Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2020
Introducing the PhishingKitTracker

Experts that want to to study phishing attack schema and Kit-composition can use the recently PhishingKitTracker, which is updated automatically. If you are a security researcher or even a passionate about how attackers implement phishing you will find yourself to look for phishing kits. A phishing kit is not a phishing builder, but a real […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2020
DHS CISA urges government agencies to fix SIGRed Windows Server DNS bug within 24h

US DHS CISA urges government agencies to patch SIGRed Windows Server DNS vulnerability within 24h due to the likelihood of the issue being exploited. The US DHS CISA issued an emergency directive urging government agencies to patch the recently disclosed SIGRed Windows Server DNS vulnerability within 24h due to the likelihood of the issue being […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2020
UK NCSC blames Russia-linked APT29 for attacks on COVID-19 vaccine research

The UK National Cyber Security Centre says that Russia-linked APT29 group is attempting to steal research data related to potential COVID-19 vaccines. The British National Cyber Security Centre revealed that Russia-linked group APT29 is conducting cyberespionage campaigns targeting UK, US, and Canadian organizations working of the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. “RUSSIAN cyber actors are targeting organisations […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2020
Cisco fixes 5 critical flaws that could allow router firewall takeover

Cisco addresses a critical remote code execution (RCE), authentication bypass, and static default credential flaws that could lead to full router takeover. Cisco has released security updates to address critical remote code execution (RCE), authentication bypass, and static default credential vulnerabilities affecting multiple router and firewall devices. An attacker could exploit the vulnerabilities to completely […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2020
Several High-Profile Twitter accounts hacked in a Bitcoin scam

The social media platform Twitter suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history, multiple high-profile accounts were hacked. Social media platform Twitter has suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history, hackers breached a number of high-profile accounts, including those of Barak Obama, US presidential candidate Joe Biden, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Elon […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2020
CIA covert operations likely behind attacks against APT34 and FSB

CIA orchestrated dozens of hacking operations against targets worldwide, including APT34 and FSB hacks, states an exclusive report from Yahoo News. In 2018, US President Trump gave to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) more powers to conduct covert offensive cyber operations against hostile threat actors, including Iranian and Russian APT groups and intelligence agencies. In […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2020
How to Extend Security Across Your Kubernetes Infrastructure

How to enhance the security across a Kubernetes Infrastructure and mitigate the risk of cyber attacks. By David Bisson The security risks surrounding containers are well-known. Container images suffer from vulnerabilities that malicious actors could exploit for the purpose of gaining access to the larger container environment, for instance. Containers might also be able to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2020
Exclusive, Ghost Squad Hackers defaced European Space Agency (ESA) site

A group of hacktivists that goes online with the name Ghost Squad Hackers has defaced a site of the European Space Agency (ESA). A group of hackers that goes online with the name Ghost Squad Hackers has defaced a site of the European Space Agency (ESA), https://business.esa.int/. I have reached them for a comment and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2020
Microsoft fixes critical wormable RCE SigRed in Windows DNS servers

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday security updates for July 2020 addressed a 17-year-old wormable vulnerability for hijacking Microsoft Windows Server dubbed SigRed Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday addressed a 17-year-old wormable vulnerability for hijacking Microsoft Windows Server tracked CVE-2020-1350 and dubbed SigRed. The issue received a severity rating of 10.0 on the CVSS scale and affects Windows Server versions […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2020
NightLion hacker is selling details of 142 million MGM Resorts hotel guests

The MGM Resorts 2019 data breach is much larger than initially thought, a hacker is offering for sale details of 142 million MGM hotel guests on the dark web. Bad news for the guests of the MGM Resorts, the 2019 data breach suffered by the company is much larger than initially reported. A credible actor […]