Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini May 21, 2020
Meal delivery service Home Chef discloses data breach

Meal delivery service Home Chef has confirmed that it recently suffered a security breach that exposed its customer information. Meal delivery service Home Chef has disclosed a data breach that exposed its customer information. Home Chef also explained that only a portion ot its customers were impacted in the security incident. In early May, Shiny […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 21, 2020
Tens of thousands Israeli websites defaced

Thousands of Israeli websites have been defaced earlier today, hackers published an anti-Israeli message on their homepage and attempted to implant malicious code. A massive hacking campaign defaced thousands of Israeli websites, attackers published an anti-Israeli message on their homepage and attempted to inject a malware seeking permission to access visitors’ webcams. “Be ready for […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 21, 2020
Iran-linked Chafer APT group targets governments in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia

Cybersecurity researchers uncovered an Iranian cyber espionage campaign conducted by Chafer APT and aimed at critical infrastructures in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Cybersecurity researchers from Bitdefender published a detailed report on an Iranian cyber espionage campaign directed against critical infrastructures in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The cyber espionage campaigns were carried out by Iran-linked Chafer […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 21, 2020
Japan suspects HGV missile data leak in Mitsubishi security breach

Japan continues to investigate a cyberattack that hit this year Mitsubishi Electric Corp., it suspects a possible leak of data including details of a prototype missile. Japan is still investigating a cyberattack that was disclosed by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. early this year. In January, the company disclosed a security breach that might have exposed personal and confidential corporate data, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2020
Israel is suspected to be behind the cyberattack on Iranian port

Israel is likely behind the recent cyberattack which disrupted some operations at Iran’s Shahid Rajaei Port, located near the Strait of Hormuz. A couple of weeks ago, Iranian officials announced that hackers damaged a small number of systems at the port of Shahid Rajaei in the city of Bandar Abbas. Bandar Abbas is the capital of Hormozgān […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2020
Researchers disclose five Microsoft Windows zero-days

Security experts have disclosed five unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, four of which rated as high-risk severity. Security experts from Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) have published information on five unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. Four vulnerabilities are classified as high-risk severity, three of them are zero-day vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2020-0916, CVE-2020-0986, and CVE-2020-0915. The flaws […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2020
Three flaws in Nitro Pro PDF reader expose businesses to hack

Two vulnerabilities in the Nitro Pro PDF editor could be exploited by threat actors to execute code remotely on vulnerable hosts. Security experts from Cisco Talos have discovered three vulnerabilities in the Nitro Pro PDF editor, two of which rated as critical (CVSS score of 8.8) could be exploited by attackers for remote code execution. Nitro […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2020
Security Service of Ukraine arrested the popular hacker Sanix who sold billions of stolen credentials

The Ukrainian Secret Service (SSU) has arrested a hacker known as Sanix, who was selling billions of stolen credentials on hacking forums and Telegram channels. The popular hacker Sanix has been arrested by the Ukrainian Secret Service (SSU). The man is known in the cybercrime underground for selling billions of stolen credentials. The officials did […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2020
Bluetooth BIAS attack threatens billions of devices

Boffins disclosed a security flaw in Bluetooth, dubbed BIAS, that could potentially be exploited by an attacker to spoof a remotely paired device. Researchers from École Polytechnique FĂ©dĂ©rale de Lausanne (EPFL) discovered a vulnerability in Bluetooth, dubbed Bluetooth Impersonation AttackS or BIAS, that could potentially be exploited by an attacker to spoof a remotely paired device. The issue potentially impact […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2020
Australian product steel producer BlueScope hit by cyberattack

The Australian flat product steel producer BlueScope Steel Limited was hit by a cyberattack that caused disruptions to some of its operations. Australian steel producer BlueScope was recently hit by a cyberattack that disrupted some of its operations. The incident was spotted on Friday at one of its businesses located in the US, but the company did […]