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Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2021
Red TIM Research found two rare flaws in Ericsson OSS-RC component

The Red Team Research (RTR), the bug’s research division from Italian Telecommunication firm TIM, found 2 new vulnerabilities affecting the Ericsson OSS-RC. What is the OSS (Operations Support System)? The Operations Support System – Radio and Core (OSS-RC) provides a centralized interface into the radio and core components. The Operations Support Systems are all those […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2021
Russia-linked Nobelium APT targets orgs in the global IT supply chain

Russia-linked Nobelium APT group has breached at least 14 managed service providers (MSPs) and cloud service providers since May 2021. The SolarWinds security breach was not isolated, Russia-linked Nobelium APT group has targeted140 managed service providers (MSPs) and cloud service providers and successfully breached 14 of them since May 2021. The NOBELIUM APT (APT29, Cozy Bear, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2021
NYT Journalist’s iPhone infected twice with NSO Group’sPegasus spyware

Threat actors infected the iPhone of New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware between June 2018 to June 2021. The iPhone of New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard was repeatedly infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The device was compromised two times, in July 2020 and June 2021. The attacks were […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2021
Emsisoft created a free decryptor for past victims of the BlackMatter ransomware

Experts from cybersecurity firm Emsisoft announced the availability of a free decryptor for past victims of the BlackMatter ransomware. Cybersecurity firm Emsisoft has released a free decryption tool for past victims of the BlackMatter ransomware. The researchers found a vulnerability in the encryption process implemented in the BlackMatter ransomware that allowed them to recover encrypted […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2021
TodayZoo phishing kit borrows the code from other kits

Microsoft uncovered an extensive series of credential phishing campaigns that employed a custom phishing kit tracked as TodayZoo. Microsoft researchers uncovered a custom phishing kit, dubbed TodayZoo, that was used in an extensive series of credential phishing campaigns. A “phishing kit” is a set of software or services aimed at facilitating phishing campaigns, In most […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 337

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the international press subscribe here. NATO releases its first strategy for Artificial Intelligence Threat actors offer for sale data for 50 millions […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2021
NATO releases its first strategy for Artificial Intelligence

This week, NATO Defence Ministers released the first-ever strategy for Artificial Intelligence (AI) that encourages the use of AI in a responsible manner. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the global defence and security environment, for this reason, NATO Defence Ministers released the first-ever strategy for this technology that promotes its development and use in a […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2021
Threat actors offer for sale data for 50 millions of Moscow drivers

Threat actors are offering for sale a database containing 50 million records belonging to Moscow drivers on a hacking forum for $800. Bad news for Russian drivers, threat actors are selling a database containing 50 million records belonging to Moscow drivers on a hacking forum for only $800. The threat actors claim to have obtained […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2021
Cisco SD-WAN flaw could lead to arbitrary code execution, patch it now!

Cisco fixes an OS command-injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-1529, in Cisco SD-WAN that could allow privilege escalation and lead to arbitrary code execution. Cisco addressed a high-severity OS command-injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-1529, in Cisco SD-WAN that could allow privilege escalation and lead to arbitrary code execution. Cisco SD-WAN is a cloud-delivered overlay WAN architecture […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2021
Supply-chain attack on NPM Package UAParser, which has millions of daily downloads

The U.S. CISA warned of crypto-mining malware hidden in a popular JavaScript NPM library, named UAParser.js, which has millions of weekly downloads. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published an advisory to warn of the discovery of a crypto-mining malware in the popular NPM Package UAParser.js. The popular library has million of weekly downloads. “Versions of a popular […]