Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2023
The threat actors behind a massive AdSense fraud campaign infected 10,890 WordPress sites since September 2022. In November 2022, researchers from security firm Sucuri reported to have tracked a surge in WordPress malware redirecting website visitors to fake Q&A sites via ois[.]is. The experts were tracking the campaign since September 2022, the campaign’s end goal was black […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2023
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for February 2023 addressed 75 flaws, including three actively exploited zero-day bugs. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for February 2023 fixed 75 vulnerabilities in multiple products, including Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components; Exchange Server; .NET Core and Visual Studio Code; 3D Builder and Print 3D; Microsoft […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2023
Threat actors published more than 451 unique malware-laced Python packages on the official Python Package Index (PyPI) repository. Phylum researchers spotted more than 451 unique Python packages on the official Python Package Index (PyPI) repository in an attempt to deliver clipper malware on the developer systems. According to the experts, the activity is still ongoing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2023
Tor Project maintainers revealed that for at least 7 months, the Tor network was hit by several different waves of ongoing DDoS attacks. During the last months Tor users have experienced Tor network performance issues lately, Tor Project maintainers explained that they were caused by different waves of ongoing DDoS attacks. Tor Project’s Executive Director […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2023
Cloudflare mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) that reached 71 Million requests per second. Cloudflare announced it has mitigated a record hyper-volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at over 71 million requests per second (RPS). The company pointed out that this is the largest reported HTTP distributed denial-of-service attack on record, the volume was more […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2023
Apple has released emergency security updates to fix a new actively exploited zero-day vulnerability that impacts iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Apple has released emergency security updates to address a new actively exploited zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-23529, that impacts iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The flaw is a type confusion issue in WebKit that was addressed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2023
Alleged Russian threat actors have been targeting cryptocurrency users in Eastern Europe with Enigma info-stealing malware. A malware campaign conducted by alleged Russian threat actors has been targeting users in Eastern European in the crypto industry. The attackers are sending out emails with fake job opportunities as bait in an attempt to trick victims into […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 13, 2023
Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on NATO servers, including the NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ) website. Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on NATO sites, including the NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ) website. The attack was confirmed by NATO, while the hacker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 13, 2023
The Ali’s Justice (Edalat-e Ali) hacker group broke into the State TV broadcast during the President’s speech on Revolution Day. A collective of hackers that calls itself Ali’s Justice (Edalat-e Ali) disrupted the transmission of an Iranian State TV and radio station and aired the slogan “Death to Khamenei” asking Iranians to withdraw their money […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2023
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology was breached on Sunday by a new anti-Israel threat actor calling itself DarkBit. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is Israel’s top technology research university and a leading center for cyber security education. A new anti-Israel threat actor calling itself DarkBit is claiming responsibility for the ransomware attack that breached the […]
