Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2018
Network-attached storage devices manufactured by LG Electronics are affected by a critical remote code execution vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to gain full control of the devices. The experts at the security firm VPN Mentor found a pre-auth remote command injection vulnerability that affects the majority of LG NAS device models. “we found a way to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2018
Facebook explained how it is tracking Non-Users across the Internet and for which purposes it is using their metadata. Facebook is still in the middle of a storm for its conduct and the way it approached the privacy of its users after the Cambridge Analytica case. Now Facebook is under scrutiny after Zuckerberg testified in front […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2018
Intel announced a new Threat Detection Technology and a framework of critical root-of-trust hardware security capabilities in its chips. Intel continues to innovate its products, the tech giant announced two new technologies, the Threat Detection Technology (TDT) and Security Essentials. The Threat Detection Technology leverages the silicon-level telemetry and functionality to allow security products detect sophisticated threats. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2018
UK NCSC, DHS, and the FBI warn of Russian hacking campaign on Western networks, state-sponsored hackers are targeting network infrastructure key components. US and Britain government agencies warn of Russian state-sponsored cyber attacks to compromise government and business networking equipment. Russian hackers aim to control the data flaw “to support espionage, extract intellectual property, maintain […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2018
According to experts at Kaspersky, the Roaming Mantis malware is designed for distribution through a simple, but very efficient trick based on DNS hijacking. According to experts at Kaspersky, the Roaming Mantis malware is designed for distribution through a simple, but very efficient trick based on DNS hijacking. Imagine a nefarious person swapped out your […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2018
The UK GCHQ intelligence agency warns UK telcos firms of the risks of using ZTE equipment and services for their infrastructure. The alert was issued by the National Cyber Security Centre that said the Chinese firm “would present risk to UK national security that could not be mitigated effectively or practicably”. Let’s remind that the ZTE […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2018
According to Channel 2 Action News that investigated the incident, the ransomware attack on the City of Atlanta cost it at least $2.7 million. In the last weeks, I wrote about a massive ransomware attack against computer systems in the City of Atlanta. The ransomware infection has caused the interruption of several city’s online services, including “various internal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2018
Security experts at Cisco’s Talos group have discovered a total of 17 vulnerabilities in Moxa EDR-810 industrial routers manufactured by Moxa. The Moxa EDR-810 is an integrated industrial multiport router that implements firewall, NAT, VPN and managed Layer 2 switch capabilities. These devices are used in industrial environments to protect systems such as PLC and SCADA systems […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2018
Multiple vulnerabilities in the SecureRandom() function expose Bitcoin web wallet addresses generated by the flawed library to brute-force attacks. Old Bitcoin web wallet addresses generated in the browser or through JavaScript-based wallet apps might be affected by a cryptographic vulnerability that could be exploited b attackers to steal funds. According to the experts, the popular […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2018
Nicole Eagan, the CEO of cybersecurity company Darktrace, revealed that is company investigated that hack of an unnamed casino that was breached via a thermometer in a lobby fish tank. Internet of things devices are enlarging our attack surface, smart devices are increasingly targeted by hackers in the wild. The case we are going to discuss demonstrate […]
