Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2020
Tupperware website has been compromised with a payment card skimmer

The Tupperware website, the popular manufactured of plastic food container products was infected with a payment card skimmer. Hackers have compromised the website of the popular vendor of plastic food container products Tupperware implanting a payment card skimmer used to steal customers’ payment card details. The official website has approximately 1 million monthly visits on average. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2020
Tor Browser 9.0.7 addresses a flaw that could allow unmasking Tor users

The Tor Project released Tor Browser 9.0.7 that definitively addresses a vulnerability that allowed to execute JavaScript code on sites it should not. The Tor Project released Tor Browser 9.0.7 that permanently addresses a severe bug that allowed JavaScript code to run on sites it should not. A couple of weeks ago, the Tor Project […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2020
Critical RCE Bug Affects Millions of OpenWrt-based Network Devices

A security researcher disclosed technical details of a critical remote code execution flaw affecting the OpenWrt Linux-based operating system for network devices. Earlier this year, security expert Guido Vranken from the software firm ForAllSecure, discovered a critical vulnerability in the OpenWrt Linux-based operating system for network devices. The flaw tracked as CVE-2020-7982 is a critical remote […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2020
Fortune 500 tech giant General Electric (GE) discloses data breach after Canon hack

General Electric (GE) s a data breach that exposed personally identifiable information of current and former employees, as well as beneficiaries. The technology giant General Electric (GE) disclosed a data breach that exposed personally identifiable information of current and former employees, as well as beneficiaries. The data breach was caused by a security breach suffered […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2020
Microsoft warns of targeted attacks exploiting Windows zero-day flaws

Microsoft warns of hackers actively exploiting two zero-day remote code execution vulnerabilities in Windows Adobe Type Manager Library. Microsoft warns of hackers exploiting two zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library, both issues impact all supported versions of Windows. The vulnerabilities affects the way Windows Adobe Type Manager Library […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2020
The University of Utah Health discloses security breach

The University of Utah Health disclosed a security breach, it has discovered malware on its systems and revealed unauthorized access to some employee email accounts. The University of Utah Health disclosed a security breach, the research hospital has discovered unauthorized access to some employee email accounts along with the presence of malware on its systems. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2020
Operation Pangea: Europol dismantles criminal gangs selling coronavirus medicine, surgical masks

Operation Pangea is the name of a joint international operation lead by the Interpol that seized €13 million in counterfeit drugs for care.  The Coronavirus outbreak is sustaining an unprecedented demand in hygiene products, surgical masks, and drugs that could care the COVID infection. The Europol announced the result of an international operation, dubbed Operation Pangea, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2020
Coronavirus-themed campaign delivers a new variant of Netwalker Ransomware

MalwareHunterTeam experts have identified a new Coronavirus phishing campaign that aims at delivering the Netwalker Ransomware. The number of coronavirus-themed cyberattacks continues to increase, MalwareHunterTeam researchers uncovered a new campaign that is delivering the Netwalker Ransomware, aka Mailto. The researchers have analyzed an attachment, named “CORONAVIRUS_COVID-19.vbs,” used in a new Coronavirus phishing campaign that was designed to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2020
538 Million Weibo users’ records being sold on Dark Web

Hackers are offering for sale on the dark web data belonging to 538 million Weibo users, including 172 million phone numbers. Data of 538 million Weibo users are available for sale on the dark web the news was reported by several Chinese media and users on social networks. 107 million records include personal data and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2020
Coronavirus-themed attacks March 15 – March 21, 2020

In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from March 15 to March 21, 2020. Threat actors exploit the interest in the COVID19 outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily bases. Below a list of attacks detected this week. March 21, 2020 – New […]