Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2019
Expert shares PoC exploit code for remote iOS 12 jailbreak On iPhone X

Researcher published a PoC exploit code for critical vulnerabilities that could be chained to implement an iOS jailbreak On iPhone X The security researcher Qixun Zhao of Qihoo 360’s Vulcan Team has published a PoC exploit code for critical vulnerabilities in Apple Safari web browser and iOS that could be exploited by a remote attacker to jailbreak […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2019
PHP PEAR official site hacked, tainted package manager distributed for 6 months

PHP PEAR official site hacked, attackers replaced legitimate version of the package manager with a tainted version in the past 6 months. Bad news for users that have downloaded the PHP PEAR package manager from the official website in the past 6 months because hackers have replaced it with a tainted version. The PHP Extension and […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2019
Hacker threatened a family using a Nest Camera to broadcast a fake missile attack alert

Nest recommended the owners of its security cameras to use enhanced authentication to avoid being hacked as happened with a family living in the US. Over the weekend, a family living in California was terrified with a hoax nuclear missile attack.  The couple explained to the local media that hackers compromised their Nest security camera and used atop their television and issued a warning of an imminent impact of missiles […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2019
0patch releases unofficial security patches for 3 Windows flaws yet to be fixed

Researchers from 0patch, a community of experts that aims at addressing software flaws, released unofficial patches for three Windows vulnerabilities that Microsoft has yet to be fixed. The list of vulnerabilities addressed by 0patch include a denial-of-service (DoS) bug, a file read issue, and a code execution flaw. “While we’re busy ironing out the wrinkles before […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2019
Critical flaw in Linux APT package manager could allow remote hack

Expert discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in the APT package manager used by several Linux distributions, including Debian and Ubuntu. The independent security consultant Max Justicz has discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in the APT package manager used by several Linux distributions, including Debian and Ubuntu. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-3462, affects package manager version 0.8.15 and later, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2019
Adobe fixed XSS flaws in Experience Manager that can result in information Disclosure

Adobe released security updates to address multiple XSS vulnerabilities in the Experience Manager and Experience Manager Forms that can lead to information disclosure. Adobe released security updates for the Experience Manager and Experience Manager Forms to address flaws that can lead to information disclosure. The Experience Manager is affected by a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) issue […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2019
Did you win at online casinos? Watch out, your data might have had exposed online

Data belonging to online casinos found exposed online on unprotected Elastic search instance, it includes info on 108 million bets and user details Data breaches are an ordinary issue, this time an online casino group leaked information about 108 million bets including user details. Leaked data includes personal information and payment card details, including real […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2019
France watchdog fines Google with $57 million under the EU GDPR

The French data protection watchdog CNIL announced a fine of 50 million euros ($57 million) for US search giant Google under GDPR.The French data protection watchdog CNIL announced a fine of 50 million euros ($57 million) for US search giant Google under GDPR. “On 21 January 2019, the CNIL’s restricted committee imposed a financial penalty […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2019
A flaw in MySQL could allow rogue servers to steal files from clients

A rogue MySQL server could be used to steal files from clients due to a design flaw in the popular an open source relational database management system (RDBMS). The flaw resides in the file transfer process between a client host and a MySQL server, it could be exploited by an attacker running a rogue MySQL server to access […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2019
Omron addressed multiple flaws in its CX-Supervisor product

The electronics firm Omron released a security update to address flaws in its CX-Supervisor product that can be exploited DoS attacks and remote code execution. CX-Supervisor allows to rapidly create human-machine interfaces (HMIs) for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems thanks to the availability of a large number of predefined functions and libraries. The software […]