Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2019
26k+ Kibana Instances exposed Elasticsearch databases online

Security expert discovered thousands of unsafe Kibana instances that are exposed online, the news was first reported by colleagues at THN. Kibana is an open source data visualization plugin for Elasticsearch. It provides visualization capabilities on top of the content indexed on an Elasticsearch cluster. Users can create bar, line and scatter plots, or pie charts and […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2019
Analyzing AZORult malware using NSA Ghidra suite

Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB malware researchers decided to use the NSA Ghidra suite in a real case study, the analysis of the AZORult malware. Introduction One of the most expected moments in the infosec community during the last few months was, with no doubt, the Ghidra public release. On the 5th of March, at the RSA conference, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2019
Closure JavaScript Library introduced XSS issue in Google Search and potentially other services

A change made months ago in an open-source JavaScript library introduced a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Search. The Japanese security researcher Masato Kinugawa discovered an XSS vulnerability in Google Search that was introduced with a change made months ago in an open-source JavaScript library. The library is named Closure and according to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2019
BREAKING: new update about DDoS’er Linux/DDoSMan ELF malware based on Elknot

The popular expert unixfreaxjp analyzed a new China ELF DDoS’er malware tracked as “Linux/DDoSMan” that evolves from the Elknot malware to deliver new ELF bot. Non-Technical-Premise “This report is meant for incident response or Linux forensics purpose, TO HELP admin & IR folks”, with this the very beginning sentence starts the new analysis of one […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2019
Computer systems in the City of Albany hit in Ransomware Attack

Another ransomware attack made the headlines, this time the victim is the City of Albany, its computer systems were infected with the malware. Computer systems in the City of Albany, New York, were infected with ransomware over the weekend that disrupted some municipal computers. According to Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, no personal information belonging to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2019
Experts released the List of ~600 MAC addresses hit in ASUS hack

Experts at Skylight Cyber released the list of 600 MAC addresses used threat actors behind Operation ShadowHammer to target ASUS customers. Skylight Cyber released the list of 583 MAC addresses used threat actors behind Operation ShadowHammer to target ASUS customers. Over 1 million ASUS users may have been impacted by a supply chain attack that […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2019
Microsoft took control of 99 domains used by Iran-linked Phosphorus APT

Microsoft this week announced that it had taken control of 99 domains used by an Iran-linked APT group tracked by the company as Phosphorus. Microsoft has recently announced that it had taken control of 99 domains used by an Iran-linked APT group tracked by the tech giant as Phosphorus (aka APT35, Charming Kitten, NewsBeef, Newscaster […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2019
Hackers stole $19 Million from Bithumb cryptocurrency exchange

A new cyber heist made the headlines, the victim is Bithumb, the South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange and hackers stole $19 Million. Hackers have stolen nearly $19 million worth of cryptocurrency from Bithumb, the South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange. The news was first reported by the Primitive Ventures’ Dovey Wan, hackers compromised a number of Bithumb’s hot […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2019
Expert disclosed two Zero-Day flaws in Microsoft browsers

The 20-year-old security researcher James Lee publicly disclosed details and proof-of-concept exploits for two zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft web browsers. The expert opted to disclose the flaw after the tech giant allegedly failed to address the zero-day issues privately he reported.The researcher reported the issues to Microsoft ten months ago, but the company did not […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2019
Initial fixes for Cisco RV320 and RV325 routers were incomplete

Cisco revealed that security patches released in January to address flaws in Small Business RV320 and RV325 routers were incomplete. Cisco revealed that security updates released in January to address vulnerabilities in Small Business RV320 and RV325 routers were not complete. The tech giant also confirmed that the flaws have been exploited in attacks in […]