IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2022
Experts devise a technique to bypass Microsoft Outlook Security feature

A researcher devised a technique to bypass a security feature of Microsoft Outlook and deliver a malicious link to the recipient. Reegun Richard Jayapaul, SpiderLabs lead threat architect at Trustwave, has devised a technique to bypass a security feature of Microsoft Outlook and deliver a malicious link to the recipient. While investigating a malware campaign, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2022
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT used Windows Update client and GitHub in recent attacks

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group uses Windows Update client to deliver malware on Windows systems. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT started using Windows Update to execute the malicious payload and GitHub as a command and control server in recent attacks, Malwarebytes researchers reported. The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2022
Microsoft mitigated a 3.47 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest one to date

Microsoft announced to have mitigated a record 3.47 Tbps distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack targeting an Azure customer. Microsoft announced that its Azure DDoS protection platform has mitigated a record 3.47 Tbps attack that targeted one of its customers with a packet rate of 340 million packets per second (pps). The news of the attack was reported in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2022
Experts analyze first LockBit ransomware for Linux and VMware ESXi

LockBit expands its operations by implementing a Linux version of LockBit ransomware that targets VMware ESXi servers. LockBit is the latest ransomware operation to add the support for Linux systems, experts spotted a new version that targets VMware ESXi virtual machines. The move aims at expanding the audience of potential targets, including all the organizations […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2022
Apple fixed the first two zero-day vulnerabilities of 2022

Apple released security updates to fix two zero-day flaws, one of them actively exploited to hack iPhones and Macs. Apple has released security updates to address a couple of zero-day vulnerabilities, one of them being actively exploited in the wild by threat actors to compromise iPhone and Mac devices. One of the zero-day flaws addressed […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2022
German intelligence agency warns of China-linked APT27 targeting commercial organizations

The BfV German domestic intelligence services warn of ongoing attacks carried out by the China-linked APT27 cyberespionage group. The Bun­des­amt fĂĽr Ver­fas­sungs­schutz (BfV) federal domestic intelligence agency warns of ongoing attacks coordinated by the China-linked APT27 group. “The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution ( BfV ) has information about an ongoing cyber espionage campaign […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2022
VMware urges customers to patch VMware Horizon servers against Log4j attacks

VMware released security patches to address critical Log4j security vulnerabilities in VMware Horizon servers targeted in ongoing attacks. VMware urges customers to patch critical Log4j security vulnerabilities impacting Internet-exposed VMware Horizon servers targeted in ongoing attacks. Searching for Internet-exposed VMware Horizon servers with Shodan, we can find tens of thousands of installs potentially exposed to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2022
PwnKit: Local Privilege Escalation bug affects major Linux distros

A flaw in Polkit’s pkexec component, tracked as CVE-2021-4034 (PwnKit) can be exploited to gain full root privileges on major Linux distros. An attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Polkit’s pkexec component, tracked as CVE-2021-4034, that affects all major Linux distributions to gain full root privileges on the system. The good news is that this […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2022
PrinterLogic fixes high severity flaws in Printer Management Suite

PrinterLogic has addressed nine vulnerabilities in Web Stack and Virtual Appliance, including three high severity flaws. PrinterLogic has released security updates to address nine vulnerabilities in Web Stack and Virtual Appliance, the most severe ones, tracked as CVE-2021-42631, CVE-2021-42635, and CVE-2021-42638, are rated as high severity flaws (CVSS base score of 8.1). Below is the list […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2022
Segway e-store compromised in a Magecart attack to steal credit cards

Segway e-store suffered a Magecart attack that potentially allowed threat actors to steal credit cards and customer info. The online store of Segway was compromised as a result of a Magecart attack, threat actors planted a malicious script to steal credit card data and customer information while visitors were making a purchase Segway is known […]