IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2021
This service allows checking if your mobile is included in the Facebook leak

Security researcher implemented a service to verify if your mobile number is included in the recent Facebook data leak. Security researcher Yaser Alosefer developed a new tool to help users to determine if their mobile numbers are included within the recent Facebook data leak that impacted 553 million users of the social networking giant. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2021
Experts discovered a privilege escalation issue in popular Umbraco CMS

Experts discovered a vulnerability in the popular CMS Umbraco that could allow low privileged users to escalate privileges to “admin.” Security experts from Trustwave have discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in the popular website CMS, Umbraco. The vulnerability affects an API endpoint that fails to properly check the user’s authorization prior to returning results found to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2021
Experts found critical flaws in Rockwell FactoryTalk AssetCentre

Rockwell Automation has recently addressed nine critical vulnerabilities in its FactoryTalk AssetCentre product with the release of version v11. The American provider of industrial automation Rockwell Automation on Thursday informed customers that it has patched nine critical vulnerabilities in its FactoryTalk AssetCentre product. FactoryTalk AssetCentre provides customers with a centralized tool for securing, managing, versioning, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2021
2,5M+ users can check whether their data were exposed in Facebook data leak

You can check if your personal information is included in the Facebook data leak by querying the data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. The news of the availability on a hacking forum of the personal information for 533,313,128 Facebook users made the headlines. The availability of the data was first reported by Alon Gal, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2021
33.4% of ICS computers hit by a cyber attack in H2 2020

H2 2020 – Kaspersky observed an increase in ransomware attacks on industrial control system (ICS) systems in developed countries. Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has published the Industrial Control System Threat Landscape report for H2 2020 which is based on statistical data collected by the distributed antivirus Kaspersky Security Network (KSN).  The data analyzed by the experts were received […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2021
Firmware attacks, a grey area in cybersecurity of organizations

A new report published by Microsoft revealed that 80% of global enterprises were victims of a firmware-focused cyberattack. Microsoft recently published a report that states, titled “March 2021 Security Signals report,” that revealed that more than 80% of enterprises were victims of at least one firmware attack in the past two years. The study pointed out that […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2021
Malware attack on Applus blocked vehicle inspections in some US states

A malware attack against vehicle inspection services provider Applus Technologies paralyzed preventing vehicle inspections in eight US states. Applus Technologies is a worldwide leader in the testing, inspection and certification sector, the company was recently hit by a malware cyberattack that impacted vehicle inspections in eight states, including Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Utah, and Wisconsin. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 308

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. If you want to receive the complete weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free, including the international press, subscribe here. Experts found two flaws in Facebook for WordPress Plugin Hackers disrupted live […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2021
Clop Ransomware operators plunder US universities

Clop ransomware gang leaked online data stolen from Stanford Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, and the University of California. Clop ransomware operators have leaked the personal and financial information stolen from Stanford Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB), and the University of California.. Data were stolen by the ransomware gang by compromising the Accellion File […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2021
Data of 533 million Facebook users leaked in a hacking forum for free

On April 3, a user has leaked the phone numbers and personal data of 533 million Facebook users in a hacking forum for free online. Bad news for Facebook, a user in a hacking forum has published the phone numbers and personal data of 533 million Facebook users. The availability of the data was first […]