Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2019
Security researcher discovered a browser address bar spoofing flaw that affects popular Chinese UC Browser and UC Browser Mini apps for Android. Security researcher and bug hunter Arif Khan has discovered a browser address bar spoofing vulnerability that affects popular Chinese UC Browser and UC Browser Mini apps for Android. The vulnerability affects latest version of the UC Browser 12.11.2.1184 and UC Browser Mini […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2019
For the second time in a year, systems of the city of Baltimore has been hit by a ransomware attack, forcing officials to shut down a majority of them. The city of Baltimore shut down most of its servers in response to a ransomware attack that hit its network. Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. Jack Young […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2019
Hackers steal $41 Million worth of Bitcoin from Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange The hack of another cryptocurrency exchange made the headlines, hackers steal $41 Million worth of Bitcoin (over 7,000 bitcoins) from Binance. Binance is one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, its founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao confirmed that the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2019
A group of hackers has stolen and published online sensitive data of 30,000 Roman lawyers, including the Mayor of Rome. The announcement was made on Twitter by Lulzsec and Anonymous Ita. The story is very simple, LulZSec, the collective of hackers recently hit the Italian Ministry of the Environment, has collected a huge amount of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2019
Cisco released security updates to address a critical vulnerability in its virtualized function automation tool Elastic Services Controller (ESC). Cisco has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability affecting its virtualized function automation tool, Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC). The flaw could be exploited by a remote attacker could be exploited by an unauthenticated, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2019
Russia-linked APT group Turla has been using a sophisticated backdoor, dubbed LightNeuron, to hijack Microsoft Exchange mail servers. Russia-linked APT group Turla has been using a sophisticated backdoor, dubbed LightNeuron, to hijack Microsoft Exchange mail servers. Turla group (also known as Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON) has been active since at least 2007 targeting government […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2019
ICS-CERT is warning of several vulnerabilities in the GE Communicator software, including hardcoded credentials and privilege escalation bugs. ICS-CERT is warning of five flaws affecting the GE Communicator software, including privilege escalation issues and hardcoded credentials GE Communicator is a is a user-friendly software for programming and monitoring supported metering devices. The software allows users […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 06, 2019
Ankit Anubhav, a principal researcher at NewSky Security, explained how to exploit a vulnerability in the Mirai bot to crash it. Ankit Anubhav, a principal researcher at NewSky, explained how to exploit a trivial bug in the code of the Mirai bot, which is present in many of its variants, to crash it. The expert […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 06, 2019
Sierra Wireless is warning its customers that additional AiraLink router models are affected by critical vulnerabilities previously disclosed. At the end of April, experts at Cisco Talos group disclosed a dozen of vulnerabilities in Sierra Wireless AirLink gateways and routers, including several serious flaws. Sierra Wireless AirLink gateways and routers are widely used in enterprise […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 06, 2019
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a physical attack on Hamas It could be the first time that a state responds with a conventional strike to a cyber attack. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has launched a physical attack on Hamas in response to an alleged cyber attack. A strike launched by Israeli forces targeted a […]
