Pierluigi Paganini
December 14, 2019
The city of New Orleans is the last victim of a string of ransomware attacks that hit major American cities, including Atlanta and Baltimore. New Orleans officials announced in a press conference that the city was hit by a ransomware attack, the incident was discovered in the morning of December 13, 2019. The IT staff […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2019
Experts discovered tens of flaws in the Siemens SPPA-T3000 control systems that could be exploited to attack fossil and renewable power plants. Siemens informed customers that the SPPA-T3000 Application Server is affected by 19 vulnerabilities and the SPAA-T3000 MS3000 Migration Server is impacted by 35 security issues. Some of the vulnerabilities have been rated as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2019
Shopin founder charged by SEC for running $42 million scam cryptocurrency ICO The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the founder of Shopin, Eran Eyal, for allegedly running $42 million scam ICO. The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a digital-asset entrepreneur and his company with defrauding investors in an initial coin offering (ICO) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2019
WordPress sites running outdated versions of “Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder,” or “Ultimate Addons for Elementor” plugins are exposed to hack. Security experts from MalCare discovered a critical easy-to-exploit authentication bypass vulnerability in “Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder,” or “Ultimate Addons for Elementor.” The vulnerability resides in the way the plugins let WordPress account holders, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2019
VISA is warning of ongoing targeted cyber attacks conducted by crooks on point-of-sale (POS) systems of North American fuel dispenser merchants. According to a security alert published by VISA, the PoS systems of North American fuel dispenser merchants are under attack. Visa Payment Fraud Disruption (PFD) reported that at least three attacks took place this summer, crooks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2019
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. Microsoft experts reported that the GALLIUM hacking group exploits unpatched vulnerabilities to compromise systems running /JBoss application servers. “Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) is raising […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2019
This week, Apple addressed a flaw that can be exploited to trigger a DoS condition (AirDoS) iPhones and iPads by forcing them to continuously display a popup message. The denial-of-service (DoS) attack was discovered by The security researcher Kishan Bagaria devised a DoS attack dubbed the AirDoSÂ that works against iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2019
Crooks are targeting these hundreds of sites offering counterfeit sneakers to install malicious Magecart scripts and steal payment credit card data. While sneakers are becoming even more popular, the number of sites offering counterfeit sneakers is rapidly increasing and crooks want to monetize this trend by compromising them. Researchers at Malwarebytes reported that hackers are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2019
For the first time, experts shed the light on the link between the TrickBot gang and the North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus. Security experts Sentinelone have published a report that for the first time sheds the light on the link between the TrickBot crimeware and the North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus. For the first time, experts shed the light on the link between […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2019
Experts found a new variant of the Vega ransomware, dubbed Zeppelin, targeting technology and healthcare companies across Europe, the US, and Canada. Experts from BlackBerry Cylance found a new variant of the Vega RaaS, dubbed Zeppelin, that was recently involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. Zeppelin was […]
