Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2019
The #FifthOfNovember has arrived, the Italian branch of Anonymous and LulzSecITA hacked websites of professional orders, prefecture of Naples, and also the telephone operator Lyca Mobile. The Million Mask March, also known as “Operation Vendetta” is a worldwide, annual protest associated with the hacktivist group Anonymous occurring annually on Guy Fawkes Day, the 5th of November. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2019
Kaspersky discovered a previously unknown APT group, tracked as DarkUniverse, by analyzing Shadow Brokers’ “Lost in Translation” data dump. In 2017, a hacker group known as the Shadow Brokers stolen malware and hacking tools from the arsenal of the NSA-Linked Equation Group, then it published online the data dump called “Lost in Translation.” The dump […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2019
A ransomware attack disrupted IT operations in the territory of Nunavut (Canada), all government services requiring access to electronic data were impacted. A ransomware attack disrupted IT operations in the remote Canadian territory of Nunavut, all government services requiring access to electronic information were impacted. The territory is extended over more than 1.9 million square […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2019
Experts demonstrated that is possible to hack smart voice assistants like Siri and Alexa using a lasers beam to send them inaudible commands. Researchers with the University of Michigan and the University of Electro-Communications (Tokyo) have devised a new technique, dubbed “light commands,” to remotely hack Alexa and Siri smart speakers using a laser light […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2019
Researchers found serious flaws in Investintech’s Able2Extract Professional tool that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code using specially crafted image files. The Able2Extract Professional has over 250,000 licensed users across 135 countries, it allows them to view, convert and edit PDF files. Cisco Talos experts discovered two high-severity memory corruption vulnerabilities that can be […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2019
NTT DATA-owned firm Everis is one of Spain’s largest managed service providers (MSP), it has suffered a ransomware attack, and it was not the only case. Systems at Spain’s largest managed service providers (MSP) Everis have been infected by a ransomware, and it was not alone because the also Spain’s largest radio station Cadena SER […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2019
Business email compromise scam (BEC) continues to target organizations worldwide, crooks stole $742,000 from Ocala City in Florida. The City of Ocala in Florida is the last victim in order of time of a profitable business email compromise scam (BEC) attack, fraudsters redirected over $742,000 to a bank account under their control. Attackers’ emails posed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2019
The popular rConfig network configuration management utility is affected by two critical remote code execution flaws that have yet to be patched. rConfig is a completely open-source, network configuration management utility used to validate and manage network devices, including switches, routers, firewalls, and load-balancer. The cyber security expert Mohammad Askar has discovered two critical remote code […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2019
Expert Marco Ramilli and his team analyzed the sample that infected systems at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, it is a targeted attack. During the past few days a cyber attack hit Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant: the largest nuclear power plant located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The news was announced on Monday, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2019
Palo Alto Networks discovered a new version of Gafgyt botnet composed of Home & Small Office Wireless routers used to attack gaming servers. Palo Alto Networks researchers discovered a new version of Gafgyt botnet targeting home & small office wireless routers, including Zyxel and Huawei routers, as well as devices with Realtek RTL81xx chipset. According […]
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