Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2017
TeamViewer released a patch to fix a vulnerability that allows users sharing a desktop session to gain control of the otherâs computer without permission. Remote support software company TeamViewer released a patch to address a vulnerability that allows users sharing a desktop session to gain control of the otherâs computer without permission. TeamViewer confirmed the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 05, 2017
A PLC flaw can be a serious threat to production and critical infrastructure and WAGO has 17 models of the PFC200 Series PLC vulnerable to remote exploit. Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) devices allow for remote automation of robotics, manufacturing, nuclear energy, oil & gas production and transportation and many other industrial tasks. A PLC vulnerability can be a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 04, 2017
Two different critical vulnerabilities were found in the RSA Authentication SDK (software development kit), patch them asap. The first bug, tracked as  CVE-2017-14377, is authentication bypass that affects the RSA Authentication Agent for Web for Apache Web Server. The flaw could be exploited by a remote unauthenticated user by sending a crafted packet that triggers a validation error, in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 03, 2017
PayPal confirmed that one of the companies it owns, TIO Networks, suffered a security breach, that affected 1.6 million customers. PayPal confirmed that one of the companies it owns, TIO Networks, suffered a security breach, hackers have accessed servers that stored information for 1.6 million customers. The company TIO Networks was recently acquired by PayPal for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 02, 2017
Security researcher discovered thousands of Lantronix Serial-to-Ethernet devices connected online that leak Telnet passwords. The security researcher Ankit Anubhav, principal researcher at NewSky Security, has discovered thousands of Serial-to-Ethernet devices connected online that leak Telnet passwords. Hackers can use the leaked passwords to launch cyber attacks against the equipment that is connected to them. Serial-to-Ethernet “device […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 02, 2017
In an astonishing move, Anonymous leak public sector entities infrastructure topology data for the people of Brazil in the midst of Lava Jato scandal. The compromised data includes IP addresses from the public sector, ranging law enforcement agencies and local municipality. This data leak comes at a moment where a strong fight against corruption is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 02, 2017
A former NSA hacker pleaded guilty on Friday to illegally taking classified documents home, which were later stolen by Russian cyber spies. A member of the US National Security Agency Tailored Access Operations hacking team, Nghia Hoang Pho (67) pleaded guilty in a US district court in Baltimore on Friday to one count of willful retention of national defense […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 01, 2017
Researchers discovered that the original patch for the Dirty COW vulnerability (CVE-2016-5195) is affected by a security flaw. The original patch for the Dirty COW vulnerability (CVE-2016-5195) is affected by a security flaw that could be exploited by an attacker to run local code on affected systems and exploit a race condition to perform a privilege escalation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 01, 2017
Seleznev gets another prison sentence. He received 14-year prison sentence for charge in Nevada and another 14 years for the second charge in Georgia. In April, the Russian hacker Roman Seleznev, aka Track2, Bulba and Ncux, was sentenced to 27 years in prison, he was convicted of causing $170 million in damage by hacking into point-of-sale systems. The 33-year-old was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 01, 2017
NTT Security, a company of the tech giant NTT Group focused on cyber security, has released its 2017 Global Threat Intelligence Center (GTIC) Quarterly Threat Intelligence Report. The research includes data collected over the last three months from global NTT Security managed security service (MSS) platforms and a variety of open-source intelligence tools and honeypots. The report […]
