Pierluigi Paganini
April 11, 2023
Yum! Brands, the company that owns the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands, disclosed a data breach after the January ransomware attack. On January 13, 2023, Yum! Brands suffered a cyberattack that forced the company to take its systems offline closing roughly 300 restaurants in the UK for one day. Now the company, which owns the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 11, 2023
Apple released updates to backport patches addressing two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in older iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Apple has released emergency updates to backport security patches that address two actively exploited zero-day flaws also affecting older iPhones, iPads, and Macs. On April 7, 2023, Apple has released emergency security updates to address two actively exploited zero-day […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 11, 2023
A cyber attack paralyzed the water controllers for irrigating fields in the Jordan Valley that are operated by the Galil Sewage Corporation. A cyberattack blocked several controllers for irrigating fields in the Jordan Valley. The systems operated by the Galil Sewage Corporation monitor the irrigation process and wastewater treatment in the Jordan Valley. The company experts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2023
US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two flaws in iPhones, Macs, and iPads to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added the following five new issues to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog: This week Apple has released emergency security updates to address the above actively exploited zero-day […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2023
Belgian HR giant SD Worx was forced to shut down its IT infrastructure for its UK and Ireland services after a cyber attack. HR and payroll management firm SD Worx shut down its IT systems for its UK and Ireland services after a cyber attack. The company employs more than 7,000Â HR professionals and serves over […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2023
Sophos addressed three vulnerabilities in Sophos Web Appliance, including a critical flaw that can lead to code execution. Cybersecurity vendor Sophos addressed three vulnerabilities in Sophos Web Appliance, including a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-1671 (CVSS score of 9.8), that can lead to code execution. The CVE-2023-1671 flaw is a pre-auth command injection issue that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2023
Iran-linked APT group MERCURY is behind destructive attacks on hybrid environments masquerading as a ransomware operation. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team observed a series of destructive attacks on hybrid environments that were carried out by MuddyWater APT group (aka MERCURY). Threat actors masqueraded the attacks as a standard ransomware operation. MERCURY (aka MuddyWater, SeedWorm and TEMP.Zagros) has been active since […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2023
Samsung employees have unwittingly leaked top secret data by providing them to the popular chatbot service ChatGPT. Samsung employees have shared internal documents, including meeting notes and source code, with the popular chatbot service ChatGPT. ChatGPT uses data provided by the users to train itself and build its experience, with the risk that this data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2023
The development team behind the vm2 JavaScript sandbox library addressed a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability. The developers behind the vm2 JavaScript sandbox module have addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-29017Â (CVSS score 9.8), that could be exploited to execute arbitrary shellcode. vm2 is a sandbox that can run untrusted code in an isolated context […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2023
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Â CISA adds Veritas Backup Exec flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Apple addressed two actively exploited zero-day flaws MSI confirms security breach after Money Message ransomware attack […]
