Author: enrico

Samas Ransomware Uses Active Directory to Infect Entire Networks

Samas Ransomware Uses Active Directory for Reconnaissance and Spreads Across the Entire Network to Encrypt Files on Every Server and Computer
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Middle East Governments Targeted With RanRan Ransomware

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks have come across a new piece of ransomware that has been used in targeted attacks aimed at multiple government organizations in the Middle East. Instead of asking for money, the attackers behind this campaign instruct victims to make a political statement on their website.
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CIA Responds to WikiLeaks Hacking Tool Dump

CIA: We Are Innovative but We Don’t Spy on Fellow Americans
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Automated Next Gen Cybersecurity Will be Based on Intent

Implementing Intent-based Network Security (IBNS) Takes Planning, Consideration, and Incremental Implementation
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Apple, Google Say Users Protected Against CIA Exploits

Apple and Google are confident that a majority of the vulnerabilities disclosed by WikiLeaks as part of the “Vault 7” release, which focuses on the hacking tools allegedly used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), do not affect the latest versions of their products.
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Several Flaws Found in Navetti Pricing Product

Researchers at SEC Consult have discovered several potentially serious vulnerabilities in a popular pricing solution from Sweden-based company Navetti. The vendor has released a software update that patches the flaws.
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Apache Struts Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

A high severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting the Apache Struts 2 framework has been exploited in the wild, warns Cisco’s Talos intelligence and research group.
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1 in 5 Websites Still Use SHA-1: Report

While most certificate authorities (CAs) haven’t been issuing certificates using the SHA-1 cryptographic hash function for more than two months, 1 in 5 websites worldwide still use such certificates, according to analysis by security firm Venafi.
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Firefox 52 Warns of Login Fields on Insecure Pages

Released this week, the latest version of the Firefox Web browser warns users when they are entering their passwords on pages that are not secure.
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