Pierluigi Paganini
December 14, 2021
Bitdefender researchers discovered that threat actors are attempting to exploit the Log4Shell flaw to deliver the new Khonsari ransomware on Windows machines. Bitdefender researchers discovered that threat actors are attempting to exploit the Log4Shell vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) to deliver the new Khonsari ransomware on Windows machines. Experts warn that threat actors are attempting to exploit the Log4Shell flaw […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 14, 2021
The TinyNuke malware is back and now was used in attacks aimed at French users working in manufacturing, technology, construction, and business services. Proofpoint researchers uncovered a campaign exclusively targeting French entities and organizations with operations in France with the banking malware TinyNuke. The attackers used invoice-themed lures targeting entities in manufacturing, industry, technology, finance, and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2021
A United States court has sentenced to four years in prison for the Russian citizen Oleg Koshkin for his role in Kelihos Botnet development. Oleg Koshkin (41) has been sentenced to 48 months in prison for one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse and one count of computer fraud and abuse. Russian […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2021
Cofense researchers discovered a new phishing campaign using QR codes targeting German e-banking users in the last weeks. Threat actors continue to use multiple techniques to avoid detection and trick recipients into opening phishing messages, including the use of QR codes. The messages used in a campaign recently discovered by cybersecurity firm Cofense use QR codes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 11, 2021
Accenture researchers detailed the activity of a new sophisticated cybercrime group, called Karakurt, behind recent cyberattacks. Accenture researchers detailed the activity of a sophisticated financially motivated threat actor called Karakurt. The activity of the group was first spotted in June 2021, but the group has been more active in Q3 2021. In June 2021 the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2021
Swedish automotive manufacturer Volvo Cars revealed that has suffered a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of R&D data. Swedish automotive manufacturer Volvo Cars revealed that threat actors have stolen R&D data from its systems. In 2010, Volvo Cars became a subsidiary of the Chinese manufacturer Geely Holding Group, which confirmed that it “has become […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2021
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of Conti ransomware attacks again multiple Australian organizations. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of Conti ransomware attacks against multiple Australian organizations from various sectors since November. “The ACSC is aware of multiple instances of Australian organisations that have been impacted by Conti ransomware in November and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2021
Wordfence experts detected a massive wave of attacks in the last couple of days that targeted over 1.6 million WordPress sites. Wordfence researchers spotted a massive wave of attacks in the days that are targeting over 1.6 million WordPress sites from 16,000 IPs. “Today, on December 9, 2021, our Threat Intelligence team noticed a drastic uptick in attacks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2021
BlackCat is the first professional ransomware strain that was written in the Rust programming language, researchers reported. Malware researchers from Recorded Future and MalwareHunterTeam discovered ALPHV (aka BlackCat), the first professional ransomware strain that was written in the Rust programming language In the past, other two ransomware were written in Rust for research purposes, one of them […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2021
A botnet tracked as Dark Mirai spreads by exploiting a new vulnerability affecting TP-Link TL-WR840N EU V5 home routers. Dark Mirai botnet spreads by exploiting a new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-41653, affecting TP-Link TL-WR840N EU V5 home routers. “The PING function on the TP-Link TL-WR840N EU v5 router with firmware through TL-WR840N(EU)_V5_171211 is vulnerable to […]
