Pierluigi Paganini
August 17, 2022
Researchers have discovered a previously undocumented Android dropper, dubbed BugDrop, that’s still under development. Recently, researchers from ThreatFabric discovered a previously undetected Android dropper, dubbed BugDrop, which is under active development and was designed to bypass security features that will be implemented in the next release of the Google OS. The experts noticed something unusual in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 17, 2022
Google addressed a dozen vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, including the fifth Chrome zero-day flaw exploited this year. Google this week released security updates to address a dozen vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser for desktops including an actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw in the wild. The actively exploited flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-2856, is an Insufficient validation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 17, 2022
Researchers uncovered a new flaw, dubbed ĂPIC, in Intel CPUs that enables attackers to obtain encryption keys and other secret information from the processors. The ĂPIC Leak (CVE-2022-21233) is the first architecturally CPU bug that could lead to the disclosure of sensitive data and impacts most 10th, 11th and 12th generation Intel CPUs. ĂPIC Leak works on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 17, 2022
Zoom addressed two high-severity vulnerabilities in its macOS app that were disclosed at the DEF CON conference. Zoom last week released macOS updates to fix two high-severity flaws in its macOS app that were disclosed at the DEF CON conference. Technical details of the vulnerabilities were disclosed at the DEF CON conference by security researcher […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 16, 2022
Russia-linked Gamaredon APT group targets Ukrainian entities with PowerShell info-stealer malware dubbed GammaLoad. Russia-linked Gamaredon APT group (aka Shuckworm, Actinium, Armageddon, Primitive Bear, and Trident Ursa) targets Ukrainian entities with PowerShell info-stealer malware dubbed GammaLoad, Symantec warns. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) confirmed the ongoing cyber espionage campaign. Symantec and TrendMicro first discovered the Gamaredon […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2022
Researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble reported a surge in attacks targeting virtual network computing (VNC). Virtual Network Computing (VNC)Â is a graphical desktop-sharing system that leverages the Remote Frame Buffer (RFB) protocol to control another machine remotely. It transmits the keyboard and mouse input from one computer to another, relaying the graphical-screen updates, over a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2022
Security researchers from Cleafy reported that the SOVA Android banking malware is back and is rapidly evolving. The SOVA Android banking trojan was improved, it has a new ransomware feature that encrypts files on Android devices, Cleafy researchers report. The malware has been active since 2021 and evolves over time. The latest version of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2022
Security Researchers discovered a new PyPI Package designed to drop fileless cryptominer to Linux systems. Sonatype researchers have discovered a new PyPI package named ‘secretslib‘ that drops fileless cryptominer to the memory of Linux machine systems. The package describes itself as “secrets matching and verification made easy,” it has a total of 93 downloads since […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2022
China-linked threat actors Iron Tiger backdoored a version of the cross-platform messaging app MiMi to infect systems. Trend Micro researchers uncovered a new campaign conducted by a China-linked threat actor Iron Tiger that employed a backdoored version of the cross-platform messaging app MiMi Chat App to infect Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. The Iron Tiger APT (aka Panda Emissary, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 14, 2022
Flaws in Xiaomi Redmi Note 9T and Redmi Note 11 models could be exploited to disable the mobile payment mechanism and even forge transactions. Check Point researchers discovered the flaws while analyzing the payment system built into Xiaomi smartphones powered by MediaTek chips. Trusted execution environment (TEE) is an important component of mobile devices designed to process […]
