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Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2022
A critical RCE vulnerability affects SonicWall Firewall appliances

SonicWall released security updates to address a remote code execution vulnerability that affects multiple firewall appliances. SonicWall has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-22274) that impacts multiple firewall appliances that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The CVE-2022-22274 is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2022
CISA and DoE warns of attacks targeting UPS devices

The US CISA and the Department of Energy issued guidance on mitigating attacks against uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Energy published joint guidance on mitigating cyber attacks against uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices. The US agencies warn of threat actors gaining access to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2022
Lapsus$ extortion gang claims to have hacked IT Giant Globant

The Lapsus$ extortion group claims to have hacked IT giant Globant and leaked tens of gigabytes of stolen data. The Lapsus$ extortion group claims to have hacked IT giant Globant and leaked roughly 70 Gb of stolen data. The gang claims that the company has implemented poor security practices that allowed them to hack their […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2022
Threat actors actively exploit recently fixed Sophos firewall bug

Cybersecurity firm Sophos warned that the recently addressed CVE-2022-1040 flaw in Sophos Firewall is actively exploited in attacks. Sophos has recently fixed an authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-1040, that resides in the User Portal and Webadmin areas of Sophos Firewall. The CVE-2022-1040 flaw received a CVSS score of 9.8 and impacts Sophos Firewall versions 18.5 MR3 (18.5.3) and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2022
$625M stolen from Axie Infinity ‘s Ronin bridge, the largest ever crypto hack

Threat actors have stolen approximately $625 million worth of Ethereum and USDC tokens from Axie Infinity ‘s Ronin network bridge. Threat actors have stolen almost $625 million in Ethereum and USDC (a U.S. dollar pegged stablecoin) tokens from Axie Infinity’s Ronin network bridge. The attack took place on March 23rd, but the cyber heist was […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2022
Compromised WordPress sites launch DDoS on Ukrainian websites

Threat actors compromised WordPress sites to deploy a script that was used to launch DDoS attacks, when they are visited, on Ukrainian websites. MalwareHunterTeam researchers discovered the malicious script on a compromised WordPress site, when the users were visiting the website the script launched a DDoS attack against ten Ukrainian sites. The JavaScript was designed […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2022
What is credential stuffing? And how to prevent it?

This post explains what is a credential stuffing attack and which are the countermeasures to prevent them. A credential stuffing attempt can be caught as a behavioral anomaly – if you’re looking. Earmarked by the FBI as a particular threat to the financial service industry just over a year ago, the increase of internet traffic, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2022
Ukrtelecom, a major mobile service and internet provider in Ukraine, foiled a “massive” cyberattack that hit its infrastructure

Ukrtelecom, a major mobile service and internet provider in Ukraine, foiled a “massive” cyberattack that hit its infrastructure. On March 29, 2022, a massive cyber attack caused a major internet disruption across Ukraine on national provider Ukrtelecom. According to global internet monitor service NetBlock, real-time network data showed connectivity collapsed to 13% of pre-war levels. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2022
Anonymous is working on a huge data dump that will blow Russia away

The Anonymous collective hacked the Russian construction company Rostproekt and announced a leak that will Blow Russia Away.  Anonymous continues its offensive against Russia, the collective announced the hack of the Russian construction company Rostproekt and announced a leak that will blow Russia away. Link to the stolen data from the company have been published […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2022
Hive ransomware ports its encryptor to Rust programming language

The Hive ransomware gang ported its encryptor to the Rust programming language and implemented new features. The Hive ransomware operation has developed a Rust version of their encryptor and added new features to prevent curious from snooping on the victim’s ransom negotiations. According to BleepingComputer, which focused on Linux VMware ESXi encryptor, the Hive ransomware […]