Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2019
Bug bounty platform HackerOne announced that two of its members have each earned more than $1 million by participating bug bounty programs. Bug bounty programs could be a profitable activity, the popular bug bounty platform HackerOne announced that two of its members have each earned more than $1 million by helping companies in discovering flaws […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2019
Adobe has released out-of-band updates to address a critical flaw in ColdFusion web application development platform that has been exploited in the wild. Adobe has released out-of-band updates to address a zero-day vulnerability in the ColdFusion web application development platform that has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-7816, has been described by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2019
Cisco addressed CVE-2019-1663critical flaw in several wireless routers that could be exploited by attackers to remotely execute code on the impacted devices. Cisco released security updates to address a critical flaw (CVE-2019-1663) in several wireless routers that could be exploited by attackers to remotely execute code on the impacted devices. The CVE-2019-1663 flaw received a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2019
Experts analyzed tools and intrusion methods used by theChina-linked cyber-espionage group Emissary Panda in attacks over the past 2 years. This morning I wrote about a large-scale cyber attack that hit the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in November 2016, Emissary Panda was suspected to be the culprit. Experts at Secureworks reports who investigated the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2019
Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab analyze a new GoLang botnet named GoBrut, the investigation allowed to discover that the bot supports a lot more features Introduction Malware written in Go programming language has roots almost a decade ago, few years after its first public release back in 2009: starting from InfoStealer samples discovered since 2012 and abused in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2019
Canadian media revealed that in November 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was a hit by a large-scale cyberattack. The security breach was discovered by an analyst at Lockheed Martin that immediately informed the organization. The expert discovered that hackers took control of two of its servers to carry out a so-called watering hole […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2019
A vulnerability in the update service of the Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop App for Windows could allow elevation of privilege A vulnerability in the update service of the Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop App for Windows tracked as CVE-2019-1674 could be exploited by an unprivileged local attacker to elevate privileges and run arbitrary commands using the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2019
Experts at Exploit detection service EdgeSpot detected several PDF documents that exploit a zero-day flaw in Chrome to harvest user data. Exploit detection service EdgeSpot spotted several PDF documents that exploit a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome to harvest data on users who open the files through the popular web browser. The experts initially detected the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 27, 2019
Researchers found a new set of flaws that can be exploited via Thunderbolt to compromise a broad range of modern computers with Thunderclap attacksResearchers found a new set of flaws that can be exploited via Thunderbolt to compromise a broad range of modern computers with Thunderclap attacks Security experts from Rice University in the United […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 27, 2019
The U.S. Cyber Command blocked the Internet access to the Russian troll factory while it was attempting to interfere with 2018 midterm. According to the Washington Post, that cites several U.S. officials, the operation conducted by the U.S. Cyber Command hit the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, the company used by the Russian Government […]
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