Hacking

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2018
Talos experts found many high severity flaws in Moxa EDR-810 industrial routers

Security experts at Cisco’s Talos group have discovered a total of 17 vulnerabilities in Moxa EDR-810 industrial routers manufactured by Moxa. The Moxa EDR-810 is an integrated industrial multiport router that implements firewall, NAT, VPN and managed Layer 2 switch capabilities. These devices are used in industrial environments to protect systems such as PLC and SCADA systems […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2018
Bitcoin web wallet addresses generated with a flawed library are exposed to brute-force attacks

Multiple vulnerabilities in the SecureRandom() function expose Bitcoin web wallet addresses generated by the flawed library to brute-force attacks. Old Bitcoin web wallet addresses generated in the browser or through JavaScript-based wallet apps might be affected by a cryptographic vulnerability that could be exploited b attackers to steal funds. According to the experts, the popular  […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2018
Attackers exfiltrated a casino’s high-roller list through a connected fish tank

Nicole Eagan, the CEO of cybersecurity company Darktrace, revealed that is company investigated that hack of an unnamed casino that was breached via a thermometer in a lobby fish tank. Internet of things devices are enlarging our attack surface, smart devices are increasingly targeted by hackers in the wild. The case we are going to discuss demonstrate […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2018
UK GCHQ director confirmed major cyberattack on Islamic State

GCHQ director Jeremy Fleming announced this week that the U.K. has launched a major cyberattack on the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization. According to the spy chief, the GCHQ the attack was launched in collaboration with the U.K. Ministry of Defence and has distributed operations of the Islamic State. The UK intelligence believes this is the first […]