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Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2021
A zero-day RCE in Cisco ASDM has yet to be fixed

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) Launcher disclosed in July has yet to be addressed. Cisco provided an update on a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability (CVE-2021-1585) in the Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) Launcher, the IT giant confirmed that the flaw has yet to be addressed. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2021
CVE-2021-20090 actively exploited to target millions of IoT devices worldwide

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass issue (CVE-2021-20090) affecting home routers with Arcadyan firmware. Threat actors actively exploit a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20090, impacting home routers with Arcadyan firmware to deploy a Mirai bot. “A path traversal vulnerability in the web interfaces of Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2 firmware version <= 1.02 and […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2021
RansomEXX ransomware hit computer manufacturer and distributor GIGABYTE

Taiwanese manufacturer and distributor of computer hardware GIGABYTE was a victim of the RansomEXX ransomware gang. RansomEXX ransomware gang hit the Taiwanese manufacturer and distributor of computer hardware GIGABYTE and claims to have stolen 112GB of data. At the time of this writing, the leak site of the RansomEXX gang dosn’t include the company name, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2021
RansomEXX ransomware leaks files stolen from Italian luxury brand Zegna

RansomEXX ransomware operators hit the popular Italian luxury fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna Holding and started leaking stolen files. Zegna is one of the most famous Italian luxury fashion houses. It was founded in 1910 by Ermenegildo Zegna in Trivero, Biella Province of the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. Ermenegildo Zegna Group is the largest menswear brand in the world by revenue. As of 2018, Ermenegildo Zegna […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2021
Ivanti fixed a critical code execution issue in Pulse Connect Secure VPN

Security firm Ivanti addressed a critical vulnerability in its Pulse Connect Secure VPN appliances that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. IT firm Ivanti released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in its Pulse Connect Secure VPN appliances. The most severe flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-22937 is a high-severity remote code execution […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2021
Conti Leak Indicators – What to block, in your SOC….

Security expert provided leak indicators for Conti ransomware operations that were recently disclosed by a disgruntled affiliate. An affiliate of the Conti RaaS has leaked the training material provided by the group to the customers of its RaaS, he also published the info about one of the operators. The Conti Ransomware operators offer their services to their […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2021
VMware addresses critical flaws in its products

VMware has addressed a critical vulnerability that affects multiple products that could be exploited to gain access to confidential information. VMware has released security updates to address multiple flaws in its products, including a critical issue that could allow an attacker to access confidential information. A couple of vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2021-22002 and CVE-2021-22003, impact Workspace […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2021
BlackMatter ransomware also targets VMware ESXi servers

BlackMatter gang rapidly evolves, the group has developed a Linux version that allows operators to targets VMware’s ESXi VM platform. The BlackMatter ransomware gang has implemented a Linux encryptor to targets VMware ESXi virtual machine platform. This is the last ransomware in order of time that is able to target VM platforms, some of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2021
Conti ransomware affiliate leaked gang’s training material and tools

An affiliate of the Conti RaaS has leaked the training material shared by the group with its network along with the info about one of the operators. An affiliate of the Conti RaaS has leaked the training material provided by the group to the customers of its RaaS, he also published the info about one […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2021
Cryptominer ELFs Using MSR to Boost Mining Process

The Uptycs Threat Research Team recently observed Golang-based worm dropping cryptominer binaries which use the MSR (Model Specific Register) driver.  By UPTYCS THREAT RESEARCH  Original research by Siddarth Sharma The Uptycs Threat Research Team recently observed Golang-based worm dropping cryptominer binaries which use the MSR (Model Specific Register) driver to disable hardware prefetchers and increase the speed of the mining […]