Security

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2018
CVE-2018-2879 – Vulnerability in Oracle Access Manager can let attackers impersonate any user account

Security researchers have discovered a security vulnerability in Oracle Access Manager that can be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass the authentication and take over the account of any user. Security researcher Wolfgang Ettlinger from SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab has discovered a security vulnerability in Oracle Access Manager that can be exploited by a […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2018
Schneider Electric Development Tools InduSoft Web Studio and InTouch Machine Edition are affected by a critical buffer flaw

Researchers at Tenable have disclosed technical details and a PoC code for a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio and InTouch Machine Edition products. Experts at security firm Tenable have discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio and InTouch Machine Edition products. The InduSoft Web Studio […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2018
Microsoft addressed critical flaw in Windows Host Compute Service Shim library

Microsoft released an out of band update to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Host Compute Service Shim library (hcsshim). Microsoft announced that it has issued a security update to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Host Compute Service Shim library (hcsshim). The Windows Host Compute Service […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2018
GitHub urged some users to reset their passwords after accidental recorded them

GitHub, world’s leading software development platform, forced password reset for some users after the discovery of a problem that caused internal logs to record passwords in plain text. GitHub urged some users to reset their passwords after a problem caused internal logs to record passwords in plain text. Some users published on Twitter the communication […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2018
Man who hacked computer system of Washtenaw County Jail to alter inmate records gets 7-Years in prison

Konrads Voits, the man who hacked into the computer system of Washtenaw County Jail to alter inmate records and gain early release for his friend, gets 7-Years in prison. In March 2017, Konrads Voits (27), hacked into the computer system of Washtenaw County Jail to alter inmate records and gain early release for his friend. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2018
The NATO team is the winner of the cyber defence exercise Locked Shields 2018

The NATO team is the winner of the Cyber Defence Exercise Locked Shields 2018 that took place on April 23-26 in Tallinn, Estonia. The international live-fire cyber defence exercise Locked Shields 2018 took place on April 23-26 in Tallinn, Estonia, and the figures behind this important competition are impressive. A total of 22 Blue Teams participated […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2018
90% of the SAP customers exposed to hack due to 13 Year-Old configuration flaw

Many companies using SAP systems ignore to be impacted by a 13-year-old security configuration that could expose their architecture to cyber attacks. According to the security firm Onapsis, 90 percent SAP systems were impacted by the vulnerability that affects SAP Netweaver and that can be exploited by a remote unauthenticated attacker who has network access […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2018
Firefox 60 supports Same-Site Cookies to prevent CSRF attacks

This week Mozilla announced that the upcoming Firefox 60 version will implement a new Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection by introducing support for the same-site cookie attribute. An attacker can launch a CSRF attack to perform unauthorized activities on a website on behalf of authenticated users, this is possible by tricking victims into visiting a specially crafted webpage. “Cross-Site […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2018
Western Digital MY CLOUD EX2 storage devices leak files

Researchers at Trustwave have discovered that Western Digital My Cloud EX2 storage devices leak files. Security experts at Trustwave have discovered that Western Digital My Cloud EX2 storage devices leak files on a local network by default. The situation gets worse if users configure the device for remote access and expose them online, in this […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2018
Do Not Disturb app will protect your device from evil maid attacks

Former NSA expert and white hat hacker Patrick Wardle has released an app named Do Not Disturb app that can be used to detect attacks powered by attackers with physical access to the device (so-called “evil maid” attacks). Patrick Wardle app Version 1.0.0 was built explicitly to protect unattended laptops continually monitors the system for events that may […]