Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2022
The IT infrastructure of the Japanese tech company Oomiya was infected with the LockBit 3.0 ransomware. One of the affiliates for the LockBit 3.0 RaaS hit the Japanese tech company Oomiya. Oomiya is focused on designing and manufacturing microelectronics and facility system equipment. The business of Omiya Kasei is divided into four major areas, manufacturing and designing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2022
Interpol has announced the arrests of 75 individuals as part of a coordinated international operation against an organized cybercrime ring called Black Axe. Interpol arrested 75 individuals as part of a coordinated global operation, codenamed Operation Jackal, against the cybercrime ring Black Axe. The operation involved law enforcement bodies in 14 countries (Argentina, Australia, Côte d’Ivoire, France, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2022
Lockbit ransomware affiliates are compromising Microsoft Exchange servers to deploy their ransomware, experts warn. South-Korean cybersecurity firm AhnLab reported that Lockbit ransomware affiliates are distributing their malware via compromised Microsoft Exchange servers. In July 2022, two servers operated by a customer of the security firm were infected with LockBit 3.0 ransomware. Threat actors initially deployed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2022
Researchers warn of a new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit, called Caffeine, which is being used by cybercriminals. In March 2022, Mandiant researchers discovered threat actors using a shared Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform called Caffeine. The experts noticed that the toolkit has an intuitive interface and supports multiple features that allow customers to easily arrange phishing campaigns. The service […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2022
Threat actors behind the Emotet bot are continually improving their tactics, techniques, and procedures to avoid detection. VMware researchers have analyzed the supply chain behind the Emotet malware reporting that its operators are continually shifting their tactics, techniques, and procedures to avoid detection. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2022
California-based Resecurity has identified a new spike of underground services enabling bad actors to generate deepfakes. According to cybersecurity experts, this may be used for political propaganda, foreign influence activity, disinformation, scams, and fraud. Introduced by Canadian researchers to the public in 2014, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), typically imitate people’s faces, speech, and unique facial […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2022
BidenCash, a popular dark web carding site, released a dump of more than 1.2 million credit cards to promote its service. Operators behind the popular dark web carding market ‘BidenCash’ have released a dump of 1,221,551 credit cards to promote their underground payment card shop. Multiple security firms, noticed the promotional activity, but the news […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2022
Threat actors got to a database with over 152,000 customer records before its owner, the Turkish branch of Harvard Business Review, closed it. Crooks left a ransom note, threatening to leak the data and inform authorities of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) violations. Original Post published on CyberNews A recent discovery by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2022
Everest ransomware operators claimed to have hacked South Africa state-owned company ESKOM Hld SOC Ltd. In March 2022, the Everest ransomware operators published a notice announcing the sale of “South Africa Electricity company’s root access” for $125,000. Eskom transforms inputs from the natural environment – coal, nuclear, fuel, diesel, water, and wind – into more […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2022
CommonSpirit, one of the largest hospital chains in the US, suffered a ransomware cyberattack that impacted its operations. Common Spirit, one of the largest hospital chains in the US, this week suffered a ransomware cyberattack that caused severe inconvenience to the facilities and to patients The alleged security breach led to delayed surgeries, hold-ups in […]
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