Pierluigi Paganini
December 18, 2021
A cyber attack hit four affiliated online sports gear sites and resulted in the theft of credit cards for 1,813,224 customers. Threat actors have stolen credit cards belonging to 1,813,224 customers of four affiliated online sports gear sites. Below are the affected websites: Tackle Warehouse LLCÂ (tacklewarehouse.com) â Fishing gear Running Warehouse LLCÂ (runningwarehouse.com) â Running apparel […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 17, 2021
The Conti ransomware gang is the first ransomware operation exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability to target VMware vCenter Servers. Conti ransomware gang is the first professional race that leverages Log4Shell exploit to compromise VMware vCenter Server installs. The ransomware group used the exploit to target internal devices that are not protected. Conti operators run a private Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 17, 2021
VMware released security patches for a critical server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Workspace ONE UEM console. VMware has addressed a critical server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-22054, in the Workspace ONE UEM console. An attacker with network access to UEM could exploit the vulnerability to access sensitive data in the management console. An […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 17, 2021
Experts reported the resurgence of the Phorpiex botnet, in one year it allowed to steal crypto assets worth of half a million dollars. Experts at Check Point Research have monitored the resurgence of the Phorpiex botnet, an old threat that was involved in sextortion spam campaigns, crypto-jacking, cryptocurrency clipping (substituting the original wallet address saved in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 17, 2021
Tens of thousands of devices worldwide, including many industrial control systems (ICS), have been hit by the PseudoManuscrypt spyware. Kaspersky researchers reported that tens of thousands of devices belonging to industrial and government organizations worldwide have been hit by the PseudoManuscrypt spyware. The name PseudoManuscrypt comes from the similarities with the Manuscrypt malware used by the North Korea-linked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 16, 2021
The ImControllerService service of Lenovo laptops is affected by a privilege elevation bug that can allow to execute commands with admin privileges. Lenovo laptops, including ThinkPad and Yoga families, are affected by a privilege elevation issues that resides in the ImControllerService service allowing attackers to execute commands with admin privileges. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2021-3922 and CVE-2021-3969, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 16, 2021
Experts warn that threat actors are actively attempting to exploit a second bug disclosed in the popular Log4j logging library. American web infrastructure and website security company Cloudflare warns that threat actors are actively attempting to exploit a second vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-45046, disclosed in the Log4j library. The CVE-2021-45046 received a CVSS score of 3.7 and affects […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 16, 2021
Nation-state actors from China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey are attempting to exploit the Log4Shell vulnerability to in attacks in the wild. Microsoft researchers reported that Nation-state actors from China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey are now abusing the Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) in the Log4J library in their campaigns. Some of the groups exploiting the vulnerability are China-linked Hafnium and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 16, 2021
Threat actors are using a malicious Internet Information Services (IIS) Server module, dubbed Owowa, to steal Microsoft Exchange credentials. Kaspersky researchers spotted malicious actors while deploying a previously undiscovered binary, an Internet Information Services (IIS) webserver module dubbed “Owowa,” on Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access servers to steal credentials and for remote code execution. “Owowa […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 15, 2021
While investigating a data breach suffered by a healthcare organization, FBI accidentally revealed that it believes that the HelloKitty ransomware gang operates out of Ukraine. The investigation conducted by FBI on a recent data breach suffered by an Oregon healthcare organization lead to the accidental revelation that the FBI believes that the HelloKitty ransomware gang […]
