Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2019
South Korea: hackers compromised Defense Acquisition Program Administration PCs

South Korea – Allegedstate-sponsored hackers compromised 10 PCs at ministry’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration. Unknown hackers compromised 10 PCs at ministry’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration which is the office that manages the military procurement. The news was confirmed by the South Korea Ministry of National Defense. “It has been turned out that 30 computers installed […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2019
Unprotected server of Oklahoma Department of Securities exposes millions of government files

A huge trove of data belonging to the Oklahoma Department of Securities (ODS) was left unsecured on a server for at least a week. Another data leak made the headlines, a huge trove of data belonging to the Oklahoma Department of Securities (ODS) was left unsecured on a server for at least a week. It […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2019
Critical bug in Amadeus flight booking system affects 141 airlines

A critical flaw in online flight ticket booking system developed by Amadeus could impact almost half of the fight travelers of 141 airlines around the world A critical flaw in online flight ticket booking system developed by Amadeus could be exploited by a remote attacker to access and modify travel details and claim his frequent […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2019
GreyEnergy: Welcome to 2019

Early January, an interesting malware sample has been disclosed through the InfoSec community: a potential GreyEnergy implant still under investigation. This kind of threat, previously analyzed by third party firms, contains similarities with the infamous BlackEnergy malware, used in the attacks against the Ukrainian energy industry back in 2015. The Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB researchers dissected this […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2019
I swiped right, Viewing sensitive data cached in your Safari browser.

By using multi-gesture trackpad along with Safari browser in MacBook Pro, one can view sensitive data which is cached in your Safari browser. (Note: This is not a back button browsing vulnerability) I figured out this issue while playing around with Safari browser, looks like the most recent activity of any authenticated or un-authenticated website is stored in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2019
Multiple Fortnite flaws allowed experts to takeover players’ accounts

Security researchers at Check Point have discovered several flaws in the popular game Fortnite that could be exploited to takeover gamers’account. Security experts at Check Point discovered several issues in the popular online battle game Fortnite. One of the flaws is an OAuth account takeover vulnerability that could have allowed a remote attacker to takeover […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2019
Experts link attack on Chilean interbank network Redbanc NK Lazarus APT

Researchers from Flashpoint linked the recently disclosed attack on Chilean interbank network Redbanc to the North Korean APT group Lazarus. Security experts at Flashpoint linked the recently disclosed attack on the Chilean interbank network to the dreaded Lazarus APT group. The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2019
Cranes, drills and other industrial machines exposed to hack by RF protocols

Researchers from Trend Micro have analyzed the communication protocols used by cranes and other industrial machines and discovered several flaws. Security experts from Trend Micro have discovered several vulnerabilities in the communication protocols used by cranes, hoists, drills and other industrial machines. The experts found vulnerabilities in products from several vendors, including Saga, Juuko, Telecrane, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2019
A flaw in vCard processing could allow hackers to compromise a Win PC

A security expert discovered a zero-day flaw in the processing of VCard files that could be exploited by a remote attacker to compromise a Windows PC The security expert John Page (@hyp3rlinx), discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the processing of VCard files that could be exploited by a remote attacker, under certain conditions, to hack Windows […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2019
Mozilla will disable Adobe Flash by default starting from Firefox 69

Starting from Firefox 69, Mozilla will disable Adobe Flash by default, a process that aims to completely remove the support for the popular plugin.  Mozilla announced that the Firefox 69 will no longer support Adobe Flash due to a large number of serious flaws exploited by hackers in attacks across the years. The decision was […]