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Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2020
Actively exploited CVE-2020-1464 Windows Spoofing flaw was known since 2018

The actively exploited Windows spoofing vulnerability (CVE-2020-1464) recently patched by Microsoft has been known for more than two years. The actively exploited Windows spoofing flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-1464 and patched last week by Microsoft, has been known for more than two years, researchers revealed. Microsoft’s August 2020 Patch Tuesday security updates addressed 120 vulnerabilities, including two zero-days […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2020
A flaw in Concrete5 CMS could have allowed website takeover

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting the Concrete5 CMS exposed numerous servers to full takeover, experts warn. A recently addressed remote code execution (RCE) flaw in the Concrete5 CMS exposed numerous websites to attacks. Concrete5 is an open-source content management system (CMS) designed for ease of use, for users with a minimum of technical […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2020
Critical flaw in Jenkins Server can cause information disclosure

A critical vulnerability in Jenkins server software could result in memory corruption and cause confidential information disclosure. A critical vulnerability in Jenkins server software, tracked as  CVE-2019-17638, could result in memory corruption and cause confidential information disclosure. Jenkins is the most popular open source automation server, it is maintained by CloudBees and the Jenkins community. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2020
Ukraine police and Binance dismantled a cyber gang behind $42M money laundering

Ukrainian authorities arrested the members of a cybercrime gang who ran 20 cryptocurrency exchanges involved in money laundering. Police in Ukraine announced the arrest of the members of a cybercrime gang composed of three individuals who ran 20 cryptocurrency exchanges used in money laundering activities. According to the Ukrainian officials, the cryptocurrency exchanges allowed crooks […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2020
Cruise line operator Carnival Corporation suffers a ransomware attack

The world’s largest cruise line operator Carnival Corporation has disclosed that one of their brands suffered a ransomware attack over the past weekend. Cruise line operator Carnival Corporation has disclosed that one of their brands was hit with a ransomware attack over the past weekend. Carnival Corporation & plc is a British-American cruise operator, currently […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2020
TeamTNT is the first cryptomining bot that steals AWS credentials

Security researchers have discovered a new crypto-minining botnet, dubbed TeamTNT, that is able to steal AWS credentials from infected servers. Security firm Cado Security reported that the TeamTNT botnet is the first one that is able to scan and steal AWS credentials. The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2020
CISA warns of phishing attacks delivering KONNI RAT

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an alert related to attacks delivering the KONNI remote access Trojan (RAT). The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an alert to provide technical details on a new wave of attacks delivering the KONNI remote access Trojan (RAT). The KONNI RAT was first discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2020
Thousands of Canadian government accounts hacked, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat say

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat confirmed that thousands of user accounts for online Canadian government services were recently hacked. According to a press release issued by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, thousands of user accounts for online government services were recently hacked. The hackers targeted the GCKey service with credential stuffing attacks, the service […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2020
Technology giant Konica Minolta hit by a ransomware attack

IT giant Konica Minolta was hit with a ransomware attack at the end of July, its services have been impacted for almost a week. A ransomware attack has impacted the services at the business technology giant Konica Minolta for almost a week, the attack took place at the end of July. Konica Minolta is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2020
The Australian government wants to respond to attacks on critical infrastructure

The Australian government aims at giving itself the power to manage the response of private enterprises to cyber attacks on critical infrastructure. The Australian government wants to increase the security of critical infrastructure, for this reason, it plans to manage the response of private enterprises to cyber attacks targeting them. According to a Consultation Paper […]