Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2022
Last week, a cyberattack hit Pop TV, Slovenia’s most popular TV channel, disrupting the operations. Last week, a cyber-attack has disrupted the operations of Pop TV, the Slovenian most popular TV channel. The attack, which likely was a ransomware attack, impacted the computer network of the TV channel and caused the cancellation of the evening […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 13, 2022
Organizations have paid more than $600 million in cryptocurrency during 2021, nearly one-third to the Conti ransomware gang. Last week, cybersecurity agencies from the U.K., the U.S. and Australia have published a joint advisory warning of an increased globalised threat of ransomware worldwide in 2021. According to a report published by the blockchain analysis firm […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 13, 2022
A ransomware attack hit the corporate IT network of the San Francisco 49ers NFL team, The Record reported. The San Francisco 49ers NFL team has fallen victim to a ransomware attack, the news was reported by The Record. The team disclosed the attack after that the BlackByte ransomware added the team to the list of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2022
CISA, FBI and NSA published a joint advisory warning of ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations. Cybersecurity agencies from the U.K., the U.S. and Australia have published a joint advisory warning of an increased globalised threat of ransomware worldwide in 2021. Almost any sector was hit by sophisticated, high-impact ransomware attacks, including the Defense Industrial […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2022
FritzFrog P2P botnet is back and is targeting servers belonging to entities in the healthcare, education, and government sectors. FritzFrog is a sophisticated botnet that was involved in attacks against SSH servers worldwide since January 2020. The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in the government, education, and finance sectors. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2022
Spanish National Police arrested eight alleged members of a crime ring specialized in SIM swapping attacks. Spanish National Police has arrested eight alleged members of a crime organization who were able to steal money from the bank accounts of the victims through SIM swapping attacks. Crooks conduct SIM swapping attacks to take control of victims’ […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2022
Experts uncovered a mass Magecart campaign that compromised over 500 e-store running the Magento 1 eCommerce platform. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Sansec uncovered a massive Magecart campaign that already compromised more than 500 online stores running the Magento 1 eCommerce platform. Threat actors behind this campaign deployed a digital skimmer that was being loaded from the naturalfreshmall(.)com domain. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2022
I transcribed a recent interview, here some questions and answers about nation-state hacking, spyware, and cyber warfare. Enjoy” How has spyware changed the rules of cyber security in recent years? What will cyber security look like now that those tools are all over the internet? In the last decade, we have observed a progressive weaponization […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns of an escalation in SIM swap attacks that caused millions of losses. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) observed an escalation in SIM swap attacks aimed at stealing millions from the victims by hijacking their mobile phone numbers. The FBI reported that US citizens have lost more than […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 09, 2022
The master decryption keys for the Maze, Egregor, and Sekhmet ransomware operations were released last night on the BleepingComputer forums. The master decryption keys for the Maze, Egregor, and Sekhmet ransomware families were released on the BleepingComputer forums by the alleged malware developer. The Maze group was considered one of the most prominent ransomware operations […]
