malware

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2020
FBI warns of attacks on unsecured SonarQube used by US govt agencies and businesses

The FBI warns that threat actors are abusing misconfigured SonarQube applications to steal source code from US government agencies and businesses. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued an alert warning that threat actors are abusing misconfigured SonarQube applications to access and steal source code repositories from US government agencies and businesses. The alert, coded […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2020
Tianfu Cup 2020 – 5 minutes to hack Windows 10, Ubuntu iOS, VMWare EXSi, and others

Many popular OS and applications have been hacked during this year’s edition of the Tianfu Cup hacking competition. This year’s edition of the Tianfu Cup hacking competition was very prolific, bug bounty hackers have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in multiple software and applications. The Tianfu Cup is the most important hacking contest held in China, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2020
Pwn2Own Tokyo Day 3: Team Flashback crowned Master of Pwn

On the third day of the Pwn2Own Tokyo 2020 bug bounty hunters hacked a Synology NAS and had multiple partial successes. We are on day three of the popular Pwn2Own Tokyo hacking competition that due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been arranged as a virtual event. The Pwn2Own Tokyo is actually coordinated by Zero Day Initiative from Toronto, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 288

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. 103,000 machines are still vulnerable to SMBGhost attacks A data breach broker is selling account databases of 17 companies Maze ransomware is going out of the business Nuclear Regulation Authority […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2020
Luxottica data breach exposes info of LensCrafters and EyeMed patients

A data breach suffered by Luxottica has exposed the personal and health information of patients of LensCrafters, Target Optical, and EyeMed. Luxottica Group S.p.A. is an Italian eyewear conglomerate and the world’s largest company in the eyewear industry. As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2020
Creative Office 365 phishing inverts images to avoid detection bots

Experts spotted a creative Office 365 phishing campaign that inverts images used as backgrounds for landing pages to avoid getting flagged as malicious. Researchers at WMC Global have spotted a new creative Office 365 phishing campaign that has been inverting images used as backgrounds for landing pages to avoid getting flagged as malicious by security […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2020
Pwn2Own Tokyo Day two: TP-Link router and Synology NAS hacked

On the second day of the Pwn2Own Tokyo 2020 hacking competition, bug bounty hunters hacked a TP-Link router and a Synology NAS. Day 2 of the popular Pwn2Own Tokyo hacking competition is concluded, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the competition has been arranged as a virtual event. The Pwn2Own Tokyo is actually coordinated by Zero Day Initiative from […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2020
Ransomware operators target CVE-2020-14882 WebLogic flaw

At least one ransomware operator appears to have exploited the recently patched CVE-2020-14882 vulnerability affecting Oracle WebLogic. At least one ransomware operator appears is exploiting the recently patched CVE-2020-14882 vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic. At the end of October, threat actors have started scanning the Internet for servers running vulnerable installs of Oracle WebLogic in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2020
RansomExx ransomware now targets also Linux systems

The RansomExx Ransomware gang is expanding its operations by creating a new version that is able to infect Linux machines. RansomExx ransomware operators are expanding their operations by developing a Linux version of their malware. Kaspersky researchers have analyzed the Linux version of the RansomExx ransomware, also tracked as Defray777. This week the RansomExx ransomware has been […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2020
Pwn2Own Tokyo Day one: NETGEAR Router, WD NAS Device hacked

Pwn2Own Tokyo 2020 hacking competition is started, bug bounty hunters already hacked a NETGEAR router and a Western Digital NAS devices. The popular Pwn2Own Tokyo hacking competition is started and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition has been arranged as a virtual event. The Pwn2Own Tokyo is actually coordinated by Zero Day Initiative from Toronto, […]