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Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2022

LockBit 3.0 gang claims to have stolen data from Thales

The ransomware group LockBit 3.0 claimed to have stolen data from the French defence and technology group Thales. Thales is a global high-tech leader with more than 81,000 employees worldwide. The Group invests in digital and deep tech innovations – big data, artificial intelligence, connectivity, cybersecurity and quantum – to build a future of trust, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2022

Ransomware activity and network access sales in Q3 2022

Ransomware activity report: Threat actors are selling access to hundreds of organizations, with a cumulative requested price of around $4M. Research published by threat intelligence firm KELA related to ransomware activity in Q3 reveals a stable activity in the sector of initial access sales, but experts observed a rise in the value of the offerings. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2022

Samsung Galaxy Store flaw could have allowed installing malicious apps on target devices

A security flaw in the Galaxy Store app for Samsung devices could have potentially allowed remote command execution on affected phones. A now-patched vulnerability in the Galaxy Store app for Samsung devices could have potentially triggered remote command execution on affected phones. The flaw is a cross-site scripting (XSS) bug that can be triggered when […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2022

VMware warns of the public availability of CVE-2021-39144 exploit code

VMware warned of the availability of a public exploit for a recently addressed critical remote code execution flaw in NSX Data Center for vSphere (NSX-V). VMware warned of the existence of a public exploit targeting a recently addressed critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-39144 (CVSS score of 9.8), in NSX Data Center for […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2022

Actively exploited Windows Mark-of-the-Web zero-day received an unofficial patch

An unofficial patch for an actively exploited flaw in Microsoft Windows that allows to bypass Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) protections. 0patch released an unofficial patch to address an actively exploited security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that could allow bypassing Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) protections by using files signed with malformed signatures. The issue affects all supported and multiple legacy […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2022

Wannacry, the hybrid malware that brought the world to its knees

Reflecting on the Wannacry ransomware attack, which is the lesson learnt e why most organizations are still ignoring it. In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2022

Snatch group claims to have hacked military provider HENSOLDT France

The Snatch ransomware group claims to have hacked HENSOLDT France, a company specializing in military and defense electronics. The Snatch ransomware group claims to have hacked the French company HENSOLDT France. HENSOLDT is a company specializing in military and defense electronics. HENSOLDT France offers a wide range of critical electronics solutions, products and services for the aeronautical, defence, energy and transport sectors, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2022

GitHub flaw could have allowed attackers to takeover repositories of other users

A critical flaw in the cloud-based repository hosting service GitHub could’ve allowed attackers to takeover other repositories. The cloud-based repository hosting service GitHub has addressed a vulnerability that could have been exploited by threat actors to takeover the repositories of other users. The vulnerability was discovered by Checkmarx that called the attack technique RepoJacking. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2022

Malicious dropper apps on Play Store totaled 30.000+ installations

ThreatFabric researchers discovered five malicious dropper apps on Google Play Store with more than 130,000 downloads. Researchers at ThreatFabric have discovered five malicious dropper apps on the official Google Play Store. The malicious dropper apps are designed to deliver banking trojans, such as SharkBot and Vultur, that already totaled over 130,000 installations. “Droppers on Google Play went […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2022

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss ‘s phone was allegedly hacked by Russian spies

According to the Daily Mail, Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss ‘s personal phone was hacked by Russian spies. The personal mobile phone of British Prime Minister Liz Truss was hacked by cyber spies suspected of working for the Kremlin, the Daily Mail reported. According to the British tabloid, the cyber-spies are believed to have […]

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