Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2019
The experts at Yoroi-Cybaze Zlab described three techniques commonly implemented by threat actors to avoid detection. Introduction During our analysis we constantly run into the tricks cyber-attackers use to bypass companies security defences, sometimes advanced, others not. Many times, despite their elegance (or lack of it), these techniques are effective and actually help the cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2019
Yesterday SandboxEscaper publicly disclosed a Windows zero-day vulnerability, now she disclosed other two unknown issues in less than 24 hours. Just Yesterday, the popular developer SandboxEscaper publicly disclosed a Windows zero-day vulnerability in the Task Manager, now in less than 24 hours the revealed two more unpatched Microsoft zero-day flaws. The two new zero-day issues […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2019
For the second time in a few days, experts at Emsisoft released a free decrypter, this time to help victims of the GetCrypt ransomware. Security experts at Emsisoft released a new decrypted in a few days, it could be used for free by victims of the GetCrypt ransomware to decrypt their files encrypted by the malware. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2019
Security experts discovered tens of critical vulnerabilities were found in 10 South Korean ActiveX controls as part of a short research project. Security researchers at Risk Based Security have discovered tens of critical vulnerabilities in 10 South Korean ActiveX controls as part of a research project. The experts discovered that many South Korean websites still […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2019
Google accidentally stored the passwords of its G Suite users in plain-text for 14 years allowing its employees to access them. The news is disconcerting, Google has accidentally stored the passwords of the G Suite users in plain-text for 14 years, this means that every employee in the company was able to access them. According […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2019
SandboxEscaper is back with a new Windows Zero-Day in Win 10 Task Scheduler The developer SandboxEscaper makes the line again, this time he publicly released the exploit code for a Windows zero-day that affect the Windows 10 Task Scheduler. Since August 2018, the expert already revealed other four Windows zero-day vulnerabilities without reporting them to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2019
A variant of the Satan ransomware recently observed includes exploits to its arsenal and targets machines leveraging additional flaws. Experts at FortiGuard Labs have discovered a new variant of the Satan ransomware that includes new exploits to its portfolio and leverages additional vulnerabilities to infect as many machines as possible. The Satan ransomware first appeared […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2019
Good news for the victims of the JSWorm 2.0 ransomware, thanks to experts at Emsisoft they can decrypt their file for free. Experts at Emsisoft malware research team released a decrypter for a recently discovered ransomware tracked as JSWorm 2.0. JSWorm 2.0 is written in C++ and implements Blowfish encryption. The first version of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2019
Since April 2019, Group-IB has successfully blocked more than 43,000 links to pirated copies of the Game of Thrones Season 8 on pirate websites, forums, and social media As the Game of Thrones saga came to a close (no spoilers here), Group-IB has summed up the results of its anti-piracy campaign during Season 8 of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2019
Sophos is warning users of potential problems with the recent Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates and is saying to roll back it if they want the PC to boot. The security firm has informed its customers of potential problems with the latest Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates and is asking them to uninstall the patch if they […]
