IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2021
Attackers are abusing GitHub infrastructure to mine cryptocurrency

The popular code repository hosting service GitHub is investigating a crypto-mining campaign abusing its infrastructure. Code repository hosting service GitHub launched an investigation in a series of attacks aimed at abusing its infrastructure to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. Such kind of attacks was reported at least since the end of 2020, when some software developers reported the malicious activity […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2021
Evolution and rise of the Avaddon Ransomware-as-a-Service

The Avaddon ransomware operators updated their malware after security researchers released a public decryptor in February 2021. The Avaddon ransomware family first appeared in the threat landscape in February 2020, and its authors started offering it with a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model in June, 2020. In August 2020, cybersecurity intelligence firm Kela was the first to report that […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2021
FBI and CISA are warning of APT actors targeting Fortinet FortiOS servers

FBI and CISA published a joint alert to warn of advanced persistent threat (APT) groups targeting Fortinet FortiOS to access networks of multiple organizations. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a joint alert to warn of attacks carried out by APT groups targeting Fortinet FortiOS servers using multiple exploits. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2021
TIM’s Red Team Research (RTR) team found 5 zero-day flaws in the CA eHealth Performance Manager product

Researchers from TIM’s Red Team Research discovered five new vulnerabilities affecting the CA eHealth Performance Manager product. Researchers from TIM’s Red Team Research led by Massimiliano Brolli, discovered 5 new vulnerabilities affecting the CA eHealth Performance Manager product. CA Technologies is an American multinational corporation specialized in business-to-business (B2B) software with a product portfolio focused […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2021
Tens of thousands of QNAP SOHO NAS devices affected by unpatched RCEs

Unpatched vulnerabilities in QNAP small office/home office (SOHO) network-attached storage (NAS) devices could be exploited by remote attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code. Security researchers at SAM Seamless Network discovered a couple of critical unpatched flawsin QNAP small office/home office (SOHO) network-attached storage (NAS) devices that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2021
Conti Ransomware gang demanded $40 million ransom to Broward County Public Schools

Ransomware gang demanded a $40,000,000 ransom to the Broward County Public Schools district, Florida. It is just the last attack of a long string against the sector. Ransomware operators continue to target organizations worldwide and school districts particularly exposed to these malicious campaigns. Recently the Broward County Public Schools district announced that it was victim […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2021
Airlift Express Fixes Vulnerabilities in Its E-commerce Store

PrivacySavvy experts discovered an OTP vulnerability in Airlift Express, which could lead to account hacks and exploits by cybercriminals. A team of security researchers from PrivacySavvy recently discovered an OTP vulnerability in Airlift Express, which could lead to account hacks and exploits by cybercriminals. Fortunately, the company has successfully fixed the security loopholes, but the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2021
DHS CISA requires federal agencies to assess their Microsoft Exchange servers by April 5

The DHS CISA has issued a supplemental directive that requires all federal agencies to identify vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers in their infrastructure within five days. The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a supplemental directive requiring all federal agencies to identify Microsoft Exchange servers in their environments impacted by […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2021
Man indicted for tampering with public water system in Kansas

The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) charged a Kansas man, for accessing and tampering with a public water system. The United States Department of Justice charged Wyatt A. Travnichek (22), of Ellsworth County, Kansas, for accessing and tampering with the computer system of the Ellsworth County Rural Water District. Travnichek accessed the computer system of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2021
VMware fixes authentication bypass in Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance

VMware has addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance. VMware has addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-21982, in the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance that could be exploited by attackers to bypass authentication. Carbon Black Cloud Workload is a data center security product that protects customers’ workloads […]