Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2022
The administrator of the DeepDotWeb (DDW) has received a sentence of 97 months in prison for money laundering. Tal Prihar (37), an Israeli national who operated DeepDotWeb (DDW), was sentenced to 97 months in prison and was ordered to forfeit $8,414,173. DeepDotWeb (DDW) was a website that connected internet users with Darknet marketplaces, where they […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2022
A report from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed that in 2021 Americans lost $770 million from social media frauds The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed that in 2021 Americans lost $770 million from social media frauds. These data are the result of the increased exposure of netizens through social media. The US […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 30, 2022
A new hacking campaign, tracked as ‘OiVaVoii’, is targeting company executives with malicious OAuth apps. Researchers from Proofpoint have uncovered a new campaign named ‘OiVaVoii’ that is targeting company executives, former board members, Presidents and managers with bogus OAuth apps and cleverly-crafted lures sent from compromised Office 365 accounts. Microsoft has blocked many of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 30, 2022
Microsoft has disclosed details of a large-scale phishing campaign using a novel device registration technique to target other enterprises. Microsoft has shared details of a large-scale phishing campaign that leverages stolen credentials to register devices on a target’s network to extend the attack to other enterprises. The attack exploits the concept of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 29, 2022
QNAP forces its customers to update the firmware of their Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to protect against the DeadBolt ransomware. QNAP forced the firmware update for its Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to protect its customers against the DeadBolt ransomware. DeadBolt ransomware is targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide, its operators claim the availability of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 28, 2022
Delta Electronics, a Taiwanese contractor for multiple tech giants such as Apple, Dell, HP and Tesla, was hit by Conti ransomware Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company Delta Electronics was hit by the Conti ransomware that took place this week. Delta Electronics operates as a contractor for major tech giants such as Apple, Tesla, HP, and Dell. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2022
Microsoft announced to have mitigated a record 3.47 Tbps distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack targeting an Azure customer. Microsoft announced that its Azure DDoS protection platform has mitigated a record 3.47 Tbps attack that targeted one of its customers with a packet rate of 340 million packets per second (pps). The news of the attack was reported in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2022
A few hours ago Lockbit ransomware operators announced to have stolen data from Ministry of Justice of France. The Ministry of Justice of France is a body of the French government, which is responsible for: supervision of the judiciary, its maintenance and administration; participation as Vice President of the Judicial Council; supervision of the prosecutor’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2022
LockBit expands its operations by implementing a Linux version of LockBit ransomware that targets VMware ESXi servers. LockBit is the latest ransomware operation to add the support for Linux systems, experts spotted a new version that targets VMware ESXi virtual machines. The move aims at expanding the audience of potential targets, including all the organizations […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 26, 2022
New malware is targeting targets QNAP NAS devices, it is the DeadBolt ransomware and ask 50 BTC for master key DeadBolt ransomware is targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide, its operators claim the availability of a zero-day exploit that allows them to encrypt the content of the infected systems. Once encrypted the content of the device, […]
