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Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2022
Anonymous sent a message to Russians: “remove Putin”

Anonymous has published a new message for Russian citizens inviting them to remove Putin that is sacrificing them and killing Ukrainians. The hacker collective Anonymous has published a new message for Russians inviting them to wake up and remove Putin, who is responsible for war crimes against Ukrainian. Putin is killing a defenseless population, it […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2022
The hidden C2: Lampion trojan release 212 is on the rise and using a C2 server for two years

The hidden C2: Lampion trojan release 212 is on the rise and using a C2 server for two years. Lampion trojan is one of the most active banking trojans impacting Portuguese Internet end users since 2019. This piece of malware is known for the usage of the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax (Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira) email […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2022
Mar 06- Mar 12 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. March 12 – Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram in Russia to prevent the spreading of info related to the Ukraine invasion. March […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 357 by Pierluigi Paganini

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. LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked Bridgestone Americas Attackers use website contact forms […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2022
LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked Bridgestone Americas

LockBit ransomware gang claimed to have hacked Bridgestone Americas, one of the largest manufacturers of tires. LockBit ransomware gang claimed to have compromised the network of Bridgestone Americas, one of the largest manufacturers of tires, and stolen data from the company. The Bridgestone Americas family of enterprises includes more than 50 production facilities and 55,000 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2022
Attackers use website contact forms to spread BazarLoader malware

Threat actors are spreading the BazarLoader malware via website contact forms to evade detection, researchers warn. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Abnormal Security observed threat actors spreading the BazarLoader/BazarBackdoor malware via website contact forms. TrickBot operation has recently arrived at the end of the journey, according to AdvIntel some of its top members move under the Conti ransomware gang, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2022
Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram

Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram in Russia to prevent the spreading of info related to the Ukraine invasion. Russia will ban Instagram, the decision was announced by Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor. Officially the Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor explained that the decision is the response of Meta that the posting of information […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2022
Ubisoft suffered a cyber security incident that caused a temporary disruption

Video game company Ubisoft has suffered a ‘cyber security incident’ that had a severe impact on games, systems, and services. The rumors of a cyber attack against Ubisoft circulated online in the last few days, while data extortion group LAPSUS$ claimed to have hacked the company. Over the last few days, multiple users reported problems accessing […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2022
Anonymous hacked Roskomnadzor agency revealing Russian disinformation

The Anonymous collective continues to launch attacks against Russian entities, this is a summary of recent offensives. Anonymous announced to have hacked the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, also known as Roskomnadzor. The agency is responsible for monitoring, controlling and censoring Russian mass media and according to Anonymous, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2022
Open database leaves major Chinese ports exposed to shipping chaos

The freight logs of two major Chinese shipping ports have been leaking data, a problem which if left unresolved could disrupt the supply chain of up to 70,000 tonnes of cargo a day, with potentially serious consequences for international shipping. The cybernews® research team identified an open ElasticSearch database, which contained more than 243GB of […]