Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2022
The latest executive order from the Italian ACN agency recommends government agencies to replace Group IB solutions with alternatives as a diversification measure. The latest executive order from the Italian ACN agency advised to replace solutions from Group-IB, a Russian-led cybersecurity firm, on alternatives in the government sector, including 2 other companies – Kaspersky Labs […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2022
IoT gizmos make our lives easier, but we forget that these doohickeys are IP endpoints that act as mini-radios. They continuously send and receive data via the internet and can be the easiest way for a hacker to access your home network. IoT devices can spy on people, steal data, or bring down vast swathes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2022
Russia-linked APT29 (Cozy Bear or Nobelium) launched a spear-phishing campaign targeting diplomats and government entities. In mid-January 2022, security researchers from Mandiant have spotted a spear-phishing campaign, launched by the Russia-linked APT29 group, on targeting diplomats and government entities. The Russia-linked APT29 group (aka SVR, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes) has been active since at least 2014, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 2022
Synology warns customers that some of its NAS devices are affected by multiple critical Netatalk vulnerabilities. Synology has warned customers that multiple critical Netatalk vulnerabilities affect some of its network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Netatalk is a free, open-source implementation of the Apple Filing Protocol that allows Unix-like operating systems to serve as a file server for macOS computers. QNAP NAS devices support the AFP protocol to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 2022
Threat actors exploited a bug in the Fuse protocol used by DeFi platforms Rari Capital and Fei Protocol and stole more than $80 million. Threat actors stole more than $80 million from the decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms Rari Capital and Fei Protocol on Saturday. Researchers from smart contract analysis firm Block Sec reported that attackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 2022
This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Below is the timeline of the events related to the ongoing invasion that occurred in the previous weeks: April 30 – Pro-Russian group Killnet launched DDoS attacks on Romanian govt sites A series of DDoS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 2022
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Microsoft Azure flaws could allow accessing PostgreSQL DBs of other customers Emotet tests […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2022
Researchers discovered flaws in the Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server that could result in unauthorized cross-account database access in a region. Microsoft addressed a couple of vulnerabilities impacting the Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server that could result in unauthorized cross-account database access in a region. The vulnerabilities were discovered by researchers at cloud […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2022
Emotet operators are testing new attack techniques in response to Microsoft’s move to disable Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default. The operators of the infamous Emotet botnet are testing new attack techniques in response to Microsoft’s move to disable Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default. The threat actors are adopting the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2022
A series of DDoS attacks launched by Russian hacktivists are targeting several Romanian government websites. The Romanian national cyber security and incident response team, DNSC, warns of a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting government websites. The attacks have started on April 29, 2022, at 04:00. The attacks were allegedly launched by Pro-Russian group […]
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