Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2019
Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 -Day2: Experts earned a total of $120,000 for finding exploits against Samsung Galaxy S10 and Xiaomi Mi9 phones and TP-Link AC1750 routers. On the second day of the Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 hacking contest, white hat hackers received a total of $120,000 for finding exploits against Samsung Galaxy S10 and Xiaomi Mi9 phones […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2019
DNA-testing startup Veritas Genetics disclosed a security breach that exposed customer information, but genetic information, health records are not affected. Veritas Genetics is a whole genome sequencing company that provides actionable insights for a healthier life and family, it offers whole-genome sequencing for $599. The company announced that it recently discovered authorized access to its customer-facing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2019
Bitdefender discovered a high-severity security flaw in Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell Pro devices that could allow nearby attackers to steal WiFi password. Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell is a smart wireless home security doorbell camera that allows users to use to remotely control their doorbell. Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell allows users to interact with anyone on their […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2019
Experts observed a new phishing campaign that used a specially crafted ZIP archive that was designed to bypass secure email gateways to distribute malware. Attackers have devised a new technique to distribute malware bypassing secure email gateways and other security solutions by using a specially crafted ZIP file. The structure of a ZIP archive contains […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2019
Two former Twitter employees have been charged with spying on thousands of Twitter user accounts on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government. Two former Twitter employees have been charged with spying on thousands of Twitter user accounts on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government. The two former Twitter employees operated for the Saudi Arabian government […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2019
A Trend Micro employee was spotted stealing consumer customer information and selling it to tech support scammers. TrendMicro confirmed that it has discovered one employee that was stealing consumer customer information and selling it to tech support scammers. In August 2019, the security firm was informed that some of their customers were receiving tech support […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2019
Bug hunters have earned a total of $195,000 for finding flaws in TVs, routers and smartphones on the first day of the Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 contest. Pwn2Own is the annual hacking contest event organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 contest offers over $750,000 in rewards for working exploits targeting one […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2019
Google experts found a flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-18408, in the compression library libarchive could lead to arbitrary code execution. Google experts found a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-18408, in the compression library libarchive could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. The libarchive library is a multi-format archive and compression library that implements a single interface for reading/writing various compression formats. Several […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2019
Facebook disclosed a new security incident, the social network giant admitted that app developers may have accessed its group users’ data. Facebook disclosed another security incident, the company revealed that roughly 100 app developers may have improperly accessed users’ data in certain Facebook groups. Let’s understand how it is possible. The company explained that before […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2019
Another organization in the healthcare industry was a victim of a Ransomware attack, this time the victim is Brooklyn Hospital. A ransomware attack has infected several computer systems at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York, the organization permanently lost patient data. The patient records encrypted in the attack include names and certain dental or […]
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