Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2021
French intel found flaws in Bluetooth Core and Mesh specs

Attackers could exploit a set of Bluetooth vulnerabilities, affecting the Core and Mesh Profile specifications, to conduct man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks. Researchers at the french intelligence agency ANSSI discovered multiple flaws in the Bluetooth Core and Mesh Profile specifications that could be used to impersonate legitimate devices during the pairing process and conduct man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks while within wireless range of vulnerable devices. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2021
Zeppelin ransomware gang is back after a temporary pause

Operators behind the Zeppelin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) have resumed their operations after a temporary interruption. Researchers from BleepingComputer reported that operators behind the Zeppelin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), aka Buran, have resumed their operations after a temporary interruption. Unlike other ransomware, Zeppelin operators do not steal data from the victims and don’t run a leak site. Zeppelin ransomware […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2021
13 flaws in Nagios IT Monitoring Software pose serious risk to orgs

Researchers disclosed details about 13 vulnerabilities in the Nagios network monitoring application that could be exploited for malicious purposes. Cybersecurity researchers from Skylight Cyber disclosed technical details about 13 vulnerabilities in the Nagios network monitoring application that could be exploited by threat actors to hijack the infrastructure. Nagios is an open-source IT infrastructure monitoring and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2021
Anker fixed an issue that caused access to Eufy video camera feeds to random users

A misconfiguration issue in the software used by the Eufy video camera exposed private information and video streams of customers. Chinese electronics vendor Anker has recently addressed a bug that mistakenly exposed private information and video streams of customers using its Eufy video cameras. The issue was caused by a misconfiguration, but the vendor told […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2021
CVE-2021-31166 Windows HTTP flaw also impacts WinRM servers

The wormable CVE-2021-31166 vulnerability in the HTTP Protocol Stack of the Windows IIS server also affects WinRM on Windows 10 and Server systems. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2021 security updates addressed 55 vulnerabilities in Microsoft including a critical HTTP Protocol Stack Remote Code Execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-31166. The flaw could be exploited by an unauthenticated […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2021
A malware attack hit the Alaska Health Department

The Alaska health department website was forced offline by a malware attack, officials are investigating the incident. The website of the Alaska health department was forced offline this week by a malware attack. Local authorities launched an investigation into the attack, at the time of this writing, they did not provide details about the intrusion. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2021
Foreign hackers breached Russian federal agencies, said FSB

FSB National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTsKI) revealed that foreign hackers have breached networks of Russian federal agencies. A joint report published by Rostelecom-Solar and the FSB National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTsKI) revealed that foreign hackers have stolen information from Russian federal agencies. The attacks were spotted in 2020, threat actors leveraged […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2021
Conti Ransomware hit 16 US health and emergency Services, said FBI

Conti ransomware targeted over 400 organizations worldwide, 290 in the US, and at least 16 healthcare and first responder networks. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that the Conti ransomware gang has hit at least 16 healthcare and first responder organizations. According to a flash alert issued by the FBI over 400 organizations worldwide […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2021
Air India suffered a data breach, 4.5 million customers impacted

Air India disclosed a data breach that impacted roughly 4.5 million of its customers, two months after its Passenger Service System provider SITA was hacked. Air India has disclosed a data breach that impacted 4.5 million of its customers, exposed data includes the personal information of customers registered between August. 26, 2011 and February. 3, 2021. Customers’ […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 21, 2021
Report: how cybercriminals abuse API keys to steal millions

CyberNews researchers found that crooks could abuse cryptocurrency exchange API keys and steal cryptocurrencies. Original post available here: https://cybernews.com/security/report-how-cybercriminals-abuse-api-keys-to-steal-millions/ CyberNews researchers found that cybercriminals are able to abuse cryptocurrency exchange API keys and steal cryptocurrencies from their victims’ accounts without being granted withdrawal rights. At the same time, more than $1,000,000 in cryptocurrency is being […]