Pierluigi Paganini
February 25, 2020
Google has released Chrome 80 update that addresses three high-severity vulnerabilities, one of them has been exploited in the wild. Google has released Chrome 80 update (version 80.0.3987.122) that addresses three high-severity vulnerabilities, including a zero-day issue (CVE-2020-6418) that has been exploited in the wild. The CVE-2020-6418 vulnerability is a type confusion issue that affects […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 25, 2020
Security experts are warning of a new wave of attacks targeting a zero-day vulnerability in the popular Duplicator WordPress Plugin. Last week the development team behind the popular Duplicator WordPress plugin, the Snap Creek, addressed a zero-day vulnerability that affected at least 1 million websites. Now researchers at security firm WordFence are warning of a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 24, 2020
Raccoon Malware is a recently discovered infostealer that can extract sensitive data from about 60 applications on a targeted system. Racoon malware, Legion, Mohazo, and Racealer, is an infostealer that recently appeared in the threat landscape that is advertised in hacking forums. The malware is cheap compared to similar threats, it is able to steal sensitive data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 24, 2020
The FBI recommends using longer passwords composed of multiple words into a long string of at least 15 characters instead of short passwords including special characters. Recent guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) highlights that the password length is much more important than password complexity. The recommendations are part of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 23, 2020
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs IOTA cryptocurrency shuts down entire network after a coordinated attack on its Trinity wallet Organizers of major hacking conferences in Asia put them on hold due to Coronavirus outbreak US administration requests $9.8B for cyber 2021 budget for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 22, 2020
The infamous Joker malware has found a way to bypass the security checks to be published in the official Play Store, new clicker was found by experts. The fight to the Joker malware (aka Bread) begun in September 2019 when security experts at Google removed from the official Play Store 24 apps because they were […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 21, 2020
More than 400 flaws affecting industrial control systems (ICS) were disclosed in 2019, more than 100 were zero-day vulnerabilities. According to a report published by Dragos, the experts analyzed 438 ICS vulnerabilities that were reported in 212 security advisories, 26% of advisories is related to zero-day flaws. The experts determined 116 unique types of flaws, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2020
Some operations at INA Group, Croatia’s biggest oil company, and its largest petrol station chain were disrupted by a cyber attack. A ransomware attack has disrupted operations at INA Group, Croatia’s biggest oil company, and its largest petrol station chain. INA, d.d. is a stock company with the Hungarian MOL Group and the Croatian Government as its biggest shareholders, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2020
Adobe released out-of-band security updates for After Effects and Media Encoder applications that address two new critical vulnerabilities. Adobe released out-of-band security updates for After Effects and Media Encoder applications that fix two new critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-3765, CVE-2020-3764). Adobe After Effects is a digital visual effects, motion graphics, and compositing application developed and used in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2020
Cisco has released security updates to address 17 vulnerabilities affecting its networking and unified communications product lines. Cisco has released security patches to fix 17 vulnerabilities affecting its networking and unified communications product lines. The types of fixed vulnerabilities include remote access and code execution, elevation of privilege, denial of service, and cross-site request forgeries. One of […]
