Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2019
Recent campaigns show threat actors behind the Dridex and Locky malware families, the TA505 group, have updated tactics and expanded its target list. Trend Micro revealed that the TA505 group that is behind the Dridex and Locky malware families continue to make small changes to its operations. TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2019
Security firm Imperva revealed it has suffered a data breach that affecting some customers of its Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) product. Cybersecurity firm Imperva disclosed a data breach that has exposed sensitive information for some customers of its Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) product, formerly known as Incapsula. Incapsula, is a CDN service designed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2019
Security experts from Kaspersky spotted a malware in the free version of the popular PDF creator application CamScanner app. CamScanner is a very popular Phone PDF creator app with more than 100 million downloads on Google Play Store. Experts from Kaspersky have discovered malware in the free Android version of the CamScanner app that could […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2019
A recently reported APT group dubbed Lyceum group targets Oil and Gas organizations in the Middle East with simple techniques. The activity of the Lyceum APT group was first documented earlier in August by researchers at ICS security firm Dragos that tracked it as Hexane. Security experts at Dragos Inc. reported that Hexane is targeting organizations […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2019
A researcher was awarded $10,000 by Facebook for the discovery of a critical vulnerability that could have been exploited to hack Instagram accounts. The white-hat hacker Laxman Muthiyah has discovered a critical vulnerability that could have been exploited to hack Instagram accounts. The process affected Instagram’s password recovery process for mobile devices that leverages on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2019
Apple has released an emergency patch in iOS 12.4.1 that addresses the CVE-2019-8605 use-after-free vulnerability that allowed iPhone jailbreak. Recently, Apple accidentally unpatched a vulnerability it had already fixed, making current versions of iOS vulnerable to hackers and allowing the jailbreak of the devices. Experts discovered that the iOS version 12.4 released in June has reintroduced a security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2019
A new ransomware, dubbed Nemty, appeared in the threat landscape over the weekend, it spreads via compromised RDP connections. A new ransomware, called Nemty ransomware, has been discovered over the weekend by malware researchers. The name of the ransomware comes after the extension it adds to the encrypted file names, the malicious code also deletes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2019
The Binance cryptocurrency exchange revealed that leaked users’ KYC data were obtained by hackers from a third-party vendor. In July, the hack of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange made the headlines, hackers stole$41 Million worth of Bitcoin (over 7,000 bitcoins) from Binance. Binance is one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, its founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao confirmed that the hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2019
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) urges developers to drop Python 2 due to imminent End-of-Life to avoid attacks on a large scale. The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is recommending developers to drop Python 2.x due to the imminent End-of-Life. Attackers could start targeting applications based on Python 2 on a large […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2019
The popular Hosting provider Hostinger disclosed a recent security breach that allowed unauthorized access to a client database. Hostinger, one of the biggest hosting providers, disclosed a recent security breach that allowed attackers to access a client database. The security breach took place on August 23 and may have impacted up to 14 million Hostinger […]
