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Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2020
Personal details and documents for millions of Indians available in the deep web

Researchers have discovered a dump containing 29.1M Indian jobseekers personal details that was offered for free in the hacking underground. Researchers discovered a dump containing 29.1M Indian jobseekers personal details that was offered for free in the hacking underground. An anonymous entity told Cyble researchers that the data were stored on an unprotected elastic search […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2020
Online education site EduCBA discloses data breach and reset customers’ pwds

The online education portal EduCBA discloses a data breach and is resetting customers’ passwords in response to the incident. Online education website EduCBA discloses a data breach, it has started notifying customers that in response to the incident it is resetting their passwords. EduCBA is a leading global provider of skill based education with 500,000+ […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2020
Experts observed a spike in COVID-19 related malspam emails containing GuLoader

Security experts observed a spike in the use of the GuLoader since March 2020 while investigating COVID-19-themed malspam campaigns. Researchers from Vipre Labs observed a spike in the use of GuLoader in COVID-19-themed campaign since March 2020. The discovery confirms that crooks continue to use COVID-19 lures in malspam campaigns. In the campaign monitored by […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2020
Voter information for 2 millions of Indonesians leaked online

A hacker has leaked the 2014 voter information for close to 2 million Indonesians on a well-known hacker forum and threatens to release 200 million. A threat actor has published the 2014 voter information for close to 2 million Indonesians on a popular hacker forum and threatens to release data for a total of 200 million […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2020
Silent Night Zeus botnet available for sale in underground forums

Experts reported the existence of a botnet, tracked as Silent Night based on the Zeus banking Trojan that is available for sale in several underground forums. This week researchers from Malwarebytes and HYAS published a report that included technical details on a recently discovered botnet, tracked as Silent Night, being distributed via the RIG exploit kit and COVID-19 malspam […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2020
The Florida Unemployment System suffered a data breach

Officials revealed that the Florida Unemployment System suffered a data breach that impacted some residents who have made unemployment claims. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity revealed that the Florida Unemployment System suffered a data breach that impacted some residents who have made unemployment claims. It has notified 98 people that have been impacted by […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2020
Experts found a Privilege escalation issue in Docker Desktop for Windows

A severe privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-11492, has been addressed in the Windows Docker Desktop Service.  Cybersecurity researchers from Pen Test Partners publicly disclosed a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Docker Desktop Service.  The CVE-2020-11492 issue affects the way the service uses named pipes when communicating as a client to child processes.  “Docker Desktop for […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2020
Cyber-Criminal espionage Operation insists on Italian Manufacturing

ZLab researchers spotted a new malicious espionage activity targeting Italian companies operating worldwide in the manufacturing sector. Introduction During our Cyber Threat Intelligence monitoring we spotted new malicious activities targeting some Italian companies operating worldwide in the manufacturing sector, some of them also part of the automotive production chain. The group behind this activity is […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2020
Microsoft warns of “massive campaign” using COVID-19 themed emails

Experts from the Microsoft Security Intelligence team provided some details on a new “massive campaign” using COVID-19 themed emails. Researchers from the Microsoft Security Intelligence team provided some details on a new massive phishing campaign using COVID-19 themed emails. The messages used weaponized Excel documents, the IT giant observed a spike in the number of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2020
Winnti uses a new PipeMon backdoor in attacks aimed at the gaming industry

The Winnti hacking group continues to target gaming industry, recently it used a new malware named PipeMon and a new method to achieve persistence. Winnti hacking group is using a new malware dubbed PipeMon and a novel method to achieve persistence in attacks aimed at video game companies. The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky […]