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Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2021
Siemens fixed tens of flaws in Siemens Digital Industries Software products

Siemens has addressed tens of vulnerabilities in Siemens Digital Industries Software products that can allow arbitrary code execution. Siemens has addressed 18 vulnerabilities affecting some products of Siemens Digital Industries Software which provides product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions. The vulnerabilities affect Siemens JT2Go, a 3D viewing tool for JT data (ISO-standardized 3D data format) and […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2021
Joker’s Stash, the largest carding site, is shutting down

Joker’s Stash to shut down on February 15, 2021. Joker’s Stash, the largest carding marketplace online announced that it was shutting down its operations on February 15, 2021. Joker’s Stash, the largest carding marketplace online, announced that its operations will shut down on February 15, 2021. The administrator announced the decision via messages posted on […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2021
Expert launched Malvuln, a project to report flaws in malware

The researcher John Page launched malvuln.com, the first website exclusively dedicated to the research of security flaws in malware codes. The security expert John Page (aka hyp3rlinx) launched malvuln.com, the first platform exclusively dedicated to the research of security flaws in malware codes. The news was first announced by SecurityWeek, the researcher explained that Malvuln is […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2021
Winnti APT continues to target game developers in Russia and abroad

A Chinese Threat actor targeted organizations in Russia and Hong Kong with a previously undocumented backdoor, experts warn. Cybersecurity researchers from Positive Technologies have uncovered a series of attacks conducted by a Chinese threat actor that aimed at organizations in Russia and Hong Kong. Experts attribute the attacks to the China-linked Winnti APT group (aka APT41) […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2021
Expert discovered a DoS vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP systems

A security researcher discovered a flaw in the F5 BIG-IP product that can be exploited to conduct denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. The security expert Nikita Abramov from Positive Technologies discovered a DoS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-27716, that affects certain versions of F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM). The F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager is a secure, flexible, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2021
Operation Spalax, an ongoing malware campaign targeting Colombian entities

Security experts from ESET uncovered an ongoing surveillance campaign, dubbed Operation Spalax, against Colombian government institutions and private companies. Malware researchers from ESET uncovered an ongoing surveillance campaign, dubbed Operation Spalax, against Colombian entities exclusively. The attacks aimed at government institutions and private companies, most of them in the energy and metallurgical sectors.  The campaign […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2021
CAPCOM: 390,000 people impacted in the recent ransomware Attack

Capcom revealed that the recent ransomware attack has potentially impacted 390,000 people, an increase of approximately 40,000 people from the previous report. In November, Japanese game developer Capcom admitted to have suffered a cyberattack that is impacting business operations. The company has developed multiple multi-million-selling game franchises, including Street Fighter, Mega Man, Darkstalkers, Resident Evil, Devil May […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2021
Classiscam expands to Europe: Russian-speaking scammers lure Europeans to pages mimicking classifieds

Russian-speaking scammers started targeting users of European marketplaces and classifieds is a criminal scheme dubbed Classiscam. Group-IB, a global threat hunting and and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company, has discovered that Russian-speaking scammers started targeting users of European marketplaces and classifieds. The scheme, dubbed Classiscam by Group-IB, is an automated scam as a service designed to steal money […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2021
Cisco addresses a High-severity flaw in CMX Software

Cisco addressed tens of high-severity flaws, including some flaws in the AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and in its small business routers. This week Cisco released security updates to address 67 high-severity vulnerabilities, including issues affecting Cisco’s AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and small business routers (i.e. Cisco RV110W, RV130, RV130W, and RV215W). One of the flaws fixed […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2021
CISA warns of recent successful cyberattacks against cloud service accounts

The US CISA revealed that several recent successful cyberattacks against various organizations’ cloud services.  The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that several recent successful cyberattacks hit various organizations’ cloud services. According to the agency, the attackers conducted phishing campaigns and exploited poor cyber hygiene practices of the victims in the management of cloud […]