Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2021
A cyber attack has disrupted the Australian Channel Nine’s live broadcasts, the company was unable to transmit its Sunday morning news program. A cyber attack has hit the Australian Channel Nine’s live broadcasts causing the disruption of its operations. The broadcaster was unable to air its Sunday morning news program, which runs from 7:00 am to 1:00 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2021
Taiwanese manufacturer QNAP published an alert urging its customers to secure their devices after a growing number of users reported that their devices have been hit by brute-force attacks. This week the Taiwanese vendor QNAP has published an alert urging users to secure their devices after a growing number of users reported that their devices […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2021
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the international press subscribe here. CISA releases CHIRP, a tool to detect SolarWinds malicious activity Microsoft Defender can now protect servers against ProxyLogon […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2021
According to a proposed executive order of the Biden administration, software vendors would have to disclose breaches to U.S. government users. The Reuters agency revealed that an executive order proposed by the Biden administration will oblige software vendors to notify their federal government customers in case they will suffer a security breach. The executive order […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 27, 2021
Clop ransomware operators now email victim’s customers and ask them to demand a ransom payment to protect their privacy to force victims into paying the ransom. Clop ransomware operators are switching to a new tactic to force victims into paying the ransom by emailing their customers and asking them to demand a ransom payment to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 27, 2021
Researchers spotted a sophisticated Android spyware that implements exfiltration capabilities and surveillance features, including recording audio and phone calls. Experts from security firm Zimperium have spotted a new sophisticated Android spyware that masquerades itself as a System Update application. The malware is able to collect system data, messages, images and take over the infected Android […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 27, 2021
Apple has released new out-of-band updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and watchOS to address another zeroâday flaw, tracked CVE-2021-1879, actively exploited. Apple has released a new set of out-of-band patches for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and watchOS to address a critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-1879, that is being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability resides […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2021
Several members of the German Parliament (Bundestag) and other members of the state parliament were hit by a targeted attack allegedly launched by Russia-linked hackers. German newspaper Der Spiegel revealed that email accounts of multiple members of the German Parliament (Bundestag) were targeted with a spearphishing attack. The messages were sent by threat actors to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2021
Accenture security researchers published an analysis of the latest Hades campaign, which is ongoing since at least December 2020. Accenture’s Cyber Investigation & Forensic Response (CIFR) and Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI) teams published an analysis of the latest campaign conducted by financially motivated threat group Hades which have been operating since at least December 2020. Experts discovered that threat actors targeted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2021
Solarwinds released security updates that address multiple vulnerabilities, including two flaws that be exploited by attackers for remote code execution. Solarwinds has released a major security update to address multiple security vulnerabilities affecting the Orion Platform, the one that was involved in the Solarwinds supply chain attack. The software vendors released the Orion Platform version 2020.2.5 […]
