Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2023
US CISA added zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-38180 affecting .NET and Visual Studio to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-38180 (CVSS score 7.5) affecting .NET and Visual Studio to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The vulnerability can be exploited to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2023
The US Government House this week launched an Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge competition for creating a new generation of AI systems. On Wednesday, the United States Government House introduced an Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge competition. The two-year competition aims to foster the development of innovative AI systems that can protect critical applications from cyber threats. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2023
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) mistakenly shared sensitive data of all 10,000 serving police officers in response to a FOI request. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has mistakenly shared sensitive data of all 10,000 serving police officers in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. The request aimed at determining the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2023
The Balada Injector is still at large and still evading security software by utilizing new domain names and using new obfuscation. During a routine web monitoring operation, we discovered an address that led us down a rabbit hole of WordPress-orientated âhack wavesâ caused by the Balada Injector malware. This evidence suggests that the malware is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2023
Cloud account takeover scheme utilizing EvilProxy hit over 100 top-level executives of global organizations EvilProxy was observed sending 120,000 phishing emails to over a hundred organizations to steal Microsoft 365 accounts. Proofpoint noticed a worrisome surge of successful cloud account compromises in the past five months. Most of the attacks targeted high-ranking executives. The researchers estimated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2023
Google researcher Daniel Moghimi devised a new side-channel attack technique, named Downfall, against Intel CPU. Google researcher Daniel Moghimi devised a new side-channel attack technique Intel CPU, named Downfall, that relies on a flaw tracked as CVE-2022-40982. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to access and steal data from other users who share the same […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2023
The LockBit ransomware group threatens to leak medical data of cancer patients stolen from Varian Medical Systems. The LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked the healthcare company Varian Medical Systems and threatens to leak the medical data of cancer patients. Varian Medical Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, sells, and services medical devices and software products […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2023
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2023 addressed 74 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited flaws. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2023 addressed 74 new vulnerabilities in multiple products including Windows and Windows Components; Edge (Chromium-Based); Exchange Server; Office and Office Components; .NET and Visual Studio; ASP.NET; Azure DevOps and HDInsights; Teams; and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2023
The UK Electoral Commission suffered a data breach that exposed voters’ personal information between 2014 and 2022. The UK Electoral Commission disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of voters in the United Kingdom between 2014 and 2022. The Commission notified the Information Commissionerâs Office. “Today we announced that we have been the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2023
Experts found 43 Android apps in Google Play with 2.5 million installs that displayed advertisements while a phone’s screen was off. Recently, researchers from McAfeeâs Mobile Research Team discovered 43 Android apps in Google Play with 2.5 million installs that loaded advertisements while a phone’s screen was off. The experts pointed out that this behavior […]
