Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2019
Expert released PoC for Outlook for Android flaw addressed by Microsoft

Security researcher from F5 Networks that released more details and proof-of-concept for the recently addressed flaw in Outlook for Android. Microsoft has recently addressed an important vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-1105, in Outlook for Android, that potentially affected over 100 million users. The vulnerability is a stored cross-site scripting issue that is related to the way […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2019
Flaws allow hacking a system playing untrusted videos on VLC Player

Two vulnerabilities in VLC media player could allow remote attackers to take full control over a computer system while playing untrusted videos. An attacker could remotely take full control over a computer system while playing untrusted videos with any version of VLC media player software prior to 3.0.7. The hack is possible due to two […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2019
Russia-Linked Turla APT group Hijacked C2 of the Iranian OilRig

Russia-Linked cyberespionage group Turla uses a new toolset and hijacked command and control infrastructure operated by Iran-Linked OilRig APT. Russia-linked Turla cyberspies used a new set of tools in new attacks and hijacked command and control infrastructure operated by Iran-Linked OilRig APT. Recent campaigns demonstrate that Turla continues to evolve its arsenal and adopt news […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2019
Microsoft fixed CVE-2019-1105 flaw in Outlook for Android

Microsoft has addressed an important vulnerability (CVE-2019-1105) in Outlook for Android, potentially affected over 100 million users. Microsoft has addressed an important flaw tracked as CVE-2019-1105 that affects versions of Outlook for Android app before 3.0.88. The vulnerability is a stored cross-site scripting issue that is related to the way the app parses incoming email […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2019
CVE-2019-11707 Firefox Zero-Day exploited to infect employees at cryptocurrency exchanges

Researchers discovered that recently patched Firefox zero-day (CVE-2019-11707) has been exploited to deliver Windows and Mac malware to cryptocurrency exchanges. Experts discovered that recently patched Firefox zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2019-11707) has been exploited by threat actors to deliver Windows and Mac malware to employees of cryptocurrency exchanges. CVE-2019-11707 is a type confusion vulnerability in Array.pop. Mozilla has addressed […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2019
Oregon Department of Human Services data breach impacted 645,000 clients

Oregon Department of Human Services announced it was a victim of a data breach in January, roughly 645,000 potentially impacted. Oregon Department of Human Services officials confirmed that the organization has suffered a data breach that has exposed personal details and health information of 645,000 clients. The incident happened in January and the Oregon Department […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2019
Tor Browser 8.5.2 fixes Firefox zero-day. Update it now!

Developers at the Tor Project have released the Tor Browser 8.5.2 to address the recently fixed CVE-2019-11707 zero-day flaw in Mozilla Firefox. Yesterday I reported the news of a critical zero-day in Firefox that was addressed by Mozilla with a new release. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-11707, is a type confusion flaw in Array.pop. Mozilla has addressed […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2019
Another Remote Code Execution flaw in WebLogic exploited in the wild

Oracle released emergency patches for another critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting WebLogic Server. On Tuesday, Oracle released emergency patches for another critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting the WebLogic Server. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-2729, affects WebLogic versions 10.3.6.0.0, 12.1.3.0.0 and 12.2.1.3.0. The vulnerability is a remotely exploitable deserialization vulnerability via XMLDecoder in Oracle WebLogic […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2019
Mozilla fixed a Firefox Zero-Day flaw exploited in targeted attacks

Mozilla released security updates for Firefox that addressed a critical zero-day vulnerability exploited in targeted attacks in the wild. Mozilla released security updates for its Firefox web browser that address a critical vulnerability that has been actively exploited in the wild. The zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-11707, is a type confusion flaw in Array.pop. Mozilla has addressed […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2019
Modular Plurox backdoor can spread over local network

Kaspersky experts recently discovered a backdoor dubbed Plurox that can spread itself over a local network and can allow installing additional malware.  Kaspersky experts discovered the Plurox backdoor in February, it can spread itself over a local network and could be used by attackers to install additional malware.  The Plurox backdoor is written in C […]