Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2020
Apple addresses three actively exploited iOS zero-days

Apple released iOS 14.2 that addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities in its mobile OS that have been abused in attacks in the wild. Apple has addressed three iOS zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited in attacks the wild and affecting iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices. The zero-day vulnerabilities have been fixed by the IT giant with the release of iOS […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2020
TELEGRAM LATENCY IN BELARUS: HOW THE NATIONAL PROVIDER CONTROLS THE TRAFFIC

At the end of October 2020, Qurium received reports from users in Belarus that Telegram service was not working properly. Although the service was reachable, an increased latency was noted among the users. Beltelecom, the national telecommunications company in Belarus, fully owned by the Government of Belarus and operated by the Ministry of Telecommunications, controls […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2020
VMware finally fixed the critical CVE-2020-3992 flaw in ESXi

VMware has released new patches for ESXi after learning that a fix released in October for the critical CVE-2020-3992 flaw was incomplete. The virtualization giant VMware has released new fixes for ESXi after learning that a patch released in October for the critical CVE-2020-3992 flaw was incomplete. The CVE-2020-3992 vulnerability is a use-after-free bug issue that affects […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2020
Japanese video game firm Capcom hit by a cyberattack

Japanese video game developer and publisher Capcom has disclosed a cyberattack that impacted business operations over the weekend. Japanese game developer Capcom has admitted to have suffered a cyberattack over the weekend 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 Cry, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2020
Zero-day in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client yet to be fixed

Cisco disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client software and the availability of PoC exploit code. Cisco has disclosed a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-3556, in the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client software with the public availability of a proof-of-concept exploit code. The CVE-2020-3556 flaw resided in the interprocess communication (IPC) channel of Cisco AnyConnect […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2020
REvil Ransomware member win the auction for KPot stealer source code

The source code for the KPot information stealer was put up for auction and the REvil ransomware operators want to acquire it. The authors of KPot information stealer have put its source code up for auction, and the REvil ransomware operators will likely be the only group to bid. KPOT Stealer is a “stealer” malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2020
Someone emptied a $1 billion BitCoin wallet ahead of Presidential Election

Yesterday almost $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency contained in a password-protected BitCoin wallet was moved to another wallet. Ahead of the 2020 Presidential election a mysterious transaction was noticed by cyber security experts and researchers. Someone has transferred almost $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency contained in a password-protected BitCoin wallet to another wallet. It is […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2020
Cyber Defense Magazine – November 2020 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Cyber Defense Magazine November 2020 Edition has arrived. We hope you enjoy this month’s edition
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Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2020
Toymaker giant Mattel disclosed a ransomware attack

Toymaker giant Mattel disclosed a ransomware attack, the incident took place in July and impacted some of its business operations. Toy industry giant Mattel announced that it has suffered a ransomware attack that took place on July 28th, 2020, and impacted some of its business operations. The good news that the company excluded the theft of […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2020
UNC1945, a sophisticated threat actor used Oracle Solaris Zero-Day exploit

A sophisticated threat actor, tracked as UNC1945, has been observed exploiting vulnerabilities in the Oracle Solaris operating systems for over two years. Researchers from FireEye reported that a sophisticated threat actor, tracked as UNC1945, has been observed targeting Oracle Solaris operating systems for over two years. The codename “UNC” used to track the group is […]