Pierluigi Paganini
December 26, 2021
Apple recently addressed fixed a flaw in the macOS that could be potentially exploited by an attacker to bypass Gatekeeper security feature. Apple recently addressed a vulnerability in the macOS operating system, tracked as CVE-2021-30853, that could be potentially exploited by an attacker to bypass the Gatekeeper security feature and run arbitrary code. The vulnerability […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 25, 2021
A gang behind a recent Dridex Omicron campaign is moking the victims taunting them with a COVID-19 funeral assistance helpline number. Crooks behind a recent Dridex campaign is moking the researchers and victims taunting them with a COVID-19 funeral assistance helpline number The phishing messages use weaponized Word or Excel attachments to install the Dridex […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 24, 2021
Security researchers spotted a campaign that is employing a new stealthy malware tracked as BLISTER that targets windows systems. Elastic Security researchers uncovered a malware campaign that leverages a new malware and a stealthy loader tracked as BLISTER, that uses a valid code signing certificate issued by Sectigo to evade detection. BLISTER loads second-stage payloads […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2021
In a recent wave of attacks, AvosLocker ransomware is rebooting systems into Windows Safe Mode to disable endpoint security solutions. Sophos experts monitoring AvosLocker ransomware attacks, noticed that the malware is rebooting compromised systems into Windows Safe Mode to disable endpoint security solutions. Running the systems into safe mode will allow the malware to encrypt […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2021
Crooks discovered how to bypass the patch for a recent Microsoft Office vulnerability (CVE-2021-40444) and are using it to distribute Formbook malware. Cybercriminals have found a way to bypass the patch for a recent Microsoft Office vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-40444 (CVSS score of 8.8). The bad news is that threat actors are using it to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2021
Researchers disclosed four vulnerabilities in the Teams business communication software, but Microsoft will not address three of them. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Positive Security discovered four vulnerabilities in the Teams business communication software that could allow accessing internal Microsoft services, spoofing the link preview, and, for Android users, leaking their IP address, and triggering a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2021
The DHS has announced that it is expanding the ‘Hack DHS’ bug bounty program to report for Log4J impacting its systems. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that white hat hackers can now report the impact of the Log4J on its systems as part of the ‘Hack DHS‘ bug bounty program. Below is the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2021
A vulnerability in the Microsoft Azure App Service led to the exposure of customer source code for at least four years. Early this month, Microsoft has notified a small group of Azure customers that have been impacted by a recently discovered bug, dubbed NotLegit, that exposed the source code of their Azure web apps since at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2021
Video game company Ubisoft confirmed a security breach that resulted in unauthorized access to ‘Just Dance’ user data. Ubisoft discloses a data breach that resulted in unauthorized access to ‘Just Dance’ user data. The security breach was caused by a misconfiguration, the good news is that the problem has been quickly solved. According to the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2021
Researchers spotted a new botnet named Abcbot hat that mainly targeted Chinese cloud hosting providers over the past months. Security researchers discovered a new botnet, named Abcbot, that focused on Chinese cloud hosting providers over the past months. The list of targeted providers includes Alibaba Cloud, Baidu, Tencent, and Huawei Cloud. In November, researchers from […]
