Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2024
South Korea-linked group APT-C-60 exploited a WPS Office zero-day

South Korea-linked group APT-C-60 exploited a zero-day in the Windows version of WPS Office to target East Asian countries. South Korea-linked group APT-C-60 exploited a zero-day, tracked as CVE⁠-⁠2024⁠-⁠7262, in the Windows version of WPS Office to deploy the SpyGlace backdoor in the systems on targets in East Asia. WPS Office is a comprehensive office […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2024
Threat actors exploit Atlassian Confluence bug in cryptomining campaigns

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical flaw in the Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server in cryptocurrency mining campaigns. The critical vulnerability CVE-2023-22527  (CVSS score 10.0) in the Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server is being actively exploited for cryptojacking campaigns. The vulnerability is a template injection vulnerability that can allow remote […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2024
Corona Mirai botnet spreads via AVTECH CCTV zero-day 

An instance of the Corona Mirai botnet spreads via AVTECH CCTV zero-day and multiple previously known vulnerabilities. Akamai’s Security Intelligence and Response Team (SIRT) has detected a botnet campaign exploiting multiple previously known vulnerabilities and a newly discovered zero-day, tracked as CVE-2024-7029 (CVSS score: 8.7), in AVTECH CCTV cameras. The flaw is a command injection issue […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2024
Iran-linked group APT33 adds new Tickler malware to its arsenal

Iran-linked group APT33 used new Tickler malware in attacks against organizations in the government, defense, satellite, oil and gas sectors. Microsoft researchers reported that the Iran-linked cyberespionage group APT33  (aka Peach Sandstorm, Holmium, Elfin, Refined Kitten, and Magic Hound) used new custom multi-stage backdoor called Tickler to compromise organizations in sectors such as government, defense, satellite, oil, and gas […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2024
Young Consulting data breach impacts 954,177 individuals

A ransomware attack by the BlackSuit group on Young Consulting compromised the personal information of over 950,000 individuals. Software solutions provider Young Consulting disclosed a data breach impacting 950,000 individuals following a BlackSuit ransomware attack. On April 13 the company “became aware of technical difficulties” that impacted its infrastructure. Attackers gained access to the company […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2024
BlackByte Ransomware group targets recently patched VMware ESXi flaw CVE-2024-37085

BlackByte ransomware operators are exploiting a recently patched VMware ESXi hypervisors vulnerability in recent attacks. Cisco Talos observed the BlackByte ransomware group exploiting the recently patched security flaw CVE-2024-37085 in VMware ESXi hypervisors in recent attacks. The flaw CVE-2024-37085 (CVSS score of 6.8) is an authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware ESXi. At the end of July, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2024
US offers $2.5M reward for Belarusian man involved in mass malware distribution

The US Department of State offers a $2.5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a Belarusian cybercriminal involved in the mass malware distribution. The US Department of State announced a $2.5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Volodymyr Kadariya (38), a Belarusian national allegedly involved in a significant malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2024
Critical flaw in WPML WordPress plugin impacts 1M websites

A critical flaw in the WPML WordPress plugin, which is installed on 1 million websites, could allow potential compromise of affected sites. The WPML Multilingual CMS Plugin for WordPress is installed on over 1 million sites. An authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked CVE-2024-6386 (CVSS score of 9.9), in WPML Plugin potentially allows […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2024
Researchers unmasked the notorious threat actor USDoD

CrowdStrike researchers have identified the notorious hacker USDoD who is behind several high-profile data leaks. The notorious hacker USDoD (aka EquationCorp), who is known for high-profile data leaks, is a man from Brazil, according to a CrowdStrike investigation. The news was first reported by the Brazilian website TecMundo who received a CrowdStrike report via an anonymous […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2024
A cyberattack impacted operations at the Port of Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport

A cyber attack hit the Port of Seattle, which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, websites and phone systems were impacted. Media reported that the Port of Seattle, which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, has suffered a cyber attack that impacted the websites, email and phone services. According to The Seattle Times, the cyber […]