Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2019
Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten employed new spear-phishing methods in attacks carried out between August and September. Security experts at ClearSky analyzed attacks recently uncovered by Microsoft that targeted a US presidential candidate, government officials, journalists, and prominent expatriate Iranians. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) observed the APT group making more than 2,700 attempts to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2019
An Alabama hospital chain announced to have restored normal operation after paying the ransom request by crooks that infected its systems with ransomware. A hospital chain in west Alabama was recently hit by a ransomware attack that paralyzed its systems. The organization opted out to pay the ransom and announced to have restored normal operation. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2019
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Hacker is auctioning a database containing details of 92 million […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2019
Confiant researchers have discovered a new Mac malware dubbed Tarmac distributed via malvertising campaigns in the US, Italy, and Japan. Security experts at Confiant have discovered a new Mac malware dubbed Tarmac that is distributed via malvertising campaigns in the US, Italy, and Japan. “Malicious ads redirect victims to sites showing popups peddling software updates, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2019
Leafly, a cannabis information platform, suffered a data leak that exposed the personal information of some of its customers. Leafly, the world’s leading cannabis resource, informed its customers via email that has suffered a data leak. On September 30, the company discovered that customer The company discovered on September 30 that a secondary database was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2019
FireEye Mandiant discovered that the FIN7 hacking group added new tools to its cyber arsenal, including a module to target remote administration software of ATM vendor. Security experts at FireEye Mandiant discovered that the FIN7 hacking group has added new tools to its arsenal, including a new loader and a module that hooks into the legitimate […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2019
Security researchers at Adaptive Mobile who discovered the SimJacker issue have published the list of countries where mobile operators use flawed SIM cards. Exactly one month ago, researchers at AdaptiveMobile Security disclosed a critical vulnerability in SIM cards dubbed SimJacker that could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise targeted mobile phones and spy on victims just […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2019
SafeBreach experts discovered that the HP Touchpoint Analytics service is affected by a potentially serious vulnerability. Security researchers at SafeBreach have discovered that the HP Touchpoint Analytics service is affected by a serious flaw tracked as CVE-2019-6333. The vulnerability received a CVSS score of 6.7 (medium severity). The TouchPoint Analytics is a service that allows the vendor to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2019
Popular prostitution and escort forums in Italy and the Netherlands have been hacked and data have been offered for sale in the cybercrime underground. A Bulgarian hacker known as InstaKilla has breached two online escort forums and stole the user information that he is now offering for sale on a hacking forum. The two escort […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2019
A vulnerability in Sophos Cyberoam firewalls could be exploited by an attacker to gain access to a target’s internal network without authentication. Sophos addressed a vulnerability in its Cyberoam firewalls that could be exploited by an attacker to gain access to a company’s internal network without providing a password. “A critical shell injection vulnerability in Sophos […]
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