IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2022
Exclusive: NASA Director Twitter account hacked by Powerful Greek Army

The Twitter account of NASA Director Parimal Kopardekar (@nasapk) was hacked by the Powerful Greek Army group. The Twitter account of the NASA Director and Sr Technologist for Air Transporation Sytem Mr. Parimal Kopardekar (@nasapk) was hacked by the Powerful Greek Army group. I contacted the group for a comment, a spokesman told me that […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2022
Lapsus$ ransomware gang hits Impresa, Portugal’s largest media conglomerate

The Lapsus$ ransomware hit Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Portugal and the owner of SIC and Expresso. The Lapsus$ ransomware gang has compromised the infrastructure of Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Portugal. Impresa owns SIC TV channel, and Expresso newspaper, among other leading media, like several magazine publications. The attack took place during the New Year […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2022
North Korea-linked threat actors stole $1.7 billion from cryptocurrency exchanges

North Korea-linked threat actors are behind some of the largest cyberattacks against cryptocurrency exchanges. North Korea-linked APT groups are suspected to be behind some of the largest cyberattacks against cryptocurrency exchanges. According to South Korean media outlet Chosun, North Korean threat actors have stolen around $1.7 billion (2 trillion won) worth of cryptocurrency from multiple […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2022
Crypto security breaches cause $4.25 billion losses worth of cryptos in 2021

According to a report published by Invezz, the number of crypto security breaches increased by up 850% in the last decade. The cyberattacks against the cryptocurrency industry are a profitable business for threat actors, according to the experts, $12.1 billion worth of cryptocurrencies have been stolen in the last decade. In 2021 we observed a […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2022
Y2k22 bug in Microsoft Exchange causes failure in email delivery

Y2k22 bug is causing Microsoft Exchange on-premise servers to fail in delivering email starting on January 1st, 2022. Microsoft Exchange on-premise servers cannot deliver emails starting on January 1st, 2022, due to a bug in the FIP-FS anti-malware scanning engine dubbed Y2k22 bug. FIP-FS is the anti-malware scanning engine used by Microsoft to protect its […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2022
Security Affairs most-read cyber stories of 2021

Which are the most-read cyber stories of 2021? This post includes Top Posts for the last 365 days. Why Edward Snowden is urging users to stop using ExpressVPN? The popular whistleblower Edward Snowden recommends customers of ExpressVPN VPN service to stop using it. Two kids found a screensaver bypass in Linux Mint The development team […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2021
The Have I Been Pwned service now includes 441K accounts stolen by RedLine malware

The Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service now includes credentials for 441K accounts that were stolen by RedLine malware. The Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service now allows victims of the RedLine malware to check if their credentials have been stolen. The service now includes credentials for 441K accounts stolen by […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2021
Multiple flaws in Netgear Nighthawk R6700v3 router are still unpatched

Researchers discovered multiple high-risk vulnerabilities affecting the latest firmware version for the Netgear Nighthawk R6700v3 router. Researchers from Tenable have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the latest firmware version (version 1.0.4.120) of the popular Netgear Nighthawk R6700v3 WiFi router. An attacker can trigger the vulnerabilities to take full control of the vulnerable devices. Below is the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2021
Flaws in DataVault encryption software impact multiple storage devices

Researchers found several vulnerabilities in third-party encryption software that is used by multiple storage devices from major vendors. Researcher Sylvain Pelissier has discovered that the DataVault encryption software made by ENC Security and used by multiple vendors is affected by a couple of key derivation function issues. An attacker can exploit the flaws to obtain […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2021
New iLOBleed Rootkit, the first time ever that malware targets iLO firmware

A previously unknown rootkit, dubbed iLOBleed, was used in attacks aimed at HP Enterprise servers that wiped data off the infected systems. iLOBleed, is a previously undetected rootkit that was spotted targeting the HP Enterprise’s Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) server management technology to tamper with the firmware modules and wipe data off the infected systems. The […]