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Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2019
CVE-2019-0803 Windows flaw exploited to deliver PowerShell Backdoor

A recently fixed local privilege escalation flaw in windows (CVE-2019-0803) had been exploited by bad actors to deliver PowerShell Backdoor. April 2019 Patch Tuesday security updates addressed a local privilege escalation flaw in Windows operating system, tracked as CVE-2019-0859 that had been exploited by threat actors to deliver a PowerShell backdoor. The flaw could allow […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2019
Zero-day in popular Yuzo Related Posts WordPress Plugin exploited in the wild

According to experts a vulnerability in the popular WordPress plugin Yuzo Related Posts is exploited by attackers to redirect users to malicious sites. The XSS flaw allows attackers to inject a JavaScript into the sites that redirect visitors to websites displaying scams, including tech support scams, and sites promoting unwanted software. The Yuzo Related Posts […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2019
Microsoft April 2019 Patch Tuesday fixes Windows 0days under attack

Microsoft Patches Windows Privilege Escalation Flaws Exploited in Attacks Microsoft has released its April 2019 Patch Tuesday updates that address over 70 vulnerabilities, including two Windows zero-day flaws. Microsoft has released the April 2019 Patch Tuesday updates that address 74 vulnerabilities, including two Windows zero-days under active attack. April 2019 Patch Tuesday security updates resolve […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2019
Expert disclosed two Zero-Day flaws in Microsoft browsers

The 20-year-old security researcher James Lee publicly disclosed details and proof-of-concept exploits for two zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft web browsers. The expert opted to disclose the flaw after the tech giant allegedly failed to address the zero-day issues privately he reported.The researcher reported the issues to Microsoft ten months ago, but the company did not […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2019
WordPress Social Warfare plugin zero-day exploited in attacks

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Social Warfare installations (v3.5.1 and v3.5.2) is actively exploited to add malicious redirects. The vulnerability in the WordPress plugin has been fixed with the release of the 3.5.3 version of the plugin. Vulnerable versions of the Social Warfare plugin are currently installed on more than 70,000 websites. The plugin […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2019
Pwn2Own 2019 Day 1 – participants hacked Apple, Oracle, VMware products

Pwn2Own 2019 hacking competition is started and participants hacked Apple Safari browser, Oracle VirtualBox and VMware Workstation on the first day. As you know I always cover results obtained by white hat hackers at hacking competitions, for this reason, today I’ll share with you the results of the first day of the Pwn2Own 2019. Pwn2Own […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2019
Experts published details of the actively exploited CVE-2019-0808 Windows Flaw

Experts from Qihoo 360 disclosed technical details of the actively exploited Windows zero-day flaw CVE-2019-0808 recently patched by Microsoft. Researchers at the security firm Qihoo 360 disclosed technical details of the zero-day vulnerability CVE-2019-0808 that was recently patched by Microsoft. The vulnerability was reported to Microsoft by researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group that observed […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2019
A few binary planting 0-days for Windows

While we were thinking about a way to escalate privileges during a pen-test, we discovered that most Windows installations were vulnerable to binary planting. A long time ago, while we were thinking about a way to escalate privileges during a pen-test, we discovered that most Windows installations were vulnerable to binary planting. We contacted Microsoft, but […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2019
CVE-2019-0797 Windows Zero-Day exploited by FruityArmor and SandCat APT Groups

One of the zero-day flaws (CVE-2019-0797) patched this week by Microsoft has been exploited in targeted attacks by several threats groups, including FruityArmor and SandCat APT groups. This week, Microsoft released Patch Tuesday security updates for March 2019 that address 64 flaws, including two Windows zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in targeted attacks. One of the flaws, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2019
Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2019 patches two Windows flaws exploited in targeted attacks

Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2019 address 64 flaws, including two Windows zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in targeted attacks. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2019 address 64 vulnerabilities, including two Windows zero-day flaws that have been exploited in targeted attacks. Four of the vulnerabilities addressed by Microsoft were publicly disclosed before fixes were released, […]