Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2019
Cisco had issued security updates to address 57 security flaw, including three flaws in networks management tool Prime Infrastructure. One of the flaws addressed by Cisco in the Prime Infrastructure management tool could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on PI devices. “Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2019
The popular question-and-answer platform for programmers Stack Overflow announced on Thursday that is has suffered a data breach. The news of a data breach makes the headlines, this time the victim is the popular question-and-answer platform for programmers Stack Overflow. The company announced on Thursday that it has discovered unauthorized access to its production systems […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2019
A vulnerability in the Live Chat Support plugin for WordPress could be exploited by attackers to inject malicious scripts in websites using it Researchers at Sucuri have discovered a stored/persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP Live Chat Support plugin for WordPress. The flaw could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 16, 2019
Experts at Yoroi-Cybaze Z-Lab observed a spike in attacks against the banking sector and spotted a new email stealer used by the TA505 hacker group Introduction During the last month, our Threat Intelligence surveillance team spotted increasing evidence of an operation intensification against the Banking sector. In fact, many independent researchers pointed to a particular […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 16, 2019
The Magecart gang made the headlines again, the hackers this time compromised the Forbes magazine subscription website. The Magecart group is back, the hackers this time compromised injected a skimmers script into the Forbes magazine subscription website. The malicious traffic was spotted by the security expert Troy Mursch, Chief Research Officer of Bad Packets, on Wednesday. Magecart hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 16, 2019
The BlackTech cyber-espionage group exploited the ASUS update process for WebStorage application to deliver the Plead backdoor. The cyber espionage group tracked as BlackTech compromised the ASUS update process for WebStorage application to deliver the Plead backdoor. The BlackTech group was first observed by ESET on July 2018, when it was abusing code-signing certificates stolen from D-Link for the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 15, 2019
Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for May 2019 address nearly 80 vulnerabilities, including an RDS flaw allowing WannaCry-Like attacks. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for May 2019 address nearly 80 vulnerabilities, including a Windows zero-day flaw and an RDS vulnerability that can be exploited to carry out WannaCry-like attack. The zero-day vulnerability addressed by Microsoft Patch Tuesday […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 14, 2019
Millions of computers powered by Intel processors are affected by a new class of vulnerabilities (MDS) that can leak potentially sensitive data. Researchers from multiple universities and security firms discovered a new class of speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities that could be exploited with new side-channel attack methods dubbed Fallout, RIDL (Rogue In-Flight Data Load), and ZombieLoad. “On May […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 14, 2019
Security firm Red Balloon discovered a severe vulnerability dubbed Thrangrycat, in Cisco products that could be exploited to an implant persistent backdoor in many devices. Experts at Red Balloon Security disclosed two vulnerabilities in Cisco products. The first issue dubbed Thrangrycat, and tracked as CVE-2019-1649, affects multiple Cisco products that support Trust Anchor module (TAm). The issue […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 14, 2019
The North Korea-linked APT group ScarCruft (aka APT37 and Group123) continues to expand its arsenal by adding a Bluetooth Harvester. North Korea-linked APT group ScarCruft (aka APT37, Reaper, and Group123) continues to expand its arsenal by adding a Bluetooth Harvester. ScarCruft has been active since at least 2012, it made the headlines in early February […]
