Security

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2018
Microsoft April Patch Tuesday – Update your system now to avoid being hacked by visiting a site

  Microsoft has released April Patch Tuesday security updates that address 66 vulnerabilities, five of them could be exploited by an attacker to compromise a PC by just tricking the victims into visiting a website or opening a specifically crafted file. Hackers can compromise your computer just visiting a malicious website or clicking a malicious link. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2018
Adobe April Security Bulletin Tuesday fixed 4 critical flaws in Flash

Adobe April Security Bulletin Tuesday is out, the company has addressed four critical vulnerabilities in the Flash Player. Adobe April Security Bulletin has addressed a total of 19 vulnerabilities in its products, including Flash Player, Experience Manager, InDesign CC, Digital Editions, ColdFusion and the PhoneGap Push plugin. The company has released the Flash Player version 29.0.0.140 that fixed […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 157 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·      Airbnb China will share hosts information with the government ·      Any social media […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2018
VirusTotal presents its new Android Droidy sandbox

  VirusTotal announced on Thursday the launch of a new Android sandbox, named Droidy sandbox, that will replace the previous one that was designed in 2013. “Recently we called out Additional crispinness on the MacOS box of apples sandbox, continuing with our effort to improve our malware behavior analysis infrastructure we are happy to announce […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2018
A Remote Code Execution Vulnerability found in the Spring Framework. Upgrade it now!

Security experts have discovered a vulnerability in the Spring Framework that could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on applications built with it. Security researchers have discovered three vulnerabilities in the Spring Development Framework, one of them could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on applications built […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2018
Many natural gas pipeline operators in the U.S. Gas affected by cyberattack

Natural gas pipeline operators in the United States have been affected by a cyber attack that hit a third-party communications system. The hackers targeted the Latitude Technologies unit at the Energy Services Group, but the attack did not impact operational technology. At least four US pipeline operators were affected by the attack on their electronic systems, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2018
Project Kalamata – Apple will replace Intel processors in Macs with its custom designed chips

In the wake of the discovery of severe flaws in Intel chips, so-called Meltdown andSpectre vulnerabilities, Apple announced it plans to use custom-designed ARM chips in Mac computers starting as early as 2020. The move aims to replace the Intel processors running on its desktop and laptop systems like done for its own A-series custom chips […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2018
Google to banish cryptocurrency mining extensions from official Chrome Web Store

Google will ban cryptocurrency mining extensions from the official Chrome Web Store after finding many of them abusing users’ resources without consent. The number of malicious extensions is rapidly increased over the past few months, especially those related to mining activities. The company has introduced a new Web Store policy that bans any Chrome extension submitted to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2018
Grindr shared people’ HIV status with other companies

An analysis conducted by the Norwegian research nonprofit SINTEF revealed that the popular Grindr gay dating app is sharing its users’ HIV status with two other companies. Grindr gay-dating app made the headlines again, a few days ago an NBC report revealed that the app was affected by 2 security issues (now patched) that could have exposed […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2018
Airbnb China will share hosts information with the government

Airbnb China announced that it will share user data belonging to Chinese users with the Government to comply with national laws and regulations. Airbnb announced that it will share user data belonging to Chinese users with the Government. The company is notifying the Chinese users it will share guest’s information with local authorities to comply […]