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Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2020

City of Florence to Pay $300,000 Ransom after ransomware attack

Florence City in Alabama will pay a $300,000 ransom worth of Bitcoins after its computer system was infected with a ransomware. The Council of Florence City voted unanimously at an emergency meeting this week pay the ransom requested by attackers that hit the City’s system. The payment will me made using the city’s insurance fund […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2020

Gamaredon group uses a new Outlook tool to spread malware

Russia-linked Gamaredon APT use a new module for Microsoft Outlook that creates custom emails with malicious documents and sends them to a victim’s contacts. Reseaerchers from ESET reported that Russia-linked Gamaredon APT has a new tool in its arsenal, it is a module for Microsoft Outlook that creates custom emails with malicious documents and sends […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2020

Dark Basin, a hack-for-hire group that remained under the radar for 7 years

A hack-for-hire group tracked as Dark Basin targeted thousands of journalists, advocacy groups, and politicians worldwide over 7 years. Researchers from Citizen Lab uncovered the operations of a hack-for-hire group tracked as Dark Basin that targeted thousands of journalists, elected and senior government officials, advocacy groups, and hedge funds worldwide over 7 years. Dark Basin […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2020

SMBleed could allow a remote attacker to leak kernel memory

Microsoft addressed a Server Message Block (SMB) protocol issue, named SMBleed, that could allow an attacker to leak kernel memory remotely, without authentication. Recently released Microsoft June 2020 Patch Tuesday updates also address a vulnerability in the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol dubbed SMBleed (CVE-2020-1206) that could allow an attacker to leak kernel memory remotely, without […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2020

A high-severity flaw affects VMware Workstation, Fusion and vSphere products.

VMware has addressed a high-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting its Workstation, Fusion and vSphere virtualization products. VMware has addressed a high-severity information disclosure vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-3960, that affects its Workstation, Fusion and vSphere virtualization products. The CVE-2020-3960 flaw was discovered by Cfir Cohen, a researcher from Google’s cloud security team. ESXi, Workstation and Fusion […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2020

Slovak police found wiretapping devices connected to the Govnet government network

Slovak police seized wiretapping devices connected to Govnet government network and arrested four individuals, including the head of a government agency. Slovak National Criminal Agency (NAKA) seized wiretapping devices connected to the Govnet network and arrested four individuals, including the head of a government agency, who was responsible for managing the government network. GOVNET is a network […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2020

Nintendo admitted that hackers have breached 300,000 accounts

Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has confirmed that hackers have breached 300,000 accounts since early April, financial data were not exposed. The Japanese video game giant Nintendo has admitted that threat actors have breached 300,000 accounts since early April. The hackers have gained access to personal information, including birthday and email address, but financial data were […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2020

Microsoft June 2020 Patch Tuesday fix 129 flaws, 11 rated as critical

Microsoft June 2020 Patch Tuesday address 129 vulnerabilities, 11 flaws are rated as Critical while 118 are rated as Important in severity. Microsoft June 2020 Patch Tuesday address 129 vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based and Chromium-based in IE Mode), ChakraCore, Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps, Windows Defender, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2020

Hackers target German Task Force for COVID-19 PPE procurement

Hackers are targeting executives of a German multinational corporation involved in the government supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) against COVID-19. Hackers are targeting executives of a German multinational corporation involved in the government supply of personal protective equipment (PPE). Threat actors are targeting executives of a German multinational corporation part of a government-private sector task force that […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2020

Adobe fixes critical flaws in Flash Player and Framemaker

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its Flash Player, Framemaker and Experience Manager products. Adobe has released security updates to address ten vulnerabilities in its Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Experience Manager, and Adobe Framemaker products. Four vulnerabilities out of ten are rated as ‘Critical,’ they could allow a remote attacker to execute […]

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City of Florence to Pay $300,000 Ransom after ransomware attack

Gamaredon group uses a new Outlook tool to spread malware

Dark Basin, a hack-for-hire group that remained under the radar for 7 years

SMBleed could allow a remote attacker to leak kernel memory

A high-severity flaw affects VMware Workstation, Fusion and vSphere products.

Slovak police found wiretapping devices connected to the Govnet government network

Nintendo admitted that hackers have breached 300,000 accounts

Microsoft June 2020 Patch Tuesday fix 129 flaws, 11 rated as critical

Hackers target German Task Force for COVID-19 PPE procurement

Adobe fixes critical flaws in Flash Player and Framemaker

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