Pierluigi Paganini
May 29, 2019
The popular white hat hacker Tavis Ormandy has announced the discovery of a code execution vulnerability in Microsoft’s Notepad text editor. The Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy announced the discovery of a code execution flaw in Microsoft’s Notepad text editor. Ormandy reported the issue to Microsoft and will wait 90 days according to Google vulnerability […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 28, 2019
Roughly one million devices are vulnerable to attacks exploiting the BlueKeep Windows vulnerability and hackers are ready to hit them. Yesterday I reported the discovery made by experts at GreyNoise that detected scans for systems vulnerable to the BlueKeep (CVE-2019-0708) vulnerability. The scans were first detected on May 25, 2019, experts explained that a single […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 28, 2019
Several products made by Siemens Healthineers are affected by a recently patched Windows BlueKeep vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708). The BlueKeep issue is a remote code execution vulnerability in Remote Desktop Services (RDS) that it can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker by connecting to the targeted system via the RDP and sending specially crafted requests. As explained by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 27, 2019
GreyNoise experts detected scans for systems vulnerable to the BlueKeep (CVE-2019-0708) vulnerability from exclusively Tor exit nodes. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for May 2019 address nearly 80 vulnerabilities, including an RDS vulnerability dubbed BlueKeep that can be exploited to carry out WannaCry-like attack. The issue is a remote code execution flaw in Remote Desktop Services (RDS) that it can […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2019
Security experts at Sophos have detected a wave of attacks targeting Windows servers that are running MySQL databases with the intent of delivering the GandCrab ransomware Sophos researchers have observed a wave of attacks targeting Windows servers that are running MySQL databases, threat actors aim at delivering the GandCrab ransomware. This is the first time […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2019
Several security experts have developed PoC exploits for wormable Windows RDS flaw tracked as CVE-2019-0708 and dubbed BlueKeep. Experts have developed several proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for the recently patched Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-0708 and dubbed BlueKeep. One of the PoC exploits could be used for remote code execution on vulnerable […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2019
Antivirus solutions from different vendors are having malfunctions after the installation of Windows security patches released on April 9, including McAfee, Avast and Sophos. Antivirus solutions from different vendors are showing malfunctions after the installation of Windows security patches released on April 9. Antivirus solutions from Sophos, Avira, ArcaBit, Avast, and recently McAfee reported security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2019
A recently fixed local privilege escalation flaw in windows (CVE-2019-0803) had been exploited by bad actors to deliver PowerShell Backdoor. April 2019 Patch Tuesday security updates addressed a local privilege escalation flaw in Windows operating system, tracked as CVE-2019-0859 that had been exploited by threat actors to deliver a PowerShell backdoor. The flaw could allow […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2019
Commando VM — Turn Your Windows Computer Into A Hacking Machine FireEye released Commando VM, a Windows-based security distribution designed for penetration testers that intend to use the Microsoft OS. FireEye released Commando VM, the Windows-based security distribution designed for penetration testing and red teaming. FireEye today released an automated installer called Commando VM (Complete Mandiant Offensive […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 24, 2019
Microsoft has announced the availability of Defender ATP Endpoint Security for Apple macOS Microsoft has announced the availability of Microsoft 365 advanced endpoint security solution across platforms, with the support of Apple Mac it added to Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP). Microsoft Windows Defender ATP was first introduced in 2016 as a defensive solution […]
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