Pierluigi Paganini
February 25, 2024
A cyber attack hit the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the federal and national law enforcement agency of Canada. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the federal and national law enforcement agency of Canada, confirmed that it was the target of a cyber attack. RCMP also notified the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC). The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 25, 2024
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Apple created post-quantum cryptographic protocol PQ3 for iMessage Russian hacker is set to face trial for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 24, 2024
Apple announced the implementation of a post-quantum cryptographic protocol called PQ3 will be integrated into iMessage. Apple announced a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol called PQ3 that will be integrated into the company messaging application iMessage to secure communications against highly sophisticated quantum attacks. Apple said that PQ3 is the first messaging protocol to reach what they call Level 3 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 24, 2024
A Russian national (49) was charged with a cyberattack on a local power plant that caused a widespread blackout. The news agency TASS reported that a Russian national (49) is set to face trial on charges of carrying out a cyberattack on a local power plant that left 38 villages in the Vologda region in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 23, 2024
Australian telecommunications provider Tangerine disclosed a data breach that impacted roughly 230,000 individuals. Tangerine suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of roughly 230,000 individuals. The security breach occurred on Sunday 18 February 2024, but Tangerine management became aware of the incident on Tuesday 20 February 2024.  The telco notified the Australian Cyber Security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 23, 2024
Microsoft has released an open-access automation framework, called PyRIT, to proactively identify risks in generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Microsoft has released a Python Risk Identification Tool for generative AI (PyRIT), it is an open-access automation framework to proactively find risks in generative AI systems. The tool aims at helping red teaming activity of AI systems, Microsoft […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 23, 2024
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds ConnectWise ScreenConnect bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)Â added a ConnectWise ScreenConnect vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-1709, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability is an authentication bypass vulnerability issue that an attacker with network access to the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 22, 2024
US FTC charged cyber security firm Avast with harvesting consumer web browsing data through its browser extension and antivirus and sold it. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed charges against cybersecurity firm Avast, accusing it of collecting and selling consumer web browsing data gathered through its browser extension and antivirus services. The antivirus […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 22, 2024
Security researcher Salvatore Lombardo shared details about a new instance of Nigerian fraud that he called ‘Beyond the border scam.’ The 419 scam is a form of scam that requires the recipient to pay an upfront sum to receive a much larger reward later. The name derives from article 419 of the Nigerian penal code which punishes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 22, 2024
China-linked APT group Mustang Panda targeted various Asian countries with a variant of the PlugX (aka Korplug) backdoor dubbed DOPLUGS. Trend Micro researchers uncovered a cyberespionage campaign, carried out by China-linked APT group Mustang Panda, targeting Asian countries, including Taiwan, Vietnam, and Malaysia. Mustang Panda has been active since at least 2012, it targeted American and European entities such […]
