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Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2021
Chinese PLA Unit 61419 suspected to have purchased AVs for cyber-espionage

Chinese military unit PLA Unit 61419 is suspected to be involved in cyber-espionage campaigns against multiple antivirus companies. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Recorded Future’s Insikt Group have discovered six procurement documents from official People’s Liberation Army (PLA) military websites and other sources that demonstrate that PLA Unit 61419 has sought to purchase antivirus solutions from […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2021
A taste of the latest release of QakBot

A taste of the latest release of QakBot – one of the most popular and mediatic trojan bankers active since 2007. The malware QakBot, also known as Qbot, Pinkslipbot, and Quakbot is a banking trojan that has been made headlines since 2007. This piece of malware is focused on stealing banking credentials and victim’s secrets using […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2021
Cisco fixes critical flaws in SD-WAN vManage and HyperFlex HX software

Cisco fixed critical flaws in SD-WAN vManage and HyperFlex HX software that could allow creating admin accounts, and executing commands as root. Cisco has addressed critical vulnerabilities affecting SD-WAN vManage and HyperFlex HX software that could allow creating admin accounts and executing commands as root. Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software flaws (CVE-2021-1275, CVE-2021-1468, CVE-2021-1505, CVE-2021-1506, CVE-2021-1508) could […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2021
UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S. orgs with 3 malware

A new cybercrime gang, tracked as UNC2529, has targeted many organizations in the US and other countries using new sophisticated malware. A new financially motivated threat actor, tracked by FireEye Experts as UNC2529, has targeted many organizations in the United States and other countries using several new pieces of malware. The group targeted the organization […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2021
Cyber Defense Magazine – May 2021 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Cyber Defense Magazine March 2021 Edition has arrived. We hope you enjoy this month’s edition…packed with over 90 pages of excellent content. Cyber Defense Magazine May 2021 OVER 90+ PAGESLOADED WITH EXCELLENT CONTENTLearn from the experts, cybersecurity best practicesFind out about upcoming information security related conferences, expos and trade shows.  Always free, no strings attached.CLICK HERE AND […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2021
Experts found critical authentication bypass flaw in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager

Researchers found a critical vulnerability in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager that could be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass authentication. Researchers from Tenable have disclosed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager (EIM), tracked as CVE-2021-29203, that could be exploited by attackers to compromise a customer’s cloud infrastructure. “A security vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2021
A massive DDoS knocked offline Belgian government websites

A massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack shut down Belgiums’ government websites, internal networks were also impacted. A massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack hit most of the Belgium government’s IT network, according to the media the attack also knocked offline internal systems. People attempting to visit websites hosted on the Belnet network […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2021
Most of Exim email servers could be hacked by exploiting 21Nails flaws

The maintainers of the Exim email server software addressed a collection of 21 issues, dubbed 21Nails, that can allow attackers to fully compromise mail servers. The maintainers of the Exim email server software have released security updates to address a collection of 21 vulnerabilities, dubbed 21Nails, that can be exploited by attackers to take over […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2021
Hundreds of millions Of Dell PCs affected by CVE-2021-21551 flaws

American multinational computer technology giant Dell addresses a 12-year-old driver flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-21551, impacting millions of computers. Hundreds of millions of Dell computers worldwide are affected by a 12-year-old vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-21551, that affects Dell DBUtil driver. The flaw affects version 2.3 of the Dell BIOS driver, it is one of a series of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2021
Project Signal: a second Iranian State-Sponsored Ransomware Operation

Iran-linked ATP group carried out a ransomware operation through a contracting company based in the country, Flashpoint researchers warn. Researchers from Flashpoint have uncovered a state-sponsored ransomware campaign conducted by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) through an Iranian contracting company called “Emen Net Pasargard” (ENP) (aka “Imannet Pasargad,” “Iliant Gostar Iranian,” “Eeleyanet Gostar Iraniyan”). […]