Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2023
Bitdefender released a free decryptor for the MegaCortex ransomware

Antivirus firm Bitdefender released a decryptor for the MegaCortex ransomware allowing its victims to restore their data for free. Antivirus firm Bitdefender released a decryptor for the MegaCortex ransomware, which can allow victims of the group to restore their data for free. The MegaCortex ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in May 2019 when […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2023
Threat actors stole Slack private source code repositories

Enterprise collaboration platform Slack disclosed a data breach, hackers stole some of its private source code repositories. The enterprise collaboration platform Slack has announced to have suffered a security breach, threat actors have stolen some of its private source code repositories. The company pointed out that its customers were not affected. “We recently became aware […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2023
How hackers might be exploiting ChatGPT

The popular AI chatbot ChatGPT might be used by threat actors to hack easily hack into target networks. Original post at https://cybernews.com/security/hackers-exploit-chatgpt/ Cybernews research team discovered that the AI-based chatbot ChatGPT – a recently launched platform that caught the online community’s attention – could provide hackers with step-by-step instructions on how to hack websites. Cybernews […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2023
Irish Data Protection Commission fined Meta $414 Million

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta Platforms €390 million over data processing operations for the delivery of its services The Data Protection Commission (DPC) concluded two inquiries into the data processing operations of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (“Meta Ireland”) over the delivery of its Facebook and Instagram services. DPC fined Meta Platforms a total of […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2023
Data of 235 million Twitter users leaked online

A database containing email addresses of 235,000,000 Twitter users has been offered on a popular hacker forum. A data leak containing email addresses for 235 million Twitter users has been published on a popular hacker forum. Many experts have immediately analyzed it and confirmed the authenticity of many of the entries in the huge leaked […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2023
Critical flaws found in Ferrari, Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, and other carmakers

BMW, Mercedes, Toyota, and other popular carmakers use vulnerable APIs that could have allowed attackers to perform malicious activities. Cybersecurity researcher Sam Curry and his colleagues discovered many vulnerabilities in the vehicles manufactured by tens of carmakers and services implemented by vehicle solutions providers. The vulnerabilities could have been exploited by threat actors to perform […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2023
Database of the Cricketsocial.com platform left open online

CyberNews reported that Cricketsocial.com, a social platform for the cricket community, exposed private customer data and admin credentials. Cricketsocial.com, is a social platform developed for the cricket community online. CyberNews discovered that a database used by the platform was left open online, it contains a huge trove of data. The Social platform for the cricket […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2023
Fortinet fixed multiple command injection bugs in FortiADC and FortiTester

Fortinet addressed multiple vulnerabilities impacting its products and warned of a high-severity command injection flaw in FortiADC. Cybersecurity vendor Fortinet addressed several vulnerabilities impacting its products. The compaby also warned customers of a high-severity command injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-39947 (CVSS score of 8.6), affecting the Application Delivery Controller FortiADC. The CVE-2022-39947 flaw is an […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2023
New shc Linux Malware used to deploy CoinMiner

Researchers discovered a new Linux malware developed with the shell script compiler (shc) that was used to deliver a cryptocurrency miner. The ASEC analysis team recently discovered that a Linux malware developed with shell script compiler (shc) that threat actors used to install a CoinMiner. The experts believe attackers initially compromised targeted devices through a […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2023
US. rail and locomotive company Wabtec hit with Lockbit ransomware

US. rail and locomotive company Wabtec Corporation disclosed a data breach after it was hit with Lockbit ransomware attack. Wabtec Corporation is an American company formed by the merger of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) and MotivePower Industries Corporation in 1999. It manufactures products for locomotives, freight cars and passenger transit vehicles, and builds new locomotives up to 6,000 horsepower. The company employs […]