Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 333

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the international press subscribe here. GSS, one of the major European call center providers, suffered a ransomware attack Threat actors are attempting […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2021
Google TAG spotted actors using new code signing tricks to evade detection

Researchers from Google’s TAG team reported that financially motivated actors are using new code signing tricks to evade detection. Researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group reported that financially motivated actors are using new code signing tricks to evade detection. By code signing executables, it is possible to verify their integrity and provide information about the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2021
GSS, one of the major European call center providers, suffered a ransomware attack

The customer care and call center provider GSS has suffered a ransomware attack that crippled its systems and impacted its Spanish-speaking customers. GSS customer care and call center provider has suffered a ransomware attack that crippled its system and paralyzed call centers serving its Spanish-speaking customers. GSS is the Spanish and Latin America division of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2021
Threat actors are attempting to exploit VMware vCenter CVE-2021-22005 flaw

Immediately after the public release of the exploit code for the VMware vCenter CVE-2021-22005 flaw threat actors started using it. Researchers warn that immediately after the release of the exploit code for the recently addressed CVE-2021-22005 flaw in VMware vCenter threat actors started using it. The CVE-2021-22005 issue is a critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2021
Google addressed the eleventh Chrome zero-day flaw this year

Google released a Chrome emergency update for Windows, Mac, and Linux that addresses a high-severity zero-day flaw exploited in the wild. Google has released Chrome 94.0.4606.61 for Windows, Mac, and Linux that addresses a high-severity zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-37973) exploited in the wild. An attacker can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on systems running vulnerable Chrome versions. This vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2021
European Union formally blames Russia for the GhostWriter operation

European Union representatives formally accused Russia of attempting to target the elections and political systems of several EU states. European Union has formally accused Russia of meddling in the elections and political systems of several EU states. EU high representative said that Russia-linked threat actors were behind a recent operation tracked as Ghostwriter. The officials […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2021
CVE-2021-20034 flaw can allow SMA 100 device takeover, patch it now!

SonicWall fixed a critical security flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-20034, that impacts some Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series products that can allow device takeover. SonicWall has addressed a critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20034, that impacting several Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series products. The vulnerability is an improper access control vulnerability that can be […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2021
Cisco addresses 3 critical vulnerabilities in IOS XE Software

Cisco fixed three critical flaws impacting IOS XE operating system powering some of its devices, such as routers and wireless controllers. Cisco has addressed three critical vulnerabilities impacting its IOS XE operating system powering multiple products, including routers and wireless controllers. The most severe of these vulnerabilities is a Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-34770, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2021
3.8 billion Clubhouse and Facebook user records allegedly scraped and merged, put for sale online

A user on a popular hacker forum is selling a database that purportedly contains 3.8 billion Clubhouse and Facebook user records. Original Post @CyberNews https://cybernews.com/security/3-8-billion-allegedly-scraped-and-merged-clubhouse-and-facebook-user-records-put-for-sale-online/ A user on a popular hacker forum is selling a database that purportedly contains 3.8 billion user records. The database was allegedly compiled by combining 3.8 billion phone numbers from […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2021
New FamousSparrow APT group used ProxyLogon exploits in its attacks

Researchers spotted a new cyberespionage group, dubbed FamousSparrow, that used ProxyLogon exploits to target hotels worldwide. Researchers from ESET discovered a new cyberespionage group, tracked as FamousSparrow, that has been targeting hotels worldwide around the world since at least 2019. The group also hit higher-profile targets such as law firms, governments, and private companies worldwide. According […]