Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2018
Exclusive – APT group exploited still unpatched zero-day in IE dubbed ‘double play’

Security researchers at the 360 Core Security observed an APT group exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in IE, dubbed ‘double play’. The flaw is still unfixed. Security researchers at the 360 Core Security uncovered a zero-day vulnerability in IE, dubbed ‘double play’,  that was triggered by weaponized MS Office documents. The experts have been observing an APT group targeting a […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2018
A flaw in LinkedIn feature allowed user data harvesting

The researcher Jack Cable (18) has discovered a vulnerability in LinkedIn, the AutoFill functionality, that allowed user data harvesting. While experts and people are discussing the Cambridge Analytica case another disconcerting case made the headlines, the private intelligence agency LocalBlox has left unsecured online an AWS bucket containing 48 million records that were also harvested from Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2018
At least 20 Million Chrome users have installed malicious Ad Blockers from Chrome store

A security researcher has discovered five malicious Ad Blockers extensions in the Google Chrome Store that had been installed by at least by 20 million users. The security researcher Andrey Meshkov, co-founder of Adguard, has discovered five malicious Ad Blockers extensions in the Google Chrome Store that had been installed by at least by 20 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2018
Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley Stratix and ArmorStratix switches are exposed to hack due to Cisco IOS flaws

Rockwell Automation is warning that its Allen-Bradley Stratix and ArmorStratix industrial switches are exposed to hack due to security vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS. According to Rockwell Automation, eight flaws recently discovered recently in Cisco IOS are affecting its products which are used in many sectors, including the critical manufacturing and energy. The list of flaws includes […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2018
Hacking Cisco WebEx with a malicious Flash file. Patch it now!

Cisco issues a critical patch to address a remote code execution vulnerability in the Cisco WebEx software, hurry up apply it now! Cisco has issued a critical patch to fix a serious vulnerability (CVE-2018-0112) in its WebEx software that could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on target machines via weaponized Flash files. The vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2018
Experts are observing Drupalgeddon2 (CVE-2018-7600) attacks in the wild

After the publication of a working Proof-Of-Concept for Drupalgeddon2 on GitHub experts started observing attackers using it to deliver backdoors and crypto miners. At the end of March, the Drupal Security Team confirmed that a “highly critical” vulnerability (dubbed Drupalgeddon2), tracked as CVE-2018-7600, was affecting Drupal 7 and 8 core and announced the availability of security updates on March 28th. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2018
ZLAB MALWARE ANALYSIS REPORT: RANSOMWARE-AS-A-SERVICE PLATFORMS

Security experts at CSE CybSec ZLab malware Lab have conducted an interesting analysis of the principal Ransomware-as-a-Service platforms available on the dark web. Over the years, the diffusion of darknets has created new illegal business models. Along with classic illegal goods such as drugs and payment card data, other services appeared in the criminal underground, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2018
A flaw could allow easy hack of LG Network-attached storage devices

Network-attached storage devices manufactured by LG Electronics are affected by a critical remote code execution vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to gain full control of the devices. The experts at the security firm VPN Mentor found a pre-auth remote command injection vulnerability that affects the majority of LG NAS device models. “we found a way to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2018
UK NCSC, DHS and the FBI Warn of Russian hacking campaign on Western networks

UK NCSC, DHS, and the FBI warn of Russian hacking campaign on Western networks, state-sponsored hackers are targeting network infrastructure key components. US and Britain government agencies warn of Russian state-sponsored cyber attacks to compromise government and business networking equipment. Russian hackers aim to control the data flaw “to support espionage, extract intellectual property, maintain […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2018
Roaming Mantis Malware Campaign Leverages Hacked Routers to Infect Android Users With Banking Trojan

According to experts at Kaspersky, the Roaming Mantis malware is designed for distribution through a simple, but very efficient trick based on DNS hijacking. According to experts at Kaspersky, the Roaming Mantis malware is designed for distribution through a simple, but very efficient trick based on DNS hijacking. Imagine a nefarious person swapped out your […]