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Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2018

Massive DDoS attack hit the Danish state rail operator DSB

The Danish state rail operator DSB was hit by a massive DDoS cyber attack that paralyzed some operations, including ticketing systems and the communication infrastructure. The Danish state rail operator DSB was hit by an unprecedented DDoS cyber attack, the attack was confirmed on Monday by the company and reported by The Local media outlet. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2018

Adobe issued security updates for 47 vulnerabilities in Acrobat DC and Reader

On Monday, Adobe issued security updates for 47 vulnerabilities in the Windows and macOS versions of Acrobat DC (Consumer and Classic 2015), Acrobat Reader DC (Consumer and Classic 2015), Acrobat 2017, and Acrobat Reader 2017. Many vulnerabilities are ranked as critical and could be exploited for arbitrary code execution. “Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Acrobat […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2018

Researchers disclosed details of EFAIL attacks on in PGP and S/MIME tools. Experts believe claims are overblown

EFAIL attacks – Researchers found critical vulnerabilities in PGP and S/MIME Tools, immediately disable and/or uninstall tools that automatically decrypt PGP-encrypted email. A few hours ago, I reported the news that security researchers from three universities in Germany and Belgium have found critical vulnerabilities in PGP and S/MIME Tools that could be exploited by attackers to read emails encrypted […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2018

PANDA Banker malware used in several campaigns aimed at banks, cryptocurrency exchanges and social media

Security firm F5 detailed recently discovered campaigns leveraging the Panda Banker malware to target financial institution, the largest one aimed the banks in the US. Researchers at security firm F5 recently detected several campaigns leveraging the Panda Banker malware to target financial institution, the largest one aimed the banks in the US. In March, security researchers at Arbor […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2018

Critical Flaws in PGP and S/MIME Tools – Immediately disable tools that automatically decrypt PGP-encrypted email

Researchers found critical vulnerabilities in PGP and S/MIME Tools, immediately disable and/or uninstall tools that automatically decrypt PGP-encrypted email. If you are one of the users of the email encryption tools Pretty Good Privacy and S/MIME there is an important warning for you. A group of European security expert has discovered a set of critical […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2018

Chili’s restaurant chain is the last victim of a Payment Card Breach

Brinker International warns customers who recently paid with their payment card at a Chili’s restaurant may have had their financial data stolen by crooks. On May 11, Brinker International company, which operates more than 1,600 Chili’s and Maggiano’s restaurants across 31 countries worldwide, announced to have suffered a data breach. “This notice is to make you […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2018

Nigelthorn malware infected over 100,000 systems abusing Chrome extensions

The Nigelthorn malware has already infected over 100,000 systems in 100 countries by abusing a Google Chrome extension called Nigelify. A new strain of malware, dubbed Nigelthorn malware because it abuses a Google Chrome extension called Nigelify, has already infected over 100,000 systems in 100 countries, most of them in the Philippines, Venezuela, and Ecuador (Over 75%). The new […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2018

Security Affairs newsletter Round 162 – 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 Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! · European Central Bank announced a framework for cyber attack simulation on financial firms […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2018

A new flaw in Electron poses a risk to apps based on the framework

Security experts have discovered a vulnerability in the Electron software framework that has been used for building a large number of popular desktop applications. Popular desktop applications, including Skype, Slack, GitHub Desktop, Twitch, WordPress.com, and others, are potentially affected. Electron is a node.js, V8, and Chromium open-source framework that allows developers to use web technologies such as […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2018

Malicious package containing Bytecoin cryptocurrency miner found on the Ubuntu Snap Store

An Ubuntu user has spotted a Bytecoin cryptocurrency miner hidden in the source code of an Ubuntu Snap Pack in the Official Ubuntu Snap Store. An Ubuntu user that goes online with the GitHub moniker “Tarwirdur” has discovered a malware in the source code of an Ubuntu snap package hosted on the official Ubuntu Snap Store, a […]

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