Security

Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2018
Google introduced G Suite alerts for state-sponsored attacks

Google announced that has implemented an alerting system for G Suite admins when users have been targeted by state-sponsored attacks. Google announced it will alert G Suite admins when state-sponsored hackers will target their users. The new feature will be available in the G Suite Admin console very soon, it confirms the effort spent by the tech […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2018
Analyzing the Telegram-based Android remote access trojan HeroRAT

Researchers at CSE Cybsec ZLab analyzed shared published their analysis of the Telegram-based Android RAT tracked as HeroRAT. In June, researchers from security firm ESET discovered a new family of Android Remote Administration Tool (RAT), dubbed HeroRAT, that leverages the Telegram BOT API to communicate with the attacker. The use of Telegram API can be considered […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2018
Facebook reported and blocked attempts to influence campaign ahead of midterms US elections

Facebook removed 32 Facebook and Instagram accounts and pages that were involved in a coordinated operation aimed at influencing the midterm US elections Facebook has removed 32 Facebook and Instagram accounts and pages that were involved in a coordinated operation aimed at influencing the forthcoming midterm US elections. Facebook is shutting down content and accounts “engaged in coordinated […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2018
Titan Security Keys- Google announced USB-based FIDO U2F Keys

Google will start offering Titan Security Keys to provide a further layer of security to its users and protect them from Phishing and MiTM attacks. Google announced at Google Cloud Next ’18 convention in San Francisco the launch of the Titan Security Keys,  a USB device that is used as part of its hardware-based two-factor authentication scheme for […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2018
ProtonMail launches Address Verification and full PGP support

Address Verification allows you to be sure you are securely communicating with the right person, while PGP support adds encrypted email interoperability. Starting with the latest release of ProtonMail on web (v3.14), iOS and Android (v1.9), and the latest versions of the ProtonMail IMAP/SMTP Bridge, ProtonMail now supports Address Verification, along with full PGP interoperability and support. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2018
Experts discovered a Kernel Level Privilege Escalation in Oracle Solaris

Security expert discovered Kernel Level Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the Availability Suite Service component of Oracle Solaris 10 and 11.3 Security researchers from Trustwave have discovered a new high severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-2892, that affected the Availability Suite Service component in Oracle Solaris 10 and 11.3. The flaw could be exploited by a remote authenticated […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2018
Experts believe US Cyber Command it the only entity that can carry out ‘hack backs’

The U.S. government should opt to carry out hack backs as retaliation against the massive attacks against organizations in the US private sector. The U.S. government should opt to carry out hack backs as retaliation against the massive attacks against organizations in the US private sector, and when appropriate, the military’s hacking unit should hit […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2018
Ecuador to withdraw asylum for Julian Assange in coming weeks or days

According to media, Ecuador is going to hand over the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the UK in “coming weeks or even days.” In 2012 a British judge ruled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of sexual assault there, but Assange received political asylum from Ecuador and spent the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2018
Expert discovered it was possible to delete all projects in the Microsoft Translator Hub

Microsoft has addressed a serious vulnerability in the Microsoft Translator Hub that could be exploited to delete any or all the projects hosted by the service. Microsoft has fixed a severe vulnerability in the Microsoft Translator Hub that could be exploited to delete any or all projects hosted by the service. The Microsoft Translator Hub “empowers businesses and communities […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2018
Cisco fixes critical and high severity flaws in Policy Suite and SD-WAN products

Cisco has found over a dozen critical and high severity vulnerabilities in its Policy Suite, SD-WAN, WebEx and Nexus products. The tech giant has reported customers four critical vulnerabilities affecting the Policy Suite. The flaws tracked as CVE-2018-0374, CVE-2018-0375, CVE-2018-0376, and CVE-2018-0377 have been discovered during internal testing. Two of these flaws could be exploited by a remote unauthenticated attacker to access […]