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Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2018

The Rise of an Overlooked Crime – Cyberstalking

Cyberstalking is one of the most overlooked crimes. This is exactly why it is among the fastest growing crimes in the world. Learn all there is about cyberstalking here. The internet has been a blessing since its inception. The very concept of globalization has come into existence just because of the internet. The world that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2018

Cryptocurrency Platform Atlas Quantum hacked, 260k users impacted

The Cryptocurrency Platform Atlas Quantum suffered a security breach, information belonging to more than 260,000 users was stolen by hackers. Hackers stole information related to over 260,000 users of the Cryptocurrency Platform Atlas Quantum. Exposed data includes customer names, phone numbers, and email addresses, as well as customer account balances. The platform allows users to trade the cryptocurrency […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2018

Critical Apache Struts flaw CVE-2018-11776 exploited in attacks in the wild

According to the threat intelligence firm Volexity, the CVE-2018-11776 vulnerability is already being abused in malicious attacks in the wild. Just yesterday I wrote about the availability online of the exploit code for the recently discovered Critical remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2018-11776 in Apache Struts 2. The PoC code was published on GitHub and experts were warning of […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2018

Expert publicly disclosed exploit code for Windows Task Scheduler Zero-Day

A security researcher has publicly disclosed the details of zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability affecting all Microsoft’s Windows operating systems A security researcher who handles the Twitter account @SandboxEscaper has disclosed the details of zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Microsoft’s Windows operating systems that could be exploited by a local attacker or malicious program to obtain system privileges on […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2018

Security firm attributes Cosmos Bank cyberheist to Lazarus APT

Security experts from Securonix have published a report that attributes the attack against on the Cosmos Bank to the Lazarus APT group. Cosmos Bank is one of the largest Indian cooperative banks, it was the victim of a cyberheist a couple of weeks ago when hackers stole over 940 million rupees ($13.5 million) in just three […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2018

Experts warn of possible attacks after PoC code for CVE-2018-11776 Struts flaw was published

The Exploit code for the recently discovered Critical remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2018-11776 in Apache Struts 2 was published on GitHub, experts fear massive attacks. The CVE-2018-11776 vulnerability affects Struts 2.3 through 2.3.34, Struts 2.5 through 2.5.16, and potentially unsupported versions of the popular Java framework. “Possible Remote Code Execution when using results with no namespace and […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2018

Android mobile devices from 11 vendors are exposed to AT Commands attacks

A group of researchers has conducted an interesting study on AT commands attacks on modern Android devices discovering that models of 11 vendors are at risk A group of researchers from the University of Florida, Stony Brook University, and Samsung Research America, has conducted an interesting research on the set of AT commands that are […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2018

Google researcher found Fortnite Android App vulnerable to Man-in-the-Disk attacks

A Google security researcher disclosed a vulnerability in the newcome Fortnite Android App that exposes it to Man-in-the-Disk attacks. After a long wait, Fortnite Android app has finally arrived but it hides an ugly surprise, it is vulnerable to Man-in-the-Disk (MitD) attacks that can allow a third-party application to crash it or run malicious code. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2018

Personal details of 37,000 Eir customers exposed after the theft of a laptop

Personal details of 37,000 Eir customers exposed after the theft of a laptop, including names, email addresses, phone numbers and account numbers. Eir, the fixed, mobile and broadband telecommunications company of Ireland, has suffered a data breach this week. Personal details of 37,000 Eir customers have been exposed according to the telecommunications company. The root cause of […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2018

USBHarpoon a look-like charging cable that can hack into your computer

A team of security experts has devised a rogue USB charging cable named USBHarpoon that can be used to compromise a computer in just a few seconds. The team was composed of Olaf Tan and Dennis Goh of RFID Research Group, Vincent Yiu of SYON Security, and the popular Kevin Mitnick. The USBHarpoon takes inspiration on the BadUSB project built by […]