Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2019
Website of gunmaker Smith & Wesson hit by a Magecart attack

The US gunmaker Smith & Wesson was hacked late last month in a Magecart attack, attackers injected a malicious software skimmer. A new Magecart attack made the headlines, the victim is the American gunmaker Smith & Wesson. The hack took place last month, the attackers planted a malicious software skimmer on its website to steal […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2019
Experts discovered DLL hijacking issues in Kaspersky and Trend Micro solutions

Experts discovered several DLL hijacking flaws in Kaspersky Secure Connection, Trend Micro Maximum Security, and Autodesk Desktop Application. Researchers from SafeBreach discovered several vulnerabilities in Kaspersky Secure Connection, Trend Micro Maximum Security, and Autodesk Desktop Application products that could be exploited by hackers for DLL preloading, code execution, and privilege escalation. The first issue in […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2019
Ohio Election Day cyber attack attempt traced Russian-Owned Company

Ohio detected and neutralized a cyber attack against its election systems earlier this month, it was traced to a Russian-owned company. Ohio officials thwarted a cyber attack against its election infrastructure earlier this month, the state’s elections chief announced. According to the Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose, the cyber attack was “relatively unsophisticated” and […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2019
StrandHogg Vulnerability exploited by tens of rogue Android Apps

Security experts disclosed a vulnerability dubbed StrandHogg that has been exploited by tens of malicious Android apps. Security experts at Promon disclosed a vulnerability, dubbed StrandHogg, that has been exploited by tens of malicious Android apps. The name StrandHogg comes from an old Norse term that refers to a tactic adopted by the Vikings that […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2019
Europol seized 30,506 Internet domain names for IP Infringement

Europol announced another success in the fight against cybercrime, the agency shut down 30,506 Internet domain names for distributing counterfeit and pirated items. Europol announced the shutdown of 30,506 Internet domain names for distributing counterfeit and pirated items as part of the ‘In Our Sites’ (IOS) operation launched in 2014. The success is the result […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2019
Clop Ransomware attempts to disable Windows Defender and Malwarebytes

Experts discovered a new malware dubbed Clop ransomware that attempts to remove Malwarebytes and other security products. Security researcher Vitali Kremez discovered a new malware dubbed Clop ransomware that targets Windows systems and attempts to disable security products running on the infected systems. The malicious code executes a small program, just before starting the encryption […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2019
TrueDialog database leaked online tens of millions of SMS text messages

Millions of SMS messages have been leaked by a database run by TrueDialog, a business SMS provider for businesses and higher education providers. Security experts at vpnMentor discovered a database belonging to the US communications company, TrueDialog that was leaking millions of SMS messages. Most of the SMS included in the database were sent by […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2019
Data of 21 million Mixcloud users available for sale on the dark web

The online music streaming service Mixcloud was recently breached by a hacker that is attempting to sell stolen user data a dark web marketplace. On Friday, the hacker that goes online with the handle “A_W_S” contacted multiple media outlets to disclose the hack, it also provided data samples as proof of the data breach. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 242

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. Iran – Government blocks Internet access in response to the protests Twitter allows users to use 2FA without a phone number After 1 Million of malware samples analyzed Federal Communications […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2019
Twitter account of Huawei Mobile Brazil hacked

The official Twitter account of Huawei Mobile Brazil has been hacked and attackers have sent offensive messages to the rival Apple. The official Twitter account of Huawei Mobile Brazil has been hacked, attackers have sent offensive messages to provoke the rival Apple. The hack took place on Black Friday in Brazil, but at the time […]