IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini February 21, 2021
FBI warns of the consequences of telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attacks

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning about the risks of telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attacks on call centers. The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of the consequences of telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attacks on call centers, which in some cases could threaten people’s lives. TDoS attacks could render telephone systems unavailable […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 21, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 302

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the international press subscribe here. PayPal addresses reflected XSS bug in user wallet currency converter The kingpin behind Jokers Stash retires with a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2021
The US Government is going to respond to the SolarWinds hack very soon

The US is going to respond to the SolarWinds supply chain attack within weeks, national security adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN. The US will respond within weeks to the devastating SolarWinds supply cyber attack, national security adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN. “We are in the process now of working through, with the intelligence community and [President […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2021
SonicWall releases second firmware updates for SMA 100 vulnerability

Security provider SonicWall released a new firmware update for an SMA-100 zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in attacks. SonicWall has released a second firmware update for the SMA-100 zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in attacks in the wild. SonicWall disclosed a security breach on January 22, it blamed sophisticated threat actors for the intrusion. On January, 29 […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2021
Silver Sparrow, a new malware infects Mac systems using Apple M1 chip

Experts warn of new malware, dubbed Silver Sparrow, that is infecting Mac systems using the latest Apple M1 chip across the world. Malware researchers at Red Canary uncovered a new malware, dubbed Silver Sparrow, that is infecting Mac systems using the latest Apple M1 chip across the world. According to data shared by Malwarebytes, as […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2021
New Masslogger Trojan variant exfiltrates user credentials

MassLogger Windows credential stealer infamous is back and it has been upgraded to steal credentials from Outlook, Chrome, and instant messenger apps. MassLogger Windows credential stealer is back and it has been upgraded to steal credentials from Outlook, Chrome, and instant messenger apps. Cisco Talos experts uncovered attacks against users in Turkey, Latvia, and Italy, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2021
Experts spotted the first malware tailored for Apple M1 Chip, it is just the beginning

Apple launched its M1 chip and cybercriminals developed a malware sample specifically for it, the latest generation of Macs are their next targets. The popular security researcher Patrick Wardle discovered one of the first malware designed to target latest generation of Apple devices using the company M1 chip. The discovery suggests threat actors are tailoring […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2021
Hackers steal credit card data abusing Google’s Apps Script

Hackers abuse Google Apps Script to steal credit cards, bypass CSP Attackers are abusing Google’s Apps Script business application development platform to steal payment card information from e-stores. Sansec researchers reported that threat actors are abusing Google’s Apps Script business application development platform to steal credit card data provided by customers of e-commerce websites. “Attackers use […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2021
Credential stuffing attack hit RIPE NCC: Members have to enable 2FA

RIPE NCC has disclosed a failed credential stuffing attack against its infrastructure, it asking its members to enable 2FA for their accounts. RIPE NCC announced to have suffered a credential stuffing attack attempting to gain access to single sign-on (SSO) accounts. The RIPE NCC is a not-for-profit membership association, a Regional Internet Registry and the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2021
SolarWinds hackers had access to components used by Azure, Intune, and Exchange

Microsoft announced that SolarWinds hackers could have had access to repositories containing some components used by Azure, Intune, and Exchange. Microsoft announced that the threat actors behind the SolarWinds supply chain attack could have had access to repositories containing the source code for a limited number of components used by Azure, Intune, and Exchange. In […]