Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2021
SonicWall has released a security patch to address the zero-day flaw actively exploited in attacks against the SMA 100 series appliances. SonicWall this week released firmware updates (version 10.2.0.5-29sv) to address an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20016, has been rated as critical and received a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2021
Cisco addressed multiple pre-auth remote code execution (RCE) flaws in small business VPN routers that allow executing arbitrary code as root. Cisco has fixed several pre-auth remote code execution (RCE) issues in multiple small business VPN routers. The flaws could be exploited by unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root on vulnerable devices. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2021
Researchers from TIMâs Red Team Research (RTR) discovered 2 new zero-day vulnerabilities in WordPress Plugin Limit Login Attempts Reloaded Italy also joins the security bug research, with the Red Team Research laboratory of TIM, an important Italian telecommunications company. Among the team’s objectives is to detect the vulnerabilities that a potential attacker could exploit to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2021
Alleged China-linked hackers have exploited a flaw in the SolarWinds Orion software to hack systems at the U.S. National Finance Center. FBI investigators discovered that allegedly China-linked hackers have exploited a flaw in the SolarWinds Orion software to break into the systems of the U.S. National Finance Center. The National Finance Center is a federal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2021
Experts warn that the recently discovered heap-based buffer overflow bug in Linux SUDO also impacts the latest version of Apple macOS Big Sur. Recently Qualys researchers found a Sudo vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3156, that has allowed any local user to gain root privileges on Unix-like operating systems without authentication. Sudo is one of the most important, powerful, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2021
The global leader of embedded system software Wind River Systems discloses a data breach that resulted in the theft of customers’ personal information. Wind River Systems, a global leader in delivering software for smart connected systems, discloses a data breach. The company claims its technology is found in more than 2 billion products, it develops […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2021
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Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2021
CloudSEK has discovered a post on a well-known database sharing forum advertising the PII of 500,000 Indian citizens. While the threat actor does not mention the name of an organization, the data provided in the sample is clearly associated with a police exam conducted on 22 Dec 2019. Discovery of the leak CloudSEKâs proprietary risk […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2021
ESET experts uncovered a previously undocumented piece of malware that had been observed targeting high-performance computing clusters (HPC). ESET analyzed a new piece of malware, dubbed Kobalos, that was employed in attacks against high-performance computing clusters (HPC). The name Kobalos comes from a small sprite from Greek mythology, a mischievous creature fond of tricking and frightening mortals. Kobalos is a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2021
Ransomware operators are exploiting two VMWare ESXi vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-5544 and CVE-2020-3992, to encrypt virtual hard disks. Security experts are warning of ransomware attacks exploiting two VMWare ESXi vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-5544 and CVE-2020-3992, to encrypt virtual hard disks. According to ZDNet, threat actors are using VMWare ESXi exploits to encrypt the disks of virtual machines deployed in […]
