Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2020
Revista Factum suffered week-long cyber attacks for denouncing corruption by the president of El Salvador

Revista Factum was under prolonged cyber attacks for denouncing corruption, the government of El Salvador had banned it. The government of El Salvador had banned Factum Magazine from attending its press conferences and was subjecting them to a smear campaign The alleged perpetrator of the attacks has been identified as a computer engineer acting, from […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2020
Australia’s privacy watchdog sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Aussie privacy watchdog sues Facebook over alleged “systematic failures” exposing Australians to Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Australia’s privacy watchdog, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, sues Facebook for alleged “systematic failures” exposing more than 300,000 Australians to the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Australia is the last country in order of time to announce a […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2020
Sodinokibi Ransomware operators threaten to leak ‘dirty’ financial data of a company

Sodinokibi Ransomware operators are threatening to leak a company’s “dirty” financial secrets because they did not pay the ransom. The operators behind the infamous Sodinokibi Ransomware are threatening to publicly release the “dirty” financial secrets of a company that refused to pay the ransom. In December, for the first time, the crime gang behind the Maze […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2020
The City of Durham shut down its network after Ryuk Ransomware attack

The City of Durham, North Carolina, was the last victim in order of time of the infamous Ryuk ransomware that infected its systems. The City of Durham, North Carolina was forced to shut down its network after its systems have been infected with the Ryuk Ransomware during the weekend. According to the local media, the City […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2020
Netgear fixes a critical RCE that could allow to takeover Flagship Nighthawk routers

Netgear is warning users of a critical remote code execution flaw that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of its wireless routers. Netgear has addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability that could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to take over AC Router Nighthawk (R7800) hardware running firmware versions prior to 1.0.2.68. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 254

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs 49 million unique email addresses of Straffic Marketing firm exposed online Russian spies are attempting to tap transatlantic undersea cables $1B to help telecom carriers to rip and replace Huawei and ZTE equipment Karkoff 2020: a new APT34 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2020
Facebook sues Namecheap to protect people from domain name fraud

Facebook has filed a lawsuit against domain registrar Namecheap and its Whoisguard privacy protection service over fraudulent domains Facebook announced this week that it has filed a lawsuit against domain registrar Namecheap and its Whoisguard privacy protection service because it has refused to provide information on a series of fraudulent domains. Fraudulent domains are often […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2020
EVRAZ operations in North America disrupted by Ryuk ransomware

Computer systems at EVRAZ, a multinational vertically integrated steel making and mining company, have been hit by Ryuk ransomware. EVRAZ is one of the world’s largest multinational vertically integrated steel making and mining companies with headquarters in London. The company operates mainly in Russia, but also in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Italy, Czech Republic, the United States, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2020
CVE-2019-0090 flaw affects Intel Chips released in the last 5 years

A new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-0090, affects all Intel chips that could allow attackers to bypass every hardware-enabled security technology. Security experts from Positive Technologies warn of a new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-0090, that affects all Intel processors that were released in the past 5 years. The flaw is currently defined as unpatchable and could […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2020
Travel leisure company Carnival Corporation discloses data breach

The world’s largest travel leisure company Carnival Corporation discloses a data breach that took place last year and which exposed the personal information of its customers. Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest travel leisure company, discloses a data breach that took place in 2019. The company is informing customers of the incident, a third-party gained unauthorized access […]