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Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2021
Iranian threat actors attempt to buy stolen data of US organizations, FBI warns

The FBI warned private industry partners of attempts by an Iranian threat actor to buy stolen information belonging to US organizations. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a private industry notification (PIN) to warn private industry partners that Iran-linked threat actors are attempting to buy stolen information belonging to US businesses and organizations abroad. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2021
CVE-2021-3064: Easily exploitable RCE flaw in Palo Alto Networks in GlobalProtect VPN

Palo Alto Networks warns of an easy exploitable Remote Code Execution vulnerability in its GlobalProtect VPN product. Palo Alto Networks disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3064, in its GlobalProtect portal and gateway interfaces. The cybersecurity vendor warns that the vulnerability is easily exploitable by an unauthenticated network-based attacker. Successful exploitation can […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2021
VMware discloses a severe flaw in vCenter Server that has yet to fix

VMware announced it is working on patches for an important severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting vCenter Server. VMware announced it’s working on security patches to address an important severity privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-22048, in its vCenter Server. vCenter Server is the centralized management utility for VMware and is used to manage virtual machines, multiple […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2021
A flaw in WP Reset PRO WordPress plugin allows wiping the installation DB

A critical vulnerability in the WP Reset PRO WordPress plugin can allow an authenticated user to wipe the entire database of WordPress sites. Researchers from cybersecurity form Packstack have discovered a critical vulnerability in the WP Reset PRO WordPress plugin that could be exploited by an authenticated user to completely wipe the database of a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2021
Citrix addresses a critical flaw in ADC, Gateway

Citrix addressed two vulnerabilities affecting Citrix ADC, Gateway, and SD-WAN, one of them is a critical issue leading to DoS. Citrix has released security updates to address two vulnerabilities in ADC, Gateway, and SD-WAN, including a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-22955, that can be exploited to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition. The CVE-2021-22955 […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2021
Taiwan Government faces 5 Million hacking attempts daily

Taiwan ‘s government agencies face around five million cyberattacks and probes every day, most of them from China. Around five million cyber attacks hit Taiwan’s government agencies every day, and most of the hacking attempts are originated from China. Cyber security department director Chien Hung-wei told parliament representatives that government infrastructure faces “five million attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2021
Experts found 14 new flaws in BusyBox, millions of devices at risk

Researchers have identified a total of 14 new vulnerabilities in BusyBox that expose million of Unix-based devices to cyberattacks. Researchers from software development company JFrog and industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty have identified a total of 14 new critical vulnerabilities in BusyBox. The software is used by many network appliances and embedded devices with limited memory […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2021
TeamTNT group targets poorly configured Docker servers exposing REST APIs

TeamTNT hackers are targeting poorly configured Docker servers as part of an ongoing campaign that started in October. Trend Micro researchers reported that TeamTNT hackers are targeting poorly configured Docker servers exposing Docker REST APIs as part of an ongoing campaign that started in October. Threat actors execute malicious scripts to deploy Monero cryptocurrency miners, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2021
Robinhood data breach exposes 7 Million users’ information

Robinhood disclosed a security breach, an unidentified threat actor gained unauthorized access to approximately 7 million customer records. Robinhood Markets, Inc. is an American commission-free stock trading and investing platform, it had 18 million accounts as of March 2021, with over $80 billion in assets. The company disclosed a data breach, a threat actor gained […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2021
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for November 2021 fix 2 Zero-Days actively exploited

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for November 2021 address 55 vulnerabilities in multiple products and warn of two actively exploited issues. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for November 2021 addressed a total of 55 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Windows Components, Azure, Azure RTOS, Azure Sphere, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Exchange Server, Microsoft Office […]