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Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2021
An attacker was able to siphon audio feeds from multiple Clubhouse rooms

An attacker demonstrated this week that Clubhouse chats are not secure, he was able to siphon audio feeds from “multiple rooms” into its own website While the popularity of the audio chatroom app Clubhouse continues to increase experts are questioning the security and privacy level it offers to its users. Recently the company announced it […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2021
Researchers uncovered a new Malware Builder dubbed APOMacroSploit

Researchers spotted a new Office malware builder, tracked as APOMacroSploit, that was employed in a campaign targeting more than 80 customers worldwide. Researchers from security firm Check Point uncovered a new Office malware builder called APOMacroSploit, which was employed in attacks that targeted more than 80 customers worldwide. APOMacroSploit is a macro builder that was […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 21, 2021
Experts warn of threat actors abusing Google Alerts to deliver unwanted programs

Experts warn of threat actors using Google Alerts to promote a fake Adobe Flash Player updater that delivers unwanted programs. Experts from BleepingComputer are warning of threat actors that are using Google Alerts to promote a fake Adobe Flash Player updater that delivers unwanted programs. Bad actors publish posts with titles containing popular keywords to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 21, 2021
Bug bounty hacker earned $5,000 reporting a Stored XSS flaw in iCloud.com

A white hat hacker has earned a $5,000 reward from Apple for reporting a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on iCloud.com. The bug bounty hunter Vishal Bharad has earned a $5,000 reward from Apple for reporting a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on iCloud.com. Bharad was searching for cross-site request forgery (CSRF), insecure direct object […]

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 […]