Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2020
MonitorMinor, the outstanding stalkerware can track Gmail, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook

Security experts spotted a new stalkerware, dubbed MonitorMinor, that can track Gmail, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook user activity. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab spotted a new stalkerware, dubbed MonitorMinor (Monitor.AndroidOS.MonitorMinor.c), that can track Gmail, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook user activity. Stalkerware is commercial monitoring software or spyware that is used for stalking, it is usually […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2020
Open Exchange Rates discloses a security breach

Last week, Open Exchange Rates disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information and hashed passwords for customers of its API service. Last week, the currency data provider Open Exchange Rates has disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information and salted and hashed passwords for customers of its API service. Open Exchange […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2020
Massive cyber attack hit the town hall of Marseille ahead local election

While the Coronavirus is spreading worldwide, a massive cyber attack hit the town hall of Marseille and the metropolis. Ahead of the 2020 municipal elections in Marseille that will take place on 15 and March 22, a ‘massive and widespread’ cyber attack hit the city of Marseille as well as the metropolis Aix-Marseille-Provence The 2020 municipal elections in […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2020
BlackWater, a malware that uses Cloudflare Workers for C2 Communication

Crooks continue to abuse the interest in Coronavirus outbreak, now experts found a new backdoor called BlackWater that pretends to provide information about COVID-19. Experts found a new backdoor malware called BlackWater that pretends to provide information about the COVID-19 outbreak while abusing Cloudflare Workers as an interface to the C2 server. Cloudflare Workers provide a serverless execution […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2020
Trump signed a bill to help small telecoms replace Huawei equipment

This week US President Donald Trump signed a bill that assigns $1 billion to small telecom providers for replacing equipment made by China’s Huawei and ZTE. US President Donald Trump continues its battle against the Chinese telco giants Huawei and ZTE, this week he has signed a bill that assigns $1 billion to small telecom providers for […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2020
Slack bugs allowed take over victims’ accounts

Slack addressed a critical flaw within 24 hours from its disclosure, the issue allowed attackers to carry out automate account takeover. The researcher Evan Custodio discovered a critical vulnerability in Slack that could have allowed attackers to launch automate account takeover. Slack addressed the vulnerability within 24 hours it was reported by the researcher, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2020
A bug in Tor Browser allows execution of JavaScript even in Safest security level

Tor Project maintainers warned users about a severe flaw in the Tor browser that may execute JavaScript code on sites it should not. The Tor Project announced a major bug in the Tor browser that may cause the execution of JavaScript code on sites for which users have specifically blocked JavaScript. The development team at […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2020
European police arrested tens of members of two SIM Hijacking Gangs

European authorities dismantled two cybercrime organizations responsible for stealing millions through SIM hijacking. European authorities managed to dismantle the operations of two cybercrime gangs responsible for stealing millions through SIM hijacking. In SIM hijacking attacks (aka SIM swapping attacks) crooks are able to port the phone number of the victims to a new SIM card […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2020
VMware fixes a critical bug in Workstation, Fusion that allows code execution on host From guest

VMware has fixed three serious flaws in its products, including a critical issue in Workstation and Fusion that allow code execution on the host from guest. VMware has addressed three serious vulnerabilities in its products, including a critical flaw in Workstation and Fusion that could be exploited to execute code on the host from guest. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2020
Cookiethief, the Android malware that hijacks Facebook accounts

Experts discovered an Android Trojan, dubbed Cookiethief, that is able to gain root access on infected devices and hijack Facebook accounts. Security experts from Kaspersky recently discovered Android Trojan that was designed to gain root access on infected devices and hijack Facebook accounts by stealing cookies from the browser and the social media app. “We […]