Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2020
A critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting the PPP Daemon exposes most Linux systems to cyber attacks. A 17-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting the PPP Daemon software exposes most Linux systems to hack. The US-CERT issued a security advisory warning users of the RCE in the PPP daemon (pppd) software that is part of almost […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2020
Crooks are using a new phishing technique to trick victims into accepting the installation of a security certificate update and deliver malware. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab discovered spotted a new attack technique used by crooks to distribute malware by tricking victims into installing a malicious “security certificate update” when they visit compromised websites. We […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2020
New problems for the wireless carrier T-Mobile that disclosed a data breach that exposed some of the customers’ personal information. The wireless carrier T-Mobile was victims of a sophisticated cyber attack that targeted its email vendor. A data breach notification published by the telecommunications giant on its website revealed that the security breach impacted both employees […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2020
Security researchers demonstrated that hundreds of sub-domains belonging to Microsoft could potentially be hijacked and abused to deliver malware and for phishing attacks. Researchers have devised another way to carry out an attack, for example, inviting victims to download a fake update from an apparently trusted URL such as mybrowser.microsoft.com. Security researchers Numan Ozdemir and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2020
Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab analyzed a new implant employed by a North Korea-linked APT group, tracked as Kimsuky, in attacks on South Korea. Introduction Recently we have observed a significant increase in state-sponsored operations carried out by threat actors worldwide. APT34, Gamaredon, and Transparent Tribe are a few samples of the recently uncovered campaigns, the latter was spotted after four […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2020
The operators behind the Nemty ransomware set up a data leak site to publish the data of the victims who refuse to pay ransoms. Nemty ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in August 2019, the name of the malware comes after the extension it adds to the encrypted file names. The ransomware deletes shadow copies of encrypted files […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2020
Pharmacy store chain Walgreens has disclosed a data breach that impacted some customers of its mobile application. Pharmacy store chain Walgreens has disclosed a data breach that impacted some customers of its mobile application. The mobile app allows users to refill prescriptions by scanning barcode, manage medications with Pill Reminder, set Rx alerts for refills […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2020
Experts warn of ongoing scans for Apache Tomcat servers affected by the Ghostcat flaw that could allow attackers to take over servers. Security experts are warning of ongoing scans for Apache Tomcat servers affected by the recently disclosed Ghostcat vulnerability CVE-2020-1938. The flaw affects all versions of Apache Tomcat, it could be exploited by attackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2020
Experts from Cybaze/ Yoroi Zlab spotted a new sample of the Karkoff implant that was employed in past campaigns associated with Iran-linked APT34 group.Experts from Cybaze/ Yoroi Zlab spotted a new sample of the Karkoff implant that was employed in past campaigns associated with Iran-linked APT34 group. Introduction In November 2018, researchers from Cisco Talos […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2020
SurfingAttack is an attacking technique that allows to wake up mobile device and control them using voice commands encoded in ultrasonic waves. SurfingAttack is a hacking technique that sees voice commands encoded in ultrasonic waves silently activate a mobile phone’s digital assistant. The technique could be used to do several actions such as making phone […]
