Security

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2020
Twitter discloses privacy issue that caused caching of files sent via DMs in Firefox

Twitter discloses a privacy issue in the way the Mozilla Firefox cached private files sent or received via DM for up to 7 days. Twitter admitted that the private files sent via Twitter DMs were cached inside the users’ Firefox browsers for up to seven days, even if users have logged off. The problem is […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2020
Microsoft issues targeted notification to hospitals vulnerable to Ransomware attacks

Microsoft is sending notifications to dozens of hospitals about vulnerable VPN devices and gateways exposed online in their network. Microsoft is warning dozens of hospitals of the risks of ransomware attacks due to insecure VPN devices and gateways exposed online. Recently Microsoft has published details about human-operated ransomware attacks that targeted organizations in various industries. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2020
Microsoft Edge will warn users if their credentials have been compromised

Microsoft announced that it will add an alerting feature to Edge to warn users if their credentials saved to autofill have been compromised. Microsoft announced several new features for its Edge browser, including a new alerting service to warn users if the credentials they have saved to autofill have been compromised in a third-party data […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2020
0patch releases free unofficial patches for Windows 0days exploited in the wild

ACROS Security’s 0patch service released unofficial patches for two Windows flaws actively exploited by attackers in the wild. ACROS Security’s 0patch service released unofficial patches for two Windows vulnerabilities actively exploited by attackers in the wild, both issues have yet to be fixed by Microsoft. A few days ago, Microsoft warned of hackers actively exploiting […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2020
Google issued 40,000 alerts of State-Sponsored attacks in 2019

Google announced to have warned users of almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks during 2019. Google shared data on alerts related to state-sponsored attacks, the tech giant revealed that it issued almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks to its users during 2019. The number of alerts decreased by 25% […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2020
Operation Poisoned News: Hong Kong iOS users targeted with watering hole attacks

Operation Poisoned News – Experts observed a campaign aimed at infecting the iPhones of users in Hong Kong with an iOS backdoor that allows attackers to spy on them. Security experts at Trend Micro have observed a campaign aimed at infecting the iPhones of users in Hong Kong with an iOS backdoor tracked as lightSpy. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2020
Adobe addressed a critical vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud App that allows deleting files

Adobe has addressed a critical vulnerability in its Creative Cloud desktop application that can be exploited by hackers to delete arbitrary files. Adobe has fixed a critical vulnerability in its Creative Cloud desktop application that can be exploited by attackers to delete arbitrary files. Creative Cloud is a collection of 20+ desktop and mobile apps […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2020
Microsoft warns of targeted attacks exploiting Windows zero-day flaws

Microsoft warns of hackers actively exploiting two zero-day remote code execution vulnerabilities in Windows Adobe Type Manager Library. Microsoft warns of hackers exploiting two zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library, both issues impact all supported versions of Windows. The vulnerabilities affects the way Windows Adobe Type Manager Library […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2020
Google addresses high severity bugs in Chrome

Google released security updates to address multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in the popular Chrome browser. Google released security updates to address multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in Chrome, the tech giant also announced a pause for upcoming releases of the popular browser. The version 80.0.3987.149 is available for download for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Google announced that it […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2020
Drupal addresses two XSS flaws by updating the CKEditor

Drupal developers released security updates for versions 8.8.x and 8.7.x that fix two XSS vulnerabilities affecting the CKEditor library. The Drupal development team has released security updates for versions 8.8.x and 8.7.x that address two XSS vulnerabilities that affect the CKEditor library. CKEditor is the far superior successor of FCKeditor, it is a popular, highly […]