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Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2020
City of Knoxville shuts down IT network after ransomware attack

A ransomware attack that targeted the offices of the City of Knoxville, Tennessee, forced to shut down its entire computer network. The city of Knoxville, Tennessee, has shut down its computer network following a ransomware attack. The attack took place in the night between June 10 and June 11, the malware encrypted multiple systems in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2020
Cisco discloses technical details for Firefox code execution flaw

Cisco Talos experts released technical details on a recently addressed vulnerability in Firefox that could be exploited for code execution. Security experts from Cisco Talos have released technical details on a recently addressed vulnerability in Firefox, tracked as CVE-2020-12405, that could be exploited by attackers for remote code execution. The issue is a use-after-free in SharedWorkerService […]

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 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 07, 2020
Indian video on demand giant ZEE5 has been hacked

The Indian video on demand giant ZEE5 has been hacked, attackers are threatening to sell the database on the cybercrime underground markets. A hacker that goes online with the moniker “John Wick” and “Korean Hackers” claim to have hacked the Indian video on demand giant ZEE5 and now is threatening to sell the database on cybercrime […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2020
Cycldek APT targets Air-Gapped systems using the USBCulprit Tool

A Chinese threat actor tracked as Cycldek (aka Goblin Panda, or Conimes) has developed new tool to steal information from air-gapped systems. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab reported that the Chinese threat actor tracked as Cycldek (aka Goblin Panda, or Conimes) has developed new tool to steal information from air-gapped systems. The Cycldek group was […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2020
Apple fixes CVE-2020-9859 zero-day used in recent Unc0ver jailbreak

This week Apple released security patches to address the CVE-2020-9859 zero-day vulnerability that had been used to jailbreak iPhones devices. Apple released security patches to address the CVE-2020-9859 zero-day vulnerability in the iOS kernel that had been used to jailbreak iPhones. The flaw was discovered by a team of cyber-security researchers and hackers that also […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2020
VMware addresses Fusion flaw introduced in the attempt to fix CVE-2020-3950 issue

VMware has released an update to address a privilege escalation flaw in VMware for the macOS version of Fusion that was introduced by a previous patch. In March, VMware patched a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2020-3950) in Fusion, Remote Console (VMRC) and Horizon Client for Mac. The CVE-2020-3950 is a privilege escalation vulnerability caused by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2020
Coronavirus-themed attacks May 24 – May 30, 2020

This post includes the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from May 24 to May 30, 2020. Threat actors exploit the interest in the Coronavirus outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily bases. Below a list of attacks detected this week. May 26 – Hangzhou could permanently adopt COVID-19 […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 266

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. Experts observed a spike in COVID-19 related malspam emails containing GuLoader Silent Night Zeus botnet available for sale in underground forums The Florida Unemployment System suffered a data breach Voter […]