Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2022
The White House has linked the recent DDoS attacks against Ukraine ‘s banks and defense agencies to Russia’s GRU. The White House has linked the recent DDoS attacks that took offline the sites of banks and defense agencies of Ukraine to Russia’s Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (aka GRU). This […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2022
WordPress forces the update of the UpdraftPlus plugin patch on 3 million sites to fix a high-severity vulnerability. WordPress has forced the update of the UpdraftPlus plugin around three million sites to address a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0633 (CVSS v3.1 score of 8.5) that can allow website subscribers to download the latest database backups, which could potentially […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2022
Google introduces Privacy Sandbox on Android aimed at leading to more private advertising solutions for mobile users. Google announced Privacy Sandbox on Android to limit user data sharing and prevent the use of cross-app identifiers. The company states that the Privacy Sandbox technologies are still in development. “Privacy Sandbox on Android will strengthen privacy, while […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2022
Iran-linked TunnelVision APT group is actively exploiting the Log4j vulnerability to deploy ransomware on unpatched VMware Horizon servers. Researchers from SentinelOne have observed the potentially destructive Iran-linked APT group TunnelVision is actively exploiting the Log4j vulnerability to deploy ransomware on unpatched VMware Horizon servers. TunnelVision’s TTPs overlap with the ones associated with Iran-linked nation-state actors Phosphorus, Charming Kitten […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2022
Qualys experts found a new Linux privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-44731, in Canonical’s Snap Package Manager. Canonical’s Snap software packaging and deployment system are affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including a privilege escalation flaw tracked as CVE-2021-44731 (CVSS score 7.8). Snap is a software packaging and deployment system developed by Canonical for operating systems that use the Linux […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2022
Researchers developed an exploit code for CVE-2022-24086 vulnerability affecting Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source. Positive Technologies researchers have created a working PoC exploit for the recently patched CVE-2022-24086 vulnerability affecting its Commerce and Magento Open Source products. An attacker could use the exploit to achieve remote code execution from an unauthenticated user. This week, Adobe rolled […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2022
Cisco warns of a DoS issue affecting its Email Security Appliance (ESA) product that could be exploited using specially crafted emails. Cisco ESA products are affected by a DoS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-20653, that resides in the DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) email verification component of Cisco AsyncOS Software for ESA. A remote, unauthenticated attacker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2022
The European Data Protection Supervisor authority called for a ban on the development and the use of Pegasus-like commercial spyware. The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) authority this week called for a ban on the development and the use of surveillance software like the Pegasus spyware in the EU. Pegasus is a surveillance malware developed by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2022
Researchers spotted a new Golang-based botnet called Kraken that is under active development and supports a lot of backdoor capabilities. Kraken is a new Golang-based botnet discovered in late October 2021 by researchers from threat intelligence firm ZeroFox Intelligence. Experts pointed out that despite having the same name, this botnet should not be confused with the Kraken […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2022
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said attackers that breached its network last month exploited a Zoho bug. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) revealed that the attack that breached its network in January was conducted by a nation-state actor that exploited a Zoho vulnerability. In January, a cyberattack on a […]
