Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2022
Pro-Ukraine hackers are using Docker images to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a dozen Russian and Belarusian websites. Pro-Ukraine hackers, likely linked to Ukraine IT Army, are using Docker images to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a dozen websites belonging to government, military, and media. The DDoS attacks also targeted three Lithuanian media websites. The attacks were monitored by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2022
Researchers from Trellix linked multiple ransomware strains to the North Korea-backed APT38 group. The ransomware was employed in attacks on financial institutions, experts estimated that APT38 (Unit 180 of North Korea’s cyber-army Bureau 121) has stolen at hundreds of million dollars from banks worldwide. APT38 appears to be a North Korea-linked group separate from the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2022
A security researcher discovered that samples of Conti, REvil, LockBit ransomware were vulnerable to DLL hijacking. The security researcher John Page aka (hyp3rlinx) discovered that malware from multiple ransomware operations, including Conti, REvil, LockBit, AvosLocker, and Black Basta, are affected by flaws that could be exploited block file encryption. Page shared its findings through its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2022
China-linked Curious Gorge APT is targeting Russian government agencies, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that an APT group linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA SSF), tracked as Curious Gorge, is targeting Russian government agencies. The Google TAG team published a report focused on cybersecurity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2022
A vulnerability in the domain name system (DNS) component of the uClibc library impacts millions of IoT products. Nozomi Networks warns of a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-05-02, in the domain name system (DNS) component of the uClibc library which is used by a large number of IoT products. The flaw also affects DNS implementation of all versions of the uClibc-ng […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2022
A China-linked APT group, tracked as Moshen Dragon, is exploiting antivirus products to target the telecom sector in Asia. A China-linked APT group, tracked as Moshen Dragon, has been observed targeting the telecommunication sector in Central Asia with ShadowPad and PlugX malware, SentinelOne warns. Both PlugX and ShadowPad malware are very common among China-linked cyberespionage […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2022
A new APT group, tracked as UNC3524, uses IP cameras to deploy backdoors and steal Microsoft Exchange emails. Mandiant researchers discovered a new APT group, tracked as UNC3524, that heavily targets the emails of employees that focus on corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, and large corporate transactions. Once gained initial access to the target systems, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2022
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is working on a tool to conduct a dynamic analysis of packages uploaded to popular open-source repositories. The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) announced the release of the first version of a new tool, dubbed Package Analysis, to perform dynamic analysis of the packages uploaded to popular open-source repositories. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2022
The car rental company Sixt announced it was hit by a cyberattack that is causing temporary business disruptions at customer care centers and selective branches. The car rental company Sixt detected IT anomalies on April 29th, 2022 and immediately activated the incident response procedures. Later, the company confirmed that it was hit by a cyber-attack […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2022
The REvil ransomware gang has resumed its operations, experts found a new encryptor and a new attack infrastructure. The REvil ransomware operation shut down in October 2021, in January the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced to have shut down the REvil ransomware gang, the group that is behind a long string of attacks against large organizations, such as Kaseya and JBS […]
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