Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2019
A flaw in the open-source ProFTPD file transfer protocol (FTP) server can be exploited to copy files to vulnerable servers and potentially execute arbitrary code. The security researcher Tobias Mädel discovered a vulnerability in the open-source ProFTPD file transfer protocol (FTP) server that can be exploited to copy files to vulnerable servers and potentially execute arbitrary […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2019
Experts discovered several flaws in Comodo Antivirus, including a vulnerability that could allow to escape the sandbox and escalate privileges. The Tenable expert David Wells discovered five flaws in the Comodo Antivirus and Comodo Antivirus Advanced. Four of the vulnerabilities affect were version 12.0.0.6810 and one the version 11.0.0.6582. The most severe flaw, tracked as CVE=2019-3969, could […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2019
VLC player is still affected by a critical heap-based memory buffer over-read condition, tracked as CVE-2019-13615, that could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. The VLC player is still affected by a critical remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-13615. The potential impact of the flaw is important because the software […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2019
Security experts have discovered a critical remote code execution flaw in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect product, the flaw was quickly addressed. Last week, researchers Orange Tsai and Meh Chang published technical details of a critical remote code execution vulnerability that affects Palo Alto Networks’s GlobalProtect. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-1579, affects the GlobalProtect portal and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2019
The Wall Street Journal revealed that Equifax will pay around $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over the 2017 data breach. According to The Wall Street Journal, Equifax will pay around $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over the 2017 data breach. The security breach suffered by Equifax in 2017 exposed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2019
BlackBerry Cylance has addressed a bypass vulnerability recently discovered in its AI-based antivirus engine CylancePROTECT product. Experts at cybersecurity firm Skylight announced last week that they have devised a method to bypass BlackBerry Cylance’s AI-based antivirus engine, now the company addressed the issue with an update and attempted to downplay the impact of the issue. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2019
The APT24 group continues its cyber espionage activity, its members were posing as a researcher from Cambridge to infect victims with three new malware. Experts at FireEye have uncovered a new espionage campaign carried out by APT34 APT group (OilRig, and HelixKitten. Greenbug) through LinkedIn. Members of the cyberespionage group were posing as a researcher from Cambridge […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2019
Security experts at Emsisoft released a second decryptor in a few days, this time announced a free decryptor for the ZeroFucks ransomware. A few days ago, the experts at Emsisoft released a free decryptor for the Ims00rry ransomware, now the malware team announced the released of a decryptor for the ZeroFucks ransomware. Victims of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! For nearly a year, Brazilian users have been targeted with router attacks NCSC report warns of DNS Hijacking Attacks SAP Patch Day – July 2019 addresses a critical flaw […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2019
Hackers breached at least 62 college and university networks exploiting a flaw in Ellucian Banner Web Tailor, a module of the Ellucian Banner ERP. US Department of Education warned that hackers have breached at least 62 college and university networks by exploiting a vulnerability in the Ellucian Banner Web Tailor module of the Ellucian Banner ERP. The module is […]
