Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2020
Security firm Guardicore released technical information on a critical VMware vCenter Server vulnerability recently disclosed by VMware. Earlier this month, VMware has addressed a critical information disclosure flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-3952, that could be exploited by attackers to compromise vCenter Server or other services that use the Directory Service (vmdir) for authentication. The CVE-2020-3952 vulnerability […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2020
Cisco released security patches to address numerous flaws in its products, including critical severity issues that affect IP Phones and UCS Director. The critical vulnerability fixed by Cisco affects IP Phones and resides on the webserver, the flaw could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute code with root privileges. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-3161, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2020
by Boris Giannetto and Pierluigi Paganini Communication is key in intelligence activities. On the one hand, it is essential to transfer to a number of recipients the knowledge coming from information acquisition and analysis (âintelligence communicationâ); on the other hand, it is crucial to understand and control the communication connected with the activities carried out (âcommunication […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2020
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for April 2020 address 113 flaws, including three Windows issues that have been exploited in attacks in the wild. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for April 2020 address 113 flaws, including two remote code execution flaws in Windows that are actively exploited. 17 vulnerabilities are rated critical, the remaining ones are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2020
Adobe has addressed five minor vulnerabilities in its ColdFusion, After Effects and Digital Editions products. Adobe has addressed five vulnerabilities in its ColdFusion, After Effects and Digital Editions products. “Adobe has published security bulletins for Adobe ColdFusion (APSB20-18), Adobe After Effects (APSB20-21) and Digital Editions (APSB20-23). Adobe recommends users update their product installations to the latest versions […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2020
PaloAlto Networks experts warn of malicious Coronavirus themed phishing campaigns targeting government and medical organizations. Experts from Paloalto Unit 42 published a report that analyzes the cross-section between the various types of Coronavirus-themed attacks aimed at organizations in different industries. Recently organizations in healthcare, research, and government facilities have been hit by Coronavirus-themed attacks that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2020
Google and Apple recently announced a joint project for the development of a Coronavirus ‘contact tracing’ tool for mobile devices. A contact tracing app is a tool that could be used to contain new diseases, like Coronavirus, by tracking down and quarantining everyone that gets infected and localize any person that has been in contact […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 12, 2020
Security researchers discovered an archive available on a dark web forum that includes thousands of compromised Zoom credentials. Researchers discovered a database available on an underground forum in the dark web that contained more than 2,300 compromised Zoom credentials. Some of the records also included meeting IDs, names and host keys. The archive included credentials […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 12, 2020
Experts discovered a new e-skimmer employed in MageCart attacks against WordPress websites using the WooCommerce plugin. Experts from security firm Sucuri discovered a new e-skimmer software that is different from similar malware used in Magecart attacks. The new software skimmed was employed in attacks on the WordPress-based e-store using the WooCommerce plugin. The e-skimmer doesnât […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2020
Sophos announced the public release of the source code of the sandbox-based isolation program Sandboxie. Sophos is going to release the Windows sandbox-based isolation program Sandboxie in open source. “Sandboxie has long been a favorite sandbox-based isolation tool since its original release over fifteen years ago. Now this technology will live on in the hands of its […]
