Security News

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2022
Fortinet fixed 16 vulnerabilities, 6 rated as high severity

Fortinet addressed 16 vulnerabilities in some of the company’s products, six flaws received a ‘high’ severity rate. One of the high-severity issues is a persistent XSS, tracked as CVE-2022-38374, in Log pages of FortiADC. The root cause of the issue is an improper neutralization of input during web page generation vulnerability [CWE-79] in FortiADC. A […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2022
4 Malicious apps on Play Store totaled +1M downloads

Four malicious Android apps uploaded by the same developer to Google Play totaled at least one million downloads. Malwarebytes researchers discovered four malicious apps uploaded by the same developer (Mobile apps Group) to the official Google Play. The apps are infected with the Android/Trojan.HiddenAds.BTGTHB malware, the apps totaled at least one million downloads. Below is […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2022
SandStrike, a previously undocumented Android malware targets a Persian-speaking religion minority

Threat actors are using previously undocumented Android spyware, dubbed SandStrike, to spy on a Persian-speaking religion minority. In Q3 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a previously undocumented Android spyware, dubbed SandStrike, employed in an espionage campaign targeting the Persian-speaking religion minority, Baháʼí. The threat actors were distributing a VPN app embedding a highly sophisticated spyware. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2022
Dropbox discloses unauthorized access to 130 GitHub source code repositories

Dropbox disclosed a security breach, threat actors gained unauthorized access to 130 of its source code repositories on GitHub. File hosting service Dropbox announced that threat actors gained unauthorized access to 130 of its source code repositories on GitHub. According to the advisory published by Dropbox, the company was the target of a phishing campaign […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2022
OpenSSL fixed two high-severity vulnerabilities

The OpenSSL project fixed two high-severity flaws in its cryptography library that can trigger a DoS condition or achieve remote code execution. The OpenSSL project has issued security updates to address a couple of high-severity vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-3602 and CVE-2022-3786, in its cryptography library. The flaws impact versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.6 of the library. The OpenSSL software […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2022
LockBit 3.0 gang claims to have stolen data from Thales

The ransomware group LockBit 3.0 claimed to have stolen data from the French defence and technology group Thales. Thales is a global high-tech leader with more than 81,000 employees worldwide. The Group invests in digital and deep tech innovations – big data, artificial intelligence, connectivity, cybersecurity and quantum – to build a future of trust, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2022
Ransomware activity and network access sales in Q3 2022

Ransomware activity report: Threat actors are selling access to hundreds of organizations, with a cumulative requested price of around $4M. Research published by threat intelligence firm KELA related to ransomware activity in Q3 reveals a stable activity in the sector of initial access sales, but experts observed a rise in the value of the offerings. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2022
Actively exploited Windows Mark-of-the-Web zero-day received an unofficial patch

An unofficial patch for an actively exploited flaw in Microsoft Windows that allows to bypass Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) protections. 0patch released an unofficial patch to address an actively exploited security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that could allow bypassing Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) protections by using files signed with malformed signatures. The issue affects all supported and multiple legacy […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2022
Wannacry, the hybrid malware that brought the world to its knees

Reflecting on the Wannacry ransomware attack, which is the lesson learnt e why most organizations are still ignoring it. In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2022
Snatch group claims to have hacked military provider HENSOLDT France

The Snatch ransomware group claims to have hacked HENSOLDT France, a company specializing in military and defense electronics. The Snatch ransomware group claims to have hacked the French company HENSOLDT France. HENSOLDT is a company specializing in military and defense electronics. HENSOLDT France offers a wide range of critical electronics solutions, products and services for the aeronautical, defence, energy and transport sectors, […]