Pierluigi Paganini
February 29, 2020
Threat actors are launching a hacking campaign aimed at taking over tens of thousands of WordPress sites by exploiting critical vulnerabilities. One of the issues exploited in the attacks is a zero-day vulnerability that affects several plugins and that could allow hackers to create admin accounts and take over the sites. Researchers at NinTechNet reported […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 29, 2020
RailWorks Corporation, one of the leading railroad track and transit system providers in North America, disclosed a ransomware attack. RailWorks Corporation, one of the leading providers of rail infrastructure solutions in North America, disclosed a ransomware attack. The security breach may have also exposed personally identifiable information (i.e. Government-issued IDs, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, dates of hire/termination […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2020
Ghostcat flaw affects all versions of Apache Tomcat and could be exploited by hackers to read configuration files or install backdoors on vulnerable servers. All versions of Apache Tomcat are affected by a vulnerability dubbed Ghostcat that could be exploited by attackers to read configuration files or install backdoors on vulnerable servers. The vulnerability, tracked as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2020
Network data collected by the NetBlocks internet observatory confirm that Turkey has blocked access to social media as Idlib military crisis escalates Network data collected by the NetBlocks internet observatory confirm that the Turkish authorities have blocked access to social media following allegations of an attack on Turkish troops in Idlib, Syria on Thursday 27 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2020
An interesting report published by RiskIQ on 2019 Mobile App Threat Landscape, lists the most dangerous mobile app store online. Mobile users downloaded over 200 billion apps in 2019 and the overall expense in app stores worldwide has been estimated in more than $120 billion. Threat actors don’t want to miss this amazing business opportunity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2020
Cisco released security patches for 11 vulnerabilities in its products, including the Cisco UCS Manager, FXOS, and the NX-OS software. The most severe vulnerabilities, rated as high severity, affect FXOS and NX-OS that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code as root. The exploitation of the flaw could trigger a denial […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2020
A Lincoln health care company has been targeted by crooks, no patient data has been compromised during the cyber attack. NRC Health recently disclosed that it was hit by a ransomware attack that took place on February 11. The company provides analytics that help health care providers measure and improve quality and services. The Lincoln […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 27, 2020
Hackers share SQL databases from unsecured AWS buckets, including the archive belonging to the BGR tech news site in India. Hackers are sharing SQL databases from unsecured Amazon S3 buckets, one of them belongs to the BGR tech news site in India. BGR, aka Boy Genius Report, is a popular technology-influenced website that covers topics […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 27, 2020
Experts warn that hackers are actively scanning the Internet for Microsoft Exchange Servers vulnerable in the attempt to exploit the CVE-2020-0688 RCE. Hackers are actively scanning the Internet for Microsoft Exchange Servers affected by the CVE-2020-0688 remote code execution flaw. The vulnerability resides in the Exchange Control Panel (ECP) component, the root cause of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 26, 2020
A high-severity hardware vulnerability, dubbed Kr00k, in Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress expose over a billion devices to hack. Cybersecurity researchers from ESET have discovered a new high-severity hardware vulnerability, dubbed Kr00k, that affects Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress. The vulnerability could have a severe impact on the IT sector, the […]
