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Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2019
Hackers continue to exploit the Drupalgeddon2 flaw in attacks in the wild

Researchers from Akamai uncovered a new campaign targeting the Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability to deliver malware. The popular security expert Larry W. Cashdollar from Akamai has uncovered a new campaign targeting the popular Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability (CVE-2018-7600) to deliver malware. Drupalgeddon2 is a “highly critical” vulnerability that affects Drupal 7 and 8 core, it could be exploited by an attacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2019
D-Link router models affected by remote code execution issue that will not be fixed

Researchers at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs have publicly disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting some models of D-Link routers.  Security experts at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs disclosed a remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-16920. The vulnerability is an unauthenticated command injection issue that was discovered on September 2019. The flaw has received a CVSS v31 base […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2019
US will help Baltic states to secure baltic energy grid

The United States and Baltic announced cooperation to protect the Baltic energy grid from cyber attacks as they disconnect from the Russian electricity grid. The US and Baltic agreed to cooperate to protect the Baltic energy grid from cyber attacks as they disconnect from the Russian electricity grid. US Energy Secretary Rick Perry and counterparts […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2019
Data from Sephora and StreetEasy data breaches added to HIBP

The popular data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned? (HIBP) has added the stolen data from the StreetEasy and Sephora data incidents. Have I Been Pwned? (HIBP), the popular service that allows users to check whether their personal data has been compromised by data breaches has added the stolen data from the StreetEasy and Sephora data […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2019
PoS malware infections impacted four restaurant chains in the U.S.

Four restaurant chains in the U.S. disclosed payment card theft via PoS malware that took place over the summer. Four restaurant chains in the United States disclosed security breaches that impacted their payment systems over the summers, crooks used PoS malware to steal payment card data of the customers. The restaurant chains are McAlister’s Deli, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2019
Iran-linked Phosphorus group hit a 2020 presidential campaign

Microsoft says that the Iran-linked cyber-espionage group tracked as Phosphorus (aka APT35, Charming Kitten, Newscaster, and Ajax Security Team) a 2020 presidential campaign. Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) revealed that an Iran-linked APT group tracked as Phosphorus (aka APT35, Charming Kitten, Newscaster, and Ajax Security Team) attempted to access to email accounts belonging to current and former US government officials, journalists, Iranians living abroad, and individuals […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 234

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Once again thank you! Hacker claims to have stolen over […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2019
UK NCSC agency warns of APTs exploiting Enterprise VPN vulnerabilities

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of attacks exploiting recently disclosed VPN vulnerabilities in Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure According to the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), advanced persistent threat (APT) groups have been exploiting recently disclosed VPN vulnerabilities in enterprise VPN products in attacks in the wild. Threat actors […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2019
Hacker is auctioning a database containing details of 92 million Brazilians

A database containing details of 92 million Brazilians was auctioned by a threat actor on underground forums along with a search service focused on Brazilians. Someone is auctioning on several restricted underground forums a database containing personal information of 92 million Brazilian citizens. The threat actor, registered as X4Crow, is also advertising a search service that […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2019
A bug in Signal for Android could be exploited to spy on users

Researcher discovered a logical flaw in the Signal messaging app for Android that could be exploited by a malicious caller to force a call to be answered at the receiver’s end without interaction. Google Project Zero white-hat hacker Natalie Silvanovich discovered a logical vulnerability in the Signal messaging app for Android that could be exploited […]