Security

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2024
Highly sensitive files mysteriously disappeared from EUROPOL headquarters

Serious security breach hits EU police agency A batch of highly sensitive files containing the personal information of top Europol executives mysteriously disappeared last summer The website Politico reported that the Europol has suffered a serious security breach, a batch of sensitive files of top law enforcement officials, including Europol Executive Director Catherine De Bolle, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2024
XSS flaw in WordPress WP-Members Plugin can lead to script injection

A cross-site scripting vulnerability (XXS) in the WordPress WP-Members Membership plugin can lead to malicious script injection. Researchers from Defiant’s Wordfence research team disclosed a cross-site scripting vulnerability (XXS) in the WordPress WP-Members Membership plugin that can lead to malicious script injection. The Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was reported to Wordfence by the WordPress […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2024
Binarly released the free online scanner to detect the CVE-2024-3094 Backdoor

Researchers from the firmware security firm Binarly released a free online scanner to detect the CVE-2024-3094 Backdoor Last week, Microsoft engineer Andres Freund discovered a backdoor issue in the latest versions of the “xz” tools and libraries. The vulnerability was tracked as CVE-2024-3094 and received a CVSS score of 10. Red Hat urges users to immediately stop using […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2024
German BSI warns of 17,000 unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers

The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) warned of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in the country vulnerable to critical flaws. The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) issued an alert about at least 17,000 Microsoft Exchange servers in the country that are vulnerable to one or more critical vulnerabilities. The BSI also added […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2024
Cisco addressed high-severity flaws in IOS and IOS XE software

Cisco addressed multiple vulnerabilities in IOS and IOS XE software that can be exploited to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Cisco this week released patches to address multiple IOS and IOS XE software vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit several issues fixed by the IT giant to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Below are the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2024
Google: China dominates government exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant reported a surge in the number of actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and its subsidiary Mandiant reported that in 2023 97 zero-day vulnerabilities were exploited in attacks, while in 2022 the actively exploited zero-day flaws were 62. In 2023, Google (TAG) and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2024
Google addressed 2 Chrome zero-days demonstrated at Pwn2Own 2024

Google addressed two zero-day vulnerabilities in the Chrome web browser that have been demonstrated during the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024. Google addressed several vulnerabilities in the Chrome web browser this week, including two zero-day vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-2886 and CVE-2024-2887, which were demonstrated during the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 hacking competition. The high-severity vulnerability CVE-2024-2886 is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2024
CISA adds Microsoft SharePoint bug disclosed at Pwn2Own to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability disclosed at the 2023 Pwn2Own to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the CVE-2023-24955 Microsoft SharePoint Server Code Injection Vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Microsoft addressed the remote code execution flaw in SharePoint Server, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2024
The DDR Advantage: Real-Time Data Defense

This is the advantage of Data Detection and Response (DDR) for organizations aiming to build a real-time data defense. In cybersecurity, and in life, by the time you find out that something went wrong it is often too late. The advantage of Data Detection and Response (DDR) is that you no longer have to wait […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2024
Finnish police linked APT31 to the 2021 parliament attack

The Finnish Police attributed the attack against the parliament that occurred in March 2021 to the China-linked group APT31. The Finnish Police attributed the March 2021 attack on the parliament to the China-linked group APT31. The Finnish authorities investigated multiple offenses, including aggravated espionage, aggravated unlawful access to an information system, and aggravated violation of […]