Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2019
Analyzing the APT34’s Jason project

Security expert Marco Ramilli has analyzed the recently leaked APT34 hacking tool tracked as Jason – Exchange Mail BF. Today I want to share a quick analysis on a new leaked APT34 Tool in order to track similarities between APT34 public available toolsets. This time is the APT34 Jason – Exchange Mail BF project to be leaked […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2019
0patch experts released unofficial Patch Available for Recent Windows 10 Task Scheduler Zero-Day

Experts at 0patch released an unofficial patch to address a recently disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Windows 10 Task Scheduler.  Security experts at 0patch released an unofficial patch to address a recently disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Windows 10 Task Scheduler.  A couple of weeks ago, researcher SandboxEscaper released a working exploit for the vulnerability, Like the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2019
NSA urges Windows Users and admins to Patch BlueKeep flaw

The National Security Agency (NSA) is urging Windows users and administrators to install security updates to address BlueKeep flaw (aka CVE-2019-0708). Last week Microsoft issued a second security advisory to warn users of older Windows OS versions to update their systems in order to patch the remote code execution vulnerability dubbed BlueKeep. Now the National Security […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2019
Tens of Million patients impacted by the AMCA data breach

Outsourced silos of personal info raided, at least 200,000 payment details swiped Recovery agency for patient collections American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) suffered a data breach that could impact many of its customers. American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) suffered a data breach that could impact many of its customers, the company still hasn’t disclosed details. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2019
The Australian National University suffered a major, sophisticated attack

The Australian National University suffered a vast hack carried out by a “sophisticated operator” who gained access to 19 years of sensitive data. The Australian National University was the victim of a vast hack carried out by a “sophisticated operator” who gained access to 19 years of sensitive data. The top Australian university is known […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2019
Expert developed a MetaSploit module for the BlueKeep flaw

A security expert has developed a Metasploit module to exploit the critical BlueKeep vulnerability and get remote code execution. The security researcher ZǝÉčosum0x0 has developed a module for the popular Metasploit penetration testing framework to exploit the critical BlueKeep flaw. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-0708, impacts the Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and was addressed by Microsoft with May […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2019
BlackSquid malware uses multiple exploits to drop cryptocurrency miners

A new piece of malware appeared in the threat landscape, dubbed BlackSquid it targets web servers with several exploits to deliver cryptocurrency miners. Security experts at Trend Micro have discovered a new Monero cryptomining miner, dubbed BlackSquid, that is targeting web servers, network drives, and removable drives. The new piece of malware leverages many exploits […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2019
CVE-2019-9510 flaw allows hackers to bypass Windows lock screen on RDP sessions

A security expert disclosed technical details of a new unpatched vulnerability (CVE-2019-9510) that affects Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Security expert Joe Tammariello of Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI), discovered a new unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-9510, could be exploited by client-side attackers to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2019
OilRig’s Jason email hacking tool leaked online

A few hours ago, a new email hacking tool dubbed Jason and associated with the OilRig APT group was leaked through the same Telegram channel used to leak other tools. A new email hacking tool associated with the Iran-linked OilRig APT group was leaked through the same Telegram channel that in April leaked the source […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2019
A month later Gamaredon is still active in Eastern Europe

Gamaredon continues to target Ukraine, Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab spotted a new suspicious activity potentially linked to the popular APT group Introduction The Gamaredon attacks against Ukraine don’t seem to have stopped. After a month since our last report we spotted a new suspicious email potentially linked to the Gamaredon group. The group was first discovered by Symantec and TrendMicro in 2015 but […]