in QNAP NAS devices

The exploit code for a remote code execution vulnerability affecting QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices that run the Surveillance Station video management system is available online. An exploit for a remote code execution vulnerability affecting QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices was publicly released. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-2501, is a stack-based buffer overflow issue that affects […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2021
Millions of devices impacted by NAME:WRECK flaws

Security experts disclosed nine flaws, collectively tracked as NAME:WRECK, affecting implementations of the DNS protocol in popular TCP/IP network communication stacks. Security researchers disclosed nine vulnerabilities, collectively tracked as NAME:WRECK, that affect implementations of the Domain Name System protocol in popular TCP/IP network communication stacks running on at least 100 million devices. The flaws were […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2021
Expert publicly released Chromium-based browsers exploit demonstrated at Pwn2Own 2021

An Indian security researcher has published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a vulnerability impacting Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers. The Indian security researcher Rajvardhan Agarwal has publicly released a proof-of-concept exploit code for a recently discovered vulnerability that affects Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and other Chromium-based browsers (i.e. Opera, Brave). The researchers uploaded the PoC […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2021
Expired certificate caused a Pulse Secure VPN global scale outage

Pulse Secure VPN users were not able to login due to the expiration of a code signing certificate used to digitally sign and verify software components. Pulse Secure VPN users were not able to login after a code signing certificate used to digitally sign and verify software components has expired. Multiple users have reported on […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2021
Two former NSA Officials appointed by Joe Biden for prominent cyber roles

President Joe Biden has appointed two former senior NSA officials for two prominent cyber roles in his administration. President Joe Biden has assigned to two former senior National Security Agency (NSA) officials key cyber roles in his administration. The first name was John Chris Inglis, who was nominated as the first-ever National Cyber Director, a role […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2021
Microsoft is open sourcing CyberBattleSim Enterprise Environment Simulator

Microsoft released as open-source the ‘CyberBattleSim Python-based toolkit which is an Enterprise Environment Simulator. Microsoft has recently announced the open-source availability of the Python-based enterprise environment simulator. named ‘CyberBattleSim.’ “CyberBattleSim is an experimentation research platform to investigate the interaction of automated agents operating in a simulated abstract enterprise network environment. The simulation provides a high-level […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2021
LinkedIn confirmed that it was not a victim of a data breach

LinkedIn has formally denied that the recently disclosed data leak was caused by a security breach, data were obtained via web scraping. LinkedIn has issued a formal statement to deny that the recent leak that exposed the account details of more than 500 million of its registered users was caused by a security breach. A […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2021
Fitch Ratings: Cyberattacks could pose a material risk to water and sewer utilities

Fitch Ratings is warning that cyberattacks could pose a risk to water and sewer utilities potentially impacting their ability to repay debt. Fitch Ratings Inc. is an American credit rating agency and is one of the “Big Three credit rating agencies”, the other two being Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. It is one of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2021
Is the recent accident at Iran Natanz nuclear plant a cyber attack?

On Sunday, an “accident” occurred in the electricity distribution network at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, experts speculate it was caused by a cyberattack. A mysterious incident occurred on Sunday at the Natanz nuclear enrichment site and the media speculate it was caused by a cyber attack. The “accident” impacted the electricity distribution network at Iran’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2021
Personal data of 1.3 million Clubhouse users leaked online

An SQL database containing the personal data of 1.3 million Clubhouse users was leaked online for free, a few days after LinkedIn and Facebook suffered similar leaks. Researchers from Cyber News have discovered that the personal data of 1.3 million Clubhouse users was leaked online days after LinkedIn and Facebook also suffered data leaks. The […]