Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2020
A cybercrime gang focused on Business Email Compromise (BEC) has started using coronavirus-themed scam emails in its attacks. While the Coronavirus is spreading worldwide cybercriminals and nation-state actors are launching COVID19-themed attacks on a global scale. Most of the attacks aimed at spreading malware to control victims’ computers and stealing sensitive data, but now a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2020
While the Coronavirus is spreading worldwide, a massive cyber attack hit the town hall of Marseille and the metropolis. Ahead of the 2020 municipal elections in Marseille that will take place on 15 and March 22, a ‘massive and widespread’ cyber attack hit the city of Marseille as well as the metropolis Aix-Marseille-Provence The 2020 municipal elections in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2020
Crooks continue to abuse the interest in Coronavirus outbreak, now experts found a new backdoor called BlackWater that pretends to provide information about COVID-19. Experts found a new backdoor malware called BlackWater that pretends to provide information about the COVID-19 outbreak while abusing Cloudflare Workers as an interface to the C2 server. Cloudflare Workers provide a serverless execution […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2020
Slack addressed a critical flaw within 24 hours from its disclosure, the issue allowed attackers to carry out automate account takeover. The researcher Evan Custodio discovered a critical vulnerability in Slack that could have allowed attackers to launch automate account takeover. Slack addressed the vulnerability within 24 hours it was reported by the researcher, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2020
Tor Project maintainers warned users about a severe flaw in the Tor browser that may execute JavaScript code on sites it should not. The Tor Project announced a major bug in the Tor browser that may cause the execution of JavaScript code on sites for which users have specifically blocked JavaScript. The development team at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2020
A cyber attack hit one of the major COVID-19 testing laboratories in Czech, the Brno University Hospital in the city of Brno. While the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading on a global scale, crooks and nation-state actors are launching Coronavirus-themed attacks against targets worldwide. The healthcare systems of any country are under pressure, for this reason, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2020
VMware has fixed three serious flaws in its products, including a critical issue in Workstation and Fusion that allow code execution on the host from guest. VMware has addressed three serious vulnerabilities in its products, including a critical flaw in Workstation and Fusion that could be exploited to execute code on the host from guest. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2020
Experts discovered an Android Trojan, dubbed Cookiethief, that is able to gain root access on infected devices and hijack Facebook accounts. Security experts from Kaspersky recently discovered Android Trojan that was designed to gain root access on infected devices and hijack Facebook accounts by stealing cookies from the browser and the social media app. “We […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2020
In the last weeks, security experts reported many Coronavirus-themed attacks carried out by cybercrime gangs, now experts warn of similar attacks from nation–state actors. Recently security experts reported many Coronavirus-themed attacks carried out by cybercrime gangs, but now experts are warning of similar attacks launched by nation-state actors. State-sponsored hackers from Russia, China, and North […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2020
Flaws in the Popup Builder WordPress plugin could allow unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code into popups of 100K+ websites. The Popup Builder WordPress plugin is affected by security flaws that could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code into popups displayed on websites using it. More than 100,000 websites are […]
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