Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2018
Oracle issued security patches for recently discovered Spectre and Meltdown issues

Last week Oracle started releasing software and microcode updates for products affected by the recently disclosed variants of the Spectre and Meltdown flaws. In May, tech giants Intel, AMD, ARM, IBM, Microsoft and other tech firms teamed to disclose two new variants of both Meltdown and Spectre issues. The so-called Variant 4 (CVE-2018-3639) relies on a Speculative Store Bypass (SSB), […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2018
WannaSpam – Beware messages from WannaCry-Hack-Team, it is the last hoax

WannaSpam – Many users have received a mysterious message that claims their PC was infected by WannaCry Ransomware. Crooks ask victims to pay a ransom, but it’s a scam. Many users have received a mysterious message from a group that called itself the “WannaCry-Hack-Team” that claims that WannaCry Ransomware has returned. The mail informs the recipients that their computer has […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2018
Vulnerabilities in Fredi Wi-Fi baby monitor can be exploited to use it a spy cam

Vulnerabilities in Fredi Wi-Fi baby monitor could be exploited by a remote unauthenticated attacker to control it and spy on the family. Security researchers at SEC Consult reported discovered that vulnerabilities in Fredi Wi-Fi baby monitor could be exploited by a remote unauthenticated attacker to control it and spy on the family. The investigation started when […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2018
A hacker devised a method to unlock any iPhone and iPad device

A security researcher has devised a method to brute force a passcode on every Apple iPhone or iPad, even the up-to-date ones. Since iOS 8 rolled out in 2014, iPhone and iPad devices are protected with encryption, without providing passcode it is quite impossible to unlock the device. If the user enters more than 10 times […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2018
According to the experts, North Korea is behind the SWIFT attacks in Latin America

SWIFT hackers continue to target banks worldwide, the last string of attacks hit financial institutions across Latin America. According to three people with knowledge of the matter cited by Cyberscoop the attacks were carried by North Korea-linked APT groups that targeted also other banks Recent attacks hit Mexico’s Bancomext and Chile’s Bank of Chile, in both cases the attackers used a […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2018
Wavethrough CVE-2018-8235 flaw in Microsoft Edge leaks sensitive data

A flaw in the Edge browser, dubbed Wavethrough, addressed by latest Microsoft Patch Tuesday for June 2018 could be exploited to read restricted data. A bug in the Edge browser addressed by latest Microsoft Patch Tuesday for June 2018 could be exploited by attackers via malicious or compromised websites to read restricted data. The flaw was reported by […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2018
Crooks exploit CVE-2018-7602 Drupal flaw, aka Drupalgeddon3 to deliver Monero miner

Crooks are attempting to exploit a recently patched Drupal vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-7602, to drop Monero mining malware onto vulnerable systems. The CVE-2018-7602 flaw is a highly critical remote code execution issue, also known as Drupalgeddon3, that was addressed by the Drupal team in April with the release of versions 7.59, 8.4.8 and 8.5.3. The security patch for the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2018
Red Alert 2.0 Android Trojan available for rent in the underground at $500 per Month

According to researchers at Trustwave, the source code of the Red Alert 2.0 Android Trojan is now available for rent on cybercrime underground forums at $500 per month. The experts discovered the latest variant because received a malicious apk via mail and analyzed it. “It all started with a spam message, which curiously had an Android App attachment. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2018
6 Security Flaws in Smart Speakers You Need to Know About

Connectivity and functionality may offer us convenience, but as with any new connected technology like smart speakers also come with security concerns. How would you feel about having a device in your home that’s always listening to what’s going on, standing ready to record, process and store any information it receives? That might be a […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2018
Magento credit card stealer Reinfector allows reinfect sites with malicious code

Cybercriminals used the ‘credit card stealer reinfector’ to reinfect the websites and continue to steal personal and financial data. Researchers at Sucuri reported crooks are using a very simple evasion technique to reinfect Magento websites after their malicious code has been removed. Cybercriminals have devised a method to hide the malicious code, the ‘credit card stealer reinfector’, used to […]