IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2021
Attackers took over the Perl.com domain in September 2020

The Perl.com domain was hijacked in January, but a senior editor at the site revealed that the hackers took control of the domain in September 2020. The Perl.com domain was hijacked in January 2021, but according to Brian Foy, senior editor of Perl.com, the attack took place months before, in September 2020. Attackers have taken over the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2021
Four zero-days in Microsoft Exchange actively exploited in the wild

Microsoft released emergency out-of-band security updates for all supported Microsoft Exchange versions that fix four zero-day flaws. Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) in all supported Microsoft Exchange versions that are actively exploited in the wild. The IT giant reported that at least one […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2021
Google fixes Critical Remote Code Execution issue in Android System component

Google addressed 37 vulnerabilities with the release of the Android security updates for March 2021, including a critical flaw in the System component. Google released security updates to address 37 vulnerabilities as part of the Android security updates for March 2021, the most severe one is a critical flaw in the System component tracked as […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2021
Pwn20wnd released the unc0ver v 6.0 jailbreaking tool

The popular jailbreaking tool called “unc0ver” now supports iOS 14.3 and earlier releases, and is able to unlock almost every iPhone device. Pwn20wnd, the author of the jailbreaking tool “unc0ver,” has updated their software to support iOS 14.3 and earlier releases. The last release of the jailbreaking tool, unc0ver v6.0.0, now includes the exploit code […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2021
French multinational dairy Lactalis hit by a cyber attack

French multinational dairy products corporation Lactalis discloses cyberattack, but claimed that had no evidence of a data breach. France-based dairy giant Lactalis announced that it was hit by a cyber attack, but claimed that it had found no evidence of a data breach. Lactalis employs more than 80,000 people worldwide, at more than 230 production […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2021
Alleged China-linked APT41 group targets Indian critical infrastructures

Recorded Future researchers uncovered a campaign conducted by Chinese APT41 group targeting critical infrastructure in India. Security researchers at Recorded Future have spotted a suspected Chinese APT actor targeting critical infrastructure operators in India. The list of targets includes power plants, electricity distribution centers, and seaports in the country. The attacks surged while relations between […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2021
Distributor of Asian food JFC International hit by Ransomware

JFC International, a major wholesaler and distributor of Asian food products in the United States, was hit by ransomware. JFC International, a major distributor and wholesaler of Asian food products, announced it has recently suffered a ransomware attack. The ransomware attack only impacted JFC International’s Europe Group, the malware caused the disruption of some of its IT […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2021
Gootkit delivery platform Gootloader used to deliver additional payloads

The Javascript-based infection framework for the Gootkit RAT was enhanced to deliver a wider variety of malware, including ransomware. Experts from Sophos documented the evolution of the “Gootloader,” the framework used for delivering the Gootkit RAT banking Trojan. The framework was improved to deploy a wider range of malware, including ransomware payloads. “In recent years, almost […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2021
ByteDance agreed to pay $92M in US privacy Settlement for TikTok data collection

ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, agreed to pay $92 million in a settlement to U.S. users for illegal data collection. ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, agreed to pay $92 million in a settlement to U.S. users. The settlement has yet to be approved by a federal judge. The Chinese firm was accused to have failed […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2021
NSA embraces the Zero Trust Security Model

The National Security Agency (NSA) published a document to explain the advantages of implementing a zero-trust model. The National Security Agency (NSA) recently published a document to explain the benefits of adopting a zero-trust model, and advice to navigate the process. Modern infrastructure are complex environments that combine multiple technologies and that are exposed to […]