Pierluigi Paganini
January 23, 2024
The Black Basta ransomware gang claimed to have hacked the UK water utility Southern Water, a major player in the UK water industry. Southern Water is a private utility company responsible for collecting and treating wastewater in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, West Sussex, East Sussex and Kent, and for providing public water supply to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 22, 2024
Adaptive phishing campaigns are emerging as an increasingly sophisticated threat in the cybersecurity landscape. The phenomenon This phenomenon represents an evolution of traditional phishing tactics, as attackers seek to overcome defenses using more personalized and targeted approaches. In an adaptive phishing campaign, attackers gather specific information about victims through various sources, such as social media, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 22, 2024
Researchers warn of a spike in attacks exploiting a now-patched flaw in Apache ActiveMQ to deliver the Godzilla web shell. Trustwave researchers observed a surge in attacks exploiting a now-patched flaw in Apache ActiveMQ, in many cases aimed at delivering a malicious code that borrows the code from the open-source web shell Godzilla. Threat actors conceal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 22, 2024
Resecurity researchers warn of massive leak of stolen Thai personally identifiable information (PII) on the dark web by cybercriminals. Resecurity has detected a noticeable increase in data leaks from consumer-focused platforms in Thailand, confirming that threat actors are actively targeting the personal data of citizens now at the beginning of 2024. Thailand is swiftly becoming […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2024
The LockBit ransomware gang claimed to have hacked Subway, the American multinational fast food restaurant franchise. Subway IP LLC is an American multinational fast-food restaurant franchise that specializes in submarine sandwiches (subs), wraps, salads, and drinks. The Lockbit ransomware group added Subway to the list of victims on its Tor data leak site and threatened to leak […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 20, 2024
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the admin of the BreachForums hacking forum, has been sentenced to 20 years supervised release. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the admin of the BreachForums hacking forum, was sentenced to 20 years of supervised release. In July, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick agreed to plead guilty to a three-count criminal information charging the defendant with conspiracy to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2024
American global apparel and footwear company VF Corp revealed that the December data breach impacted 35.5 million customers. VF Corporation is an American global apparel and footwear company that owns 13 brands. In 2015, the company controlled 55% of the U.S. backpack market with the JanSport, Dickies, Eastpak, Timberland, Smartwool, Vans, and The North Face brands. In December 2023, VF […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2024
Ransomware groups claimed that they successfully targeted 4191 victims in 2023, Cybernews researchers report. According to the Ransomlooker tool, the number of ransomware attack victims increased by 128.17% compared to the previous year (2022), with 1837 additional incidents. Based on Ransomlooker, a free Cybernews tool for monitoring the dark web and other hidden areas of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 17, 2024
U.S. CISA and the FBI warned of AndroxGh0st malware used to create a botnet for victim identification and exploitation in target networks. US CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn of AndroxGh0st malware. The malware is spreading to create a botnet for victim identification and exploitation in target networks. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2024
Balada Injector malware infected more than 7100 WordPress sites using a vulnerable version of the Popup Builder plugin. In September, Sucuri researchers reported that more than 17,000 WordPress websites had been compromised in September with the Balada Injector. The researchers noticed that the number of Balada Injector infections has doubled compared with August 2023. The Balada […]
