IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 309

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Clop Ransomware operators plunder US universities Malware attack on Applus blocked vehicle inspections in some US states 2,5M+ users can check whether their data were exposed in Facebook data leak […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2021
Joker malware infected 538,000 Huawei Android devices

More than 500,000 Huawei users have been infected with the Joker malware after downloading apps from the company’s official Android store. More than 500,000 Huawei users were infected with the Joker malware after they have downloaded tainted apps from the company’s official Android store. The fight to the Joker malware (aka Bread) begun in September […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2021
Hackers compromised APKPure client to distribute infected Apps

APKPure, one of the largest alternative app stores, was the victim of a supply chain attack, threat actors compromised client version 3.17.18 to deliver malware. Multiple security experts discovered threat actors tampered with the APKPure client version 3.17.18 of the popular alternative third-party Android app store. APKPure is available only on devices that use Google […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2021
Crooks abuse website contact forms to deliver IcedID malware

Microsoft researchers spotted a malware campaign abusing contact forms on legitimate websites to deliver the IcedID malware. Security experts from Microsoft have uncovered a malware campaign abusing contact forms on legitimate websites to deliver the IcedID malware. Threat actors behind the operation are using contact forms published on websites to deliver malicious links to enterprises […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2021
This man was planning to kill 70% of Internet in a bomb attack against AWS

The FBI arrested a man for allegedly planning a bomb attack against Amazon Web Services (AWS) to kill about 70% of the internet. The FBI arrested Seth Aaron Pendley (28), from Texas, for allegedly planning to launch a bomb attack against Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center on Smith Switch Road in Ashburn, Virginia. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2021
Zerodium will pay $300K for WordPress RCE exploits

Zero-day broker Zerodium announced that will triples payouts for remote code execution exploits for the popular WordPress content management system. Zero-day broker Zerodium has tripled the payouts for exploits for the WordPress content management system that could be used to achieve remote code execution. Zerodium announced via Twitter that is temporarily offering a $300,000 payout […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2021
Cisco will not release updates to fix critical RCE flaw in EoF Business Routers

Cisco announced it will not release security updates to address a critical security vulnerability affecting some of its Small Business routers. Cisco is urging customers that are using some of its Small Business routers to replace their devices because they will no longer receive security updates. According a security advisory published by the company, Cisco […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2021
Pwn2Own 2021: participants earned $1,2M of the $1.5M prize pool

The Pwn2Own 2021 hacking competition was concluded, participants earned more than $1.2 million, the greatest total payout ever. The Pwn2Own 2021 hacking competition reached the end, participants earned more than $1.2 million which is more than ever paid out at this contest. White hat hackers demonstrated exploits for Safari, Chrome, Edge, Windows 10, Ubuntu, Microsoft […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2021
330K stolen payment cards and 895K stolen gift cards sold on dark web

A threat actor has sold almost 900,000 gift cards and over 300,000 payment cards on a cybercrime forum on the dark web. A crook has sold 895,000 gift cards and over 300,000 payment cards, for a total of US$38 million, on a  top-tier Russian-language hacking forum on the dark web. The criminal actor was spotted offering […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2021
Moodle flaw exposed users to account takeover

Wizcase experts discovered a security flaw in the open-source learning platform Moodle that could allow accounts takeover. At the beginning of October 2020, the Wizcase cyber research team, led by Ata Hakcil, discovered a security vulnerability in the open-source learning platform Moodle. Anyone who had an account on a given school’s Moodle (with TeX filter enabled) could […]