Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2021
Taiwanese vendor Synology has warned customers that the StealthWorker botnet is targeting their NAS devices to deliver ransomware. Taiwan-based vendor Synology has warned customers that the StealthWorker botnet is conducting brute-force attacks in an attempt to implant ransomware. Once compromised the device, threat actors employed it in a botnet used in attacks aimed at Linux […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2021
A ransomware attack hit City of Joplin forcing the IT staff to shutdown the City computer. Finally the insurer for Joplin paid $320,000 to threat actors. A ransomware attack last month hit the City of Joplin forcing the IT staff to shut down the city’s government’s computer system to prevent the threat from spreading. While […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2021
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of a surge of LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks against Australian organizations starting July 2021. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of an escalation in LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks against Australian organizations in multiple industry sectors starting July 2021. The Australian agency also published 2021-006: ACSC Ransomware Profile – Lockbit 2.0 which includes info […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2021
Threat actors are actively scanning for the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell RCE flaws after technical details were released at the Black Hat conference. Threat actors started actively scanning for the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell remote code execution flaws after researchers released technical details at the Black Hat hacking conference. ProxyShell is the name of three vulnerabilities that could be […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2021
Group-IB detected an unconventional post on several carding forums containing links to a file containing 1 million compromised cards. On August 2, Group-IB Threat Intelligence & Attribution system detected an unconventional post on several carding forums. A user, nicknamed AW_cards posted links to a file containing 1 million pieces of stolen payment records. The file […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2021
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs 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 international press subscribe here. GhostEmperor, a new Chinese-speaking threat actor targets Southeast Asia WordPress Download Manager Plugin was affected by two flaws […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2021
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
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
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 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 […]
