Pierluigi Paganini
January 26, 2022
The BfV German domestic intelligence services warn of ongoing attacks carried out by the China-linked APT27 cyberespionage group. The Bundesamt für 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 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
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 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 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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 25, 2022
The UK NCSC cybersecurity agency is going to release a collection of NMAP scripts that can allow defenders to find unpatched vulnerabilities. The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) announced the release of NMAP Scripting Engine scripts that can help defenders to scan their infrastructure to find and fix unpatched vulnerabilities impacting them. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 25, 2022
Experts found an undocumented macOS backdoor, dubbed DazzleSpy, that was employed in watering hole attacks aimed at politically active individuals in Hong Kong. Researchers from ESET have spotted an undocumented macOS backdoor, dubbed DazzleSpy, that was employed in watering hole attacks aimed at politically active individuals in Hong Kong. The investigation started in November after […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 25, 2022
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical flaw (CVE-2021-20038) in SonicWall’s Secure Mobile Access (SMA) gateways addressed in December. Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-20038, in SonicWall’s Secure Mobile Access (SMA) gateways addressed by the vendor in December. The vulnerability is an unauthenticated stack-based buffer overflow that was reported by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 24, 2022
Threat actors planted a backdoor into multiple WordPress themes and plugins after compromising the website of their developer. In a classic supply chain attack, threat actors planted a backdoor in dozens of WordPress plugins and themes hosted on a developer’s website. The attack took place in the first half of September 2021, the attackers compromised […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 24, 2022
Russian authorities arrested four alleged members of the international cyber theft ring tracked as ‘Infraud Organization.’ In February 2008, the US authorities dismantled the global cybercrime organization tracked as Infraud Organization, which was involved in stealing and selling credit card and personal identity data. The Justice Department announced indictments for 36 people charged with being […]
