Vladimir Krasnogolovy, Author at Gridinsoft Blog

Europe’s largest private hospital operator Fresenius attacked with Snake ransomware

Fresenius, Europe’s largest private hospital operator and major provider of products and services for dialysis, was affected during Snake ransomware cyberattack. According to KrebsOnSecurity sources, the incident disrupted some systems, but care for the patients continues. Germany-based Fresenius company includes four independent companies: Fresenius Medical Care, a leading provider of services for people with kidney… Continue reading Europe’s largest private hospital operator Fresenius attacked with Snake ransomware

Techno giant Jio disclosed data of people tested for COVID-19

Recently, India’s technology giant Jio, partly acquired by Facebook, has disclosed the confidential data of people, tested for COVID-19. In March of this year, Jio released a service that allows users to identify COVID-19 symptoms with their phone or website. “The service was launched in March, right before India’s nationwide lockdown was announced, and allowed… Continue reading Techno giant Jio disclosed data of people tested for COVID-19

Hackers Attacked Ghost Blogging Platform and LineageOS Servers Using Salt Vulnerabilities

According to the development team of the Ghost blogging platform, hackers attacked it using the Authentication bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-11651) and directory bypass (CVE-2020-11652) vulnerabilities in Salt in order to gain control over the main server. Currently underway is a large-scale malicious campaign, during which were hacked systems of various companies. Cybercriminals actively scan the Network… Continue reading Hackers Attacked Ghost Blogging Platform and LineageOS Servers Using Salt Vulnerabilities

Trump declared a state of emergency due to cyberattacks on US energy systems

Last Friday, President Trump declared a state of emergency in the country due to cyberattacks on the US energy system. Now he is taking steps to protect the energy system from cyberattacks and foreign interference. The order prohibits the use of electrical equipment that was produced by the company under the control of a foreign… Continue reading Trump declared a state of emergency due to cyberattacks on US energy systems

IS researcher discovered a critical vulnerability in GitLab

IS researcher William Bowling made $20,000 by discovering a critical vulnerability in GitLab. The bug allowed achieving the execution of arbitrary code or stealing confidential data from the server. Bowling exposed the vulnerability in March 2020. Then the expert noticed that an attacker could get arbitrary files from the server while moving the issue from… Continue reading IS researcher discovered a critical vulnerability in GitLab

Google experts talked about vulnerabilities in Apple operating systems

Google Project Zero specialists discovered and described many vulnerabilities in Apple’s operating systems. For example, they are part of the Image I/O framework, which is used for parsing images and is part of iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS. Overall were identified 14 vulnerabilities, six of which directly affect Apple Image I/O, and eight more problems… Continue reading Google experts talked about vulnerabilities in Apple operating systems

Grandoreiro Banker Spreads Through Fake Coronavirus Videos

ESET analysts warned about surge in the activity of the banking Trojan Grandoreiro amid COVID-19 pandemic. The bunker is distributed through fake coronavirus videos. Experts report that Grandoreiro, previously written in Delphi, was distributed mainly through spam, through fake messages about the need to update Java or Flash. “We have seen Grandoreiro being distributed solely… Continue reading Grandoreiro Banker Spreads Through Fake Coronavirus Videos

End of an era: Twitter disabled SMS in most countries

Twitter said it disabled option of using SMS with the text of new tweets last week due to security issues. The function was disabled in all countries, except for “several” (which is not specified), where it is especially actively used. “We’ve seen vulnerabilities with SMS, so we’ve turned off our Twitter via SMS service, except… Continue reading End of an era: Twitter disabled SMS in most countries

Sindhi Language Symbols Disable iPhone and iPad

Users found that a messages with certain characters in the Sindhi language symbols (used primarily in India and Pakistan) disable OS 13.4.1 and crash the iPhone and iPad. A “text bomb” will affect the operation of the device, even if the user simply received a notification from Messages or WhatsApp, or from social networks (for… Continue reading Sindhi Language Symbols Disable iPhone and iPad

Criminals hacked more than 60 ad servers to distribute malware

Confiant experts found that in the past nine months (since August 2019), unknown criminals have hacked more than 60 ad servers in order to inject their malicious ads onto a wide variety of sites. As a result, visitors of such resources are redirected to sites with the download of malware. This campaign is called Tag… Continue reading Criminals hacked more than 60 ad servers to distribute malware