Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2021
Group-IB published a report titled âRansomware Uncovered 2020-2021â. analyzes ransomware landscape in 2020 and TTPs of major threat actors. Group-IB, a global threat hunting and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company, has presented its new report âRansomware Uncovered 2020-2021â. The research dives deep into the global ransomware outbreak in 2020 and analyzes major playersâ TTPs (tactics, techniques, and procedures). By […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2021
Microsoft released emergency out-of-band security updates for all supported Microsoft Exchange versions that fix four zero-day flaws. Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) in all supported Microsoft Exchange versions that are actively exploited in the wild. The IT giant reported that at least one […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2021
Recorded Future researchers uncovered a campaign conducted by Chinese APT41 group targeting critical infrastructure in India. Security researchers at Recorded Future have spotted a suspected Chinese APT actor targeting critical infrastructure operators in India. The list of targets includes power plants, electricity distribution centers, and seaports in the country. The attacks surged while relations between […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 26, 2021
The Chinese hacking group, tracked as TA413, used a malicious Firefox add-on in a cyberespionage campaign aimed at Tibetans. China-linked cyberespionage group TA413 targeted Tibetan organizations across the world using a malicious Firefox add-on, dubbed FriarFox, that allowed them to steal Gmail and Firefox browser data and deliver malware on infected systems. “We attribute this […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 25, 2021
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group has targeted the defense industry with the custom-backdoor dubbed ThreatNeedle since 2020. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group has targeted the defense industry with the backdoor dubbed ThreatNeedle since early 2020. The state-sponsored hackers targeted organizations from more than a dozen countries. The experts discovered the custom backdoor while investigating an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 24, 2021
Ukraine ‘s government attributes a cyberattack on the government document management system to a Russia-linked APT group. The Ukraine ‘s government blames a Russia-linked APT group for an attack on a government document management system, the System of Electronic Interaction of Executive Bodies (SEI EB). According to Ukrainian officials, the hackers aimed at disseminating malicious […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 23, 2021
FireEye experts linked a series of attacks targeting Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) servers to the cybercrime group UNC2546, aka FIN11. Security experts from FireEye linked a series of cyber attacks against organizations running Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) servers to the cybercrime group UNC2546, aka FIN11. “Starting in mid-December 2020, malicious actors that Mandiant […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 22, 2021
The Chinese APT group had access to an NSA Equation Group, NSA hacking tool and used it years before it was leaked online by Shadow Brokers group. Check Point Research team discovered that China-linked APT31 group (aka Zirconium.) used a tool dubbed Jian, which is a clone of NSA Equation Group ‘s “EpMe” hacking tool years […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2021
The US DOJ charged three members of the North Korea-linked Lazarus Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group. The U.S. Justice Department indicted three North Korean military intelligence officials, members of the Lazarus APT group, for their involvement in cyber-attacks, including the theft of $1.3 billion in money and crypto-currency from organizations around the globe. The indictment […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2021
French software firm Centreon announced this week that the recently disclosed supply chain attack did not impact its paid customers. The French security agency ANSSI recently warned of a series of attacks targeting Centreon monitoring software used by multiple French organizations and attributes them to the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group. The first attack spotted by ANSSI experts dates […]
