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Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2021

FBI, CISA, and CGCYBER warn of nation-state actors exploiting CVE-2021-40539 Zoho bug

The FBI, CISA, and the Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER) warn of state-sponsored attacks that are actively exploiting CVE-2021-40539 Zoho flaw. The FBI, CISA, and the Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER) warn that nation-state APT groups are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-40539, in the Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus software. ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2021

Microsoft warns of attacks exploiting recently patched Windows MSHTML CVE-2021-40444 bug

Microsoft revealed that multiple threat actors are exploiting the recently patched Windows MSHTML remote code execution security flaw (CVE-2021-40444). Microsoft warns of multiple threat actors, including ransomware operators, that are exploiting the recently patched Windows MSHTML remote code execution security flaw (CVE-2021-40444) in attacks against organizations. The IT giant says that threat actors started targeting […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2021

Bitdefender released free REvil ransomware decryptor that works for past victims

Researchers from Bitdefender released a free master decryptor for the REvil ransomware operation that allows past victims to recover their files for free. Good news for the victims of REvil ransomware gangs that were infected before the operations were temporarily halted on July 13th, Bitdefender released a free master decryptor that allows them to recover […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2021

Anonymous hacked the controversial, far-right web host Epik

Anonymous claims to have hacked the controversial web hosting provider Epik, known for allowing far-right, neo-Nazi, and other extremist content. Anonymous hacktivist collective claims has claimed to have hacked the controversial web hosting provided Epik and stolen its data, including information of the clients of the company, as part of an operation codenamed EPIKFAIL. The hosting […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2021

OMIGOD vulnerabilities expose thousands of Azure users to hack

OMIGOD – Microsoft addressed four vulnerabilities in the Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) software agent that could expose Azure users to attacks. Recently released September 2021 Patch Tuesday security updates have addressed four severe vulnerabilities, collectively tracked as OMIGOD, in the Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) software agent that exposes Azure users to attack. Below is the list of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2021

Microsoft announces passwordless authentication for consumer accounts

Microsoft announced that users can access their consumer accounts without providing passwords and using more secure authentication methods. Microsoft will allow its users to log into their consumer accounts without using passwords, they will be able to use Microsoft’s Authenticator app, Windows Hello, physical security keys, or phone/email verification codes. “Which is why I’m so […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2021

Three formers NSA employees fined for providing hacker-for-hire services to UAE firm

Three former NSA employees entered into a deferred prosecution agreement that restricts their future activities and employment and requires the payment of a penalty. Three former NSA employees (Marc Baier, 49, Ryan Adams, 34, and Daniel Gericke, 40) entered into a deferred prosecution agreement that restricts their future activities and employment. The trio has worked as hackers-for-hire […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2021

US CISA appointed Kiersten Todt as new chief of staff

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has appointed Kiersten Todt as its new chief of staff. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced to have appointed Kiersten Todt as its new chief of staff, she will replace Acting Chief of Staff Kate Nichols. “The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced today Kiersten […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2021

Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes CVE-2021-40444 MSHTML zero-day

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2021 addressed a high severity zero-day flaw actively exploited in targeted attacks. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2021 addressed a high severity zero-day RCE actively exploited in targeted attacks aimed at Microsoft Office and Office 365 on Windows 10 computers. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-40444, resides in the MSHTML, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2021

Mēris Bot infects MikroTik routers compromised in 2018

Latvian vendor MikroTik revealed that recently discovered Mēris botnet is targeting devices that were compromised three years ago. Last week, the Russian Internet giant Yandex has been targeting by the largest DDoS attack in the history of Runet, the Russian Internet designed to be independent of the world wide web and ensure the resilience of the country to an […]

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