Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2022
Zyxel fixed firewall unauthenticated remote command injection issue

Zyxel addressed a critical flaw affecting Zyxel firewall devices that allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to gain arbitrary code execution. Zyxel has moved to address a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2022-30525, CVSS score: 9.8) affecting Zyxel firewall devices that enables unauthenticated and remote attackers to gain arbitrary code execution as the “nobody” user. The issue was discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2022
Iran-linked COBALT MIRAGE group uses ransomware in its operations

Iranian group used Bitlocker and DiskCryptor in a series of attacks targeting organizations in Israel, the US, Europe, and Australia. Researchers at Secureworks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) are investigating a series of attacks conducted by the Iran-linked COBALT MIRAGE APT group. The threat actors have been active since at least June 2020 and are linked […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2022
New Nerbian RAT spreads via malspam campaigns using COVID-19

Researchers spotted a new remote access trojan, named Nerbian RAT, which implements sophisticated evasion and anti-analysis techniques. Researchers from Proofpoint discovered a new remote access trojan called Nerbian RAT that implements sophisticated anti-analysis and anti-reversing capabilities. The malware spreads via malspam campaigns using COVID-19 and World Health Organization (WHO) themes. The name of the RAT […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2022
Massive hacking campaign compromised thousands of WordPress websites

Researchers uncovered a massive hacking campaign that compromised thousands of WordPress websites to redirect visitors to scam sites. Cybersecurity researchers from Sucuri uncovered a massive campaign that compromised thousands of WordPress websites by injecting malicious JavaScript code that redirects visitors to scam content. The infections automatically redirect site visitors to third-party websites containing malicious content […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2022
Red TIM Research (RTR) founds 2 bugs affecting F5 Traffix SDC

Experts at TIM research laboratory, Red Team Research (RTR), have disclosed a couple of bugs affecting F5 Traffix SDC. Among these 45 bugs fixed by the well-known manufacturer of computer security systems, 2 were detected by TIM research laboratory, Red Team Research (RTR), as part of the bug hunting activities, on the F5® Traffix® Signaling […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2022
Five Eyes agencies warn of attacks on MSPs

Cybersecurity authorities from Five Eye warn of threats targeting managed service providers (MSPs) and potential supply chain attacks through them. Multiple cybersecurity authorities from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S. this week released a joint advisory warning of threats targeting managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers. “The cybersecurity authorities of the United Kingdom, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2022
CISA adds CVE-2022-1388 flaw in F5 BIG-IP to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

US Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds critical CVE-2022-1388 flaw in F5 BIG-IP products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added critical CVE-2022-1388 flaw in F5 BIG-IP products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2022
Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for May 2022 fixes 3 zero-days, 1 under active attack

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for May 2022 address three zero-day vulnerabilities, one of them actively exploited. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for May 2022 addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities, one of which is under active attack. The IT giant fixed a total of 74 flaws in Microsoft Windows and Windows Components, .NET and Visual Studio, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2022
EU condemns Russian cyber operations against Ukraine

The European Union condemns the cyberattacks conducted by Russia against Ukraine, which targeted the satellite KA-SAT network. The European Union accused Russia of the cyberattack that hit the satellite KA-SAT network in Ukraine, operated by Viasat, on February 24. This cyberattack caused communication outages and disruptions in Ukraine, it also impacted several EU Member States. 5,800 […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2022
Microsoft fixed RCE flaw in a driver used by Azure Synapse and Data Factory

Microsoft disclosed a now-fixed vulnerability in Azure Synapse and Azure Data Factory that could have allowed remote code execution. Microsoft announced to have addressed a critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-29972 and named SynLapse, affecting Azure Synapse and Azure Data Factory. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers from Orca Security and resides in […]