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Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2019
KNOB attack threatens over a billion Bluetooth-enabled devices

A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-9506 and referred as Key Negotiation of Bluetooth (KNOB) attack could allow attackers to spy on encrypted connections. Researchers at the Center for IT-Security, Privacy and Accountability (CISPA) found a new Bluetooth vulnerability, referred as Key Negotiation of Bluetooth (KNOB) attack, that could allow attackers to spy on encrypted connections. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2019
Security Patch Day for August includes the most critical Note released by SAP in 2019

SAP Patches Highest Number of Critical Flaws Since 2014 SAP released Security Patch Day updates for August 2019 that address three critical vulnerabilities in the company’s products. SAP has released the Security Patch Day for August, this month the company addresses several flaws, including three critical vulnerabilities (Hot News), the highest number of critical flaws […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2019
Flaws in HTTP/2 implementations expose servers to DoS attacks

Experts at Netflix and Google discovered eight denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities affecting various HTTP/2 implementations. Researchers from Netflix and Google discovered eight denial-of-service (DoS) flaws affecting various HTTP/2 implementations. Some of the flawed implementations belong to tech giants such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft. The security flaws affect the most popular web server software, including […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2019
Czech Republic ‘s committee blames foreign state for Foreign Ministry Cyberattack

A parliamentary committee in the Czech Republic blames a foreign country state for a cyberattack that hit the Czech Foreign Ministry A parliamentary committee in the Czech Republic revealed that the National Cyber and Information Security Agency blamed a foreign state for a cyber attack that targeted the Czech Foreign Ministry. The committee did not […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2019
Google hacker discloses 20-year-old Windows flaw still unpatched

Tavis Ormandy, white hat hacker at Google’s Project Zero Team, disclosed technical details of a 20-year-old Windows vulnerability that is still unpatched. The popular cyber security expert Tavis Ormandy, white hat hacker at Google’s Project Zero Team disclosed technical details of 20-year-old vulnerability that is still unpatched. The vulnerability, rated as high-severity, affects all versions […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2019
Adobe Patch Tuesday for August 2019 fixed 119 flaws in 8 products

Adobe Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2019 addressed a total of 119 vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. Adobe Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2019 addressed 119 flaws in several products, including Effects, Character Animator, Premiere Pro, Prelude, Creative Cloud, Acrobat and Reader, Experience Manager, and Photoshop products. “Adobe has published security bulletins for Adobe […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2019
Cerberus, a new banking Trojan available as malware-as-a-service in the underground

Security experts analyzed a new interesting Android banking Trojan, dubbed Cerberus, that is offered for rent by its author. A new malware-as-a-service dubbed Cerberus has emerged in the threat landscape, it is an Android RAT developed from scratch that doesn’t borrow the code from other malware. According to researchers at Threat Fabric who analyzed the threat, Cerberus […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2019
Flaws in 4G Routers of various vendors put millions of users at risk

Security expert discovered multiple flaws in 4G routers manufactured by several companies, some of them could allow attackers to take over the devices. G Richter, a security researcher at Pen Test Partners discovered multiple vulnerabilities 4G routers manufactured by different vendors. The issue includes information leak flaws and code execution vulnerabilities. The expert presented the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2019
Recently Cloud Atlas used a new piece of polymorphic malware

Cloud Atlas threat actors used a new piece of polymorphic malware in recent attacks against government organizations. The Cloud Atlas cyberespionage group, aka Inception, continues to carry out attacks against government organizations and was observed using a new piece of polymorphic malware dubbed VBShower. The Cloud Atlas was first observed by researchers at Kaspersky Lab […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2019
FBI is searching for contractors to monitor social media

The FBI is searching for contractors to monitor social media for potential threats, the announcement raises concerns for user privacy. The abuse of social media passwords for malicious purpose is quite common, for this reason, the FBI is searching for contractors to monitor them. However, monitoring activity could threaten user privacy and set up possible […]