Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2019
0patch releases unofficial security patches for 3 Windows flaws yet to be fixed

Researchers from 0patch, a community of experts that aims at addressing software flaws, released unofficial patches for three Windows vulnerabilities that Microsoft has yet to be fixed. The list of vulnerabilities addressed by 0patch include a denial-of-service (DoS) bug, a file read issue, and a code execution flaw. “While we’re busy ironing out the wrinkles before […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2019
Critical flaw in Linux APT package manager could allow remote hack

Expert discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in the APT package manager used by several Linux distributions, including Debian and Ubuntu. The independent security consultant Max Justicz has discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in the APT package manager used by several Linux distributions, including Debian and Ubuntu. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-3462, affects package manager version 0.8.15 and later, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2019
Did you win at online casinos? Watch out, your data might have had exposed online

Data belonging to online casinos found exposed online on unprotected Elastic search instance, it includes info on 108 million bets and user details Data breaches are an ordinary issue, this time an online casino group leaked information about 108 million bets including user details. Leaked data includes personal information and payment card details, including real […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2019
France watchdog fines Google with $57 million under the EU GDPR

The French data protection watchdog CNIL announced a fine of 50 million euros ($57 million) for US search giant Google under GDPR.The French data protection watchdog CNIL announced a fine of 50 million euros ($57 million) for US search giant Google under GDPR. “On 21 January 2019, the CNIL’s restricted committee imposed a financial penalty […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2019
A flaw in MySQL could allow rogue servers to steal files from clients

A rogue MySQL server could be used to steal files from clients due to a design flaw in the popular an open source relational database management system (RDBMS). The flaw resides in the file transfer process between a client host and a MySQL server, it could be exploited by an attacker running a rogue MySQL server to access […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2019
Omron addressed multiple flaws in its CX-Supervisor product

The electronics firm Omron released a security update to address flaws in its CX-Supervisor product that can be exploited DoS attacks and remote code execution. CX-Supervisor allows to rapidly create human-machine interfaces (HMIs) for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems thanks to the availability of a large number of predefined functions and libraries. The software […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2019
Unpatched Cisco critical flaw CVE-2018-15439 exposes small Business Networks to hack

Unpatched critical flaw CVE-2018-15439 could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain full control over the device. Cisco Small Business Switch software is affected by a critical and unpatched vulnerability (CVE-2018-15439) that could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain full control over the device. Cisco Small Business Switch SOHO devices allow […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2019
Russian hacker Alexander Zhukov extradited by Bulgaria to US

Bulgaria has extradited a Russian hacker that was indicted by a US court for mounting a sophisticated hacking scheme to the United States. According to the Russian embassy in Washington, the Russian hacker Alexander Zhukov was extradited on January 18. The Russian embassy has chosen to disclose the news on the VK social network, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 197 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! TA505 Group adds new ServHelper Backdoor and FlawedGrace […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2019
DarkHydrus adds Google Drive support to its RogueRobin Trojan

Security experts attributed new malicious campaigns to the DarkHydrus APT group (aka Lazy Meerkat), threat actors used a new variant of the RogueRobin Trojan and leveraged Google Drive as an alternative C2 channel. DarkHydrus was first discovered by experts at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 team in July when the group carried out attacks aimed at […]