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Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2019
Regin spyware involved in attack against the Russian tech giant Yandex

Allegedly Western nation-state actors breached the systems of Russian tech giant Yandex in 2018, the attack involved a new variant of the Regin malware. According to the Reuters, Western state-sponsored hackers breached the systems of the Russian tech giant Yandex in 2018, the attack involved a new variant of the Regin malware. The Regin malware has been […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2019
Cloud Hopper operation hit 8 of the world’s biggest IT service providers

A long-running operation carried out by China-linked hackers, and tracked as Cloud Hopper, has targeted clients of major companies, including IBM, HPE, Tata CS, Fujitsu, and NTT. Hackers broke into the internal networks on major companies, such as HPE and IBM, and stole corporate data and trade secrets. Then the attackers used the stolen information […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2019
US-based Cloud Solution Provider PCM Inc. hacked

Hackers breached the infrastructure of PCM Inc., one of the major U.S.-based cloud solution provider, and accessed to email and file sharing systems for some of its clients. Hackers breached the infrastructure of PCM Inc., one of the major U.S.-based cloud solution provider. According to the popular investigator Brian Krebs, the attackers gained access to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2019
Cisco addressed critical flaws in Cisco Data Center Network Manager

Cisco disclosed several vulnerabilities in its Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), including “critical” and “high severity. issues” Cisco informed its customers about the presence of multiple security vulnerabilities in the web-based interface of the DCNM data center network management platform, including two critical security holes. The first critical issue tracked as CVE-2019-1620 that could be exploited […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2019
Crooks stole millions from Bitrue Cryptocurrency Exchange

Another cryptocurrency exchange announced to have suffered a theft, this time is the victim is the Singapore-based Bitrue. It has happened again, crooks stole funds from another cryptocurrency exchange, this time the victim is the Singapore-based Bitrue. Bitrue revealed on Thursday that hackers accessed the accounts of tens of its customers and stole their funds. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2019
Flaws in the BlueStacks Android emulator allows remote code execution and more

Multiple flaws in the BlueStacks Android emulator were addressed, including a vulnerability that allowed attackers to remotely control code execution. Other issues included information disclosure and a flaw that allowed attackers to steal backups of the VM and its data. In April, the researcher Nick Cano discovered that BlueStacks versions prior than v4.90.0.1046 are affected by a […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2019
Flaws in EA Games Login exposed accounts of 300 Million Gamers to hack

Experts discovered security flaws in EA Games’ login process that could allow an attacker to take over EA gamers’ accounts and steal sensitive data. Experts at Check Point Research and Cyberint discovered multiple security flaws in EA Games’ login process that could allow an attacker to take over EA gamers’ accounts and steal sensitive data. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2019
European law enforcement agencies arrested 6 individuals involved in $27M cryptocurrency theft

European law enforcement agencies have arrested 6 individuals in connection with a €24 million ($27.2 million) cryptocurrency theft. An operation conducted by European law enforcement agencies resulted in the arrest of 6 individuals involved in a €24 million ($27.2 million) cryptocurrency theft. The group of cyber criminals is composed of five men and one woman, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2019
Lake City agreed to pay $500,000 in ransom, is the second case in Florida in a week

A few days ago, Riviera Beach City agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom, now a Lake City, another city in Florida, agreed to do the same after a ransomware attack. A few days ago, Riviera Beach City agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom, now less than a week later, another city in Florida opted to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2019
Malspam campaign spreads LokiBot & NanoCore via ISO image files

Experts from security firm Netskope observed variants of LokiBot and NanoCore malware distributed in ISO Image through malspam campaign. Security firm Netskope observed a new malspam campaign delivering variants of LokiBot and NanoCore malware in ISO image file attachments. “Netskope Threat Research Labs has been tracking multiple similar malspam campaigns that began in  April 2019. […]