Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2022
The FBI has issued an alert about threat actors targeting healthcare payment processors in an attempt to hijack the payments. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about cyber attacks against healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments. Threat actors used employees’ publicly-available Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and social engineering techniques to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2022
Threat actors are exploiting the death of Queen Elizabeth II as bait in phishing attacks to steal Microsoft account credentials from victims. Researchers from Proofpoint are warning of threat actors that are using the death of Queen Elizabeth II as bait in phishing attacks. The attackers aim at tricking recipients into visiting sites designed to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 14, 2022
Threat actors are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the WPGateway premium plugin to target WordPress websites. The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team reported that threat actors are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2022-3180) in the WPGateway premium plugin in attacks aimed at WordPress sites. The WPGateway plugin is a premium plugin that allows users of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 12, 2022
Cisco confirmed the May attack and that the data leaked by the Yanluowang ransomware group was stolen from its systems. In August, Cisco disclosed a security breach, the Yanluowang ransomware gang breached its corporate network in late May and stole internal data. The investigation conducted by Cisco Security Incident Response (CSIRT) and Cisco Talos revealed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2022
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) discloses a security breach, parts of its IT infrastructure has been subject to unauthorised activity The hospitality conglomerate, InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) manages 17 hotel chains, including the Regent, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, and Candlewood Suites. IHG operates 6,028 hotels in more than 100 different countries. The company announced that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2022
Scammers live-streamed on YouTube an old interview with Tim Cook as part of a fake Apple crypto event, and tens of thousands of users viewed it. Cybercriminals were live-streaming on YouTube an old interview with Tim Cook as part of a fake Apple crypto event, and tens of thousands of users viewed it. The interview […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 08, 2022
Some members of the Conti ransomware gang were involved in financially motivated attacks targeting Ukraine from April to August 2022. Researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that some former members of the Conti cybercrime group were involved in five different campaigns targeting Ukraine between April and August 2022. The activities overlap with operations […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 07, 2022
Networking equipment vendor Zyxel addressed a critical vulnerability impacting its network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Zyxel addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-34747, impacting its network-attached storage (NAS) devices. The CVE-2022-34747 (CVSS score: 9.8) flaw is classified as a format string vulnerability that resides in Zyxel NAS326 firmware versions prior to V5.21(AAZF.12)C0. An attacker can exploit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 07, 2022
The Moobot botnet is behind a new wave of attacks that started in early August and that target vulnerable D-Link routers. Palo Alto Network’s Unit 42 researchers reported a new wave of attacks launched by the Moobot botnet that target vulnerable D-Link routers. The Mirai-based Moobot botnet was first documented by Palo Alto Unit 42 researchers in February […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 06, 2022
One of the US largest School districts, the Los Angeles Unified School District, suffered a ransomware attack during the weekend. The Los Angeles Unified School District is one of the largest school distinct in the US, it was hit by a ransomware attack during the Labor Day weekend. The security breach took place a few […]
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