Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2023
Mozilla fixed a critical zero-day in Firefox and Thunderbird

Mozilla addressed a critical zero-day vulnerability in Firefox and Thunderbird that has been actively exploited in attacks in the wild. Mozilla rolled out security updates to address a critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-4863, in Firefox and Thunderbird that has been actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability is a heap buffer overflow in WebP […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2023
Microsoft September 2023 Patch Tuesday fixed 2 actively exploited zero-day flaws

Microsoft September 2023 Patch Tuesday addressed 59 new flaws, including two vulnerabilities under active attack. Microsoft September 2023 Patch Tuesday security updates addressed 59 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited zero-day. The flaws addressed by the company impact Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Exchange Server; Office and Office Components; .NET and Visual Studio; Azure; Microsoft Dynamics; […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2023
Save the Children confirms it was hit by cyber attack

The international non-governmental organization (NGO) Save the Children International was recently hit with a cyberattack. The charity organization Save the Children International revealed that it was hit by a cyber attack. The company disclosed the security incident after the ransomware gang BianLian listed the organization on its Tor leak site. The BianLian extortion group claims […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2023
Adobe fixed actively exploited zero-day in Acrobat and Reader

Software giant Adobe is warning of a critical security vulnerability in the PDF Acrobat and Reader that is actively exploited in the wild. Adobe Patch Tuesday security updates (APSB23-34) addressed a critical zero-day vulnerability actively exploited in the wild in attacks on Adobe Acrobat and Reader products. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-26369, is an out-of-bounds write […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2023
A new Repojacking attack exposed over 4,000 GitHub repositories to hack

A critical vulnerability in GitHub could have exposed more than 4,000 code packages to Repojacking attack. Checkmarx researchers discovered a new vulnerability in GitHub could have exposed over 4,000 packages to repojacking attacks. In the RepoJacking attack, attackers claim the old username of a repository after the legitimate creator changed the username, then publish a rogue […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2023
MGM Resorts hit by a cyber attack

Hospitality and entertainment company MGM Resorts was hit by a cyber attack that shut down its systems at MGM Hotels and Casinos. Hospitality and entertainment company MGM Resorts was the victim of a cyber attack, the IT infrastructure across the United States was shut down. The incident was discovered on Sunday and affected hotel reservation […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2023
Anonymous Sudan launched a DDoS attack against Telegram

Anonymous Sudan launched a DDoS attack against Telegram after the company suspended the account of the group. The hacker collective Anonymous Sudan (aka Storm-1359) has launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Telegram in retaliation for the suspension of their primary account. “In a recent update, a well-known and notorious threat actor declared their targeting […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2023
Iranian Charming Kitten APT targets various entities in Brazil, Israel, and the U.A.E. using a new backdoor

Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten used a previously undocumented backdoor named Sponsor in attacks against entities in Brazil, Israel, and the U.A.E. ESET researchers observed a series of attacks, conducted by the Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten (aka Ballistic Bobcat APT, APT35, Phosphorus, Newscaster, TA453, and Ajax Security Team), which are targeting various entities in Brazil, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates. The Charming […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2023
GOOGLE FIXED THE FOURTH CHROME ZERO-DAY OF 2023

Google rolled out emergency security updates to address a new Chrome zero-day (CVE-2023-4863) actively exploited in the wild. Google rolled out emergency security updates to address a zero-day vulnerability that has been actively exploited in attacks in the wild since the start of the year. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-4863, is the fourth actively exploited […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2023
CISA adds recently discovered Apple zero-days to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

U.S. CISA adds vulnerabilities in Apple devices exploited to install NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware on iPhones to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the security vulnerabilities chained in the zero-click iMessage exploit BLASTPASS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The two flaws, tracked as CVE-2023-41064 and CVE-2023-41061, were used to install NSO […]