Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2021
Experts found critical flaws in Realtek Wi-Fi Module

Critical flaws in the Realtek RTL8195A Wi-Fi module could have been exploited to gain root access and take over devices’ wireless communications. Researchers from Israeli IoT security firm Vdoo found six vulnerabilities in the Realtek RTL8195A Wi-Fi module that could have been exploited to gain root access and take control of a device’s wireless communications. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2021
Watch out! ‘The Great Suspender’ Chrome extension contains Malware

Google removed the popular The Great Suspender from the official Chrome Web Store for containing malware and deactivated it from the users’ PC. Google on Thursday removed The Great Suspender extension from the Chrome Web Store. Million of users have installed the popular Chrome extension, the IT giant also took the proactive measure of deactivating it from […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2021
Hackers abuse Plex Media servers for DDoS amplification attacks

Netscout experts warn of DDoS-for-hire services abusing Plex Media servers to bounce junk traffic and amplify DDoS attacks. Security researchers from Netscout discovered DDoS-for-hire services have found a way to abuse Plex Media servers to bounce junk traffic and amplify distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Plex Media Server is a personal media library and streaming system […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2021
TeamTNT group uses Hildegard Malware to target Kubernetes Systems

The TeamTNT hacker group has been employing a new piece of malware, dubbed Hildegard, to target Kubernetes installs. The hacking group TeamTNT has been employing a new piece of malware, dubbed Hildegard, in a series of attacks targeting Kubernetes systems. Early this year, researchers from Trend Micro discovered that the TeamTNT botnet was improved with the ability to steal […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2021
Fortinet addresses 4 vulnerabilities in FortiWeb web application firewalls

Security vendor Fortinet has addressed four vulnerabilities in FortiWeb web application firewalls, including a Remote Code Execution flaw. Fortinet has addressed four vulnerabilities in FortiWeb web application firewalls that were reported by Positive Technologies expert Andrey Medov.  The first vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-29015, is a blind SQL injection that resides in the FortiWeb user interface. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2021
Google addresses Chrome zero-day flaw actively exploited in the wild

Google has addressed an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-21148, with the release of the Chrome 88.0.4324.150 version. Google released Chrome 88.0.4324.150 version that addressed an actively exploited zero-day security vulnerability. The vulnerability is a Heap buffer overflow that resides in the V8, which is an open-source high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, written in C++. The flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2021
SonicWall released patch for actively exploited SMA 100 zero-day

SonicWall has released a security patch to address the zero-day flaw actively exploited in attacks against the SMA 100 series appliances. SonicWall this week released firmware updates (version 10.2.0.5-29sv) to address an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20016, has been rated as critical and received a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2021
Cisco fixes critical remote code execution issues in SMB VPN routers

Cisco addressed multiple pre-auth remote code execution (RCE) flaws in small business VPN routers that allow executing arbitrary code as root. Cisco has fixed several pre-auth remote code execution (RCE) issues in multiple small business VPN routers. The flaws could be exploited by unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root on vulnerable devices. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2021
TIM’s Red Team Research (RTR) discovered 2 new zero-day vulnerabilities in WordPress Plugin Limit Login Attempts Reloaded

Researchers from TIM’s Red Team Research (RTR) discovered 2 new zero-day vulnerabilities in WordPress Plugin Limit Login Attempts Reloaded Italy also joins the security bug research, with the Red Team Research laboratory of TIM, an important Italian telecommunications company. Among the team’s objectives is to detect the vulnerabilities that a potential attacker could exploit to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2021
Alleged China-linked hackers used SolarWinds bug to breach National Finance Center

Alleged China-linked hackers have exploited a flaw in the SolarWinds Orion software to hack systems at the U.S. National Finance Center. FBI investigators discovered that allegedly China-linked hackers have exploited a flaw in the SolarWinds Orion software to break into the systems of the U.S. National Finance Center. The National Finance Center is a federal […]