Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2023
Moobot botnet spreads by targeting Cacti and RealTek flaws

The Moobot botnet is actively exploiting critical vulnerabilities in Cacti, and Realtek in attacks in the wild. FortiGuard Labs researchers observed an ongoing hacking campaign targeting Cacti (CVE-2022-46169) and Realtek (CVE-2021-35394) vulnerabilities to spread ShellBot and Moobot malware. The ShellBot, also known as PerlBot, is a Perl-based DDoS bot that uses IRC protocol for C2 communications. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2023
LockBit leaks data stolen from the South Korean National Tax Service

The LockBit ransomware gang announced the publishing of data stolen from the South Korean National Tax Service. On March 29, 2023, The Lock Bit ransomware gang announced the hack of the South Korean National Tax Service. The group added the South Korean agency to its Tor leak site and announced the release of stolen data […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2023
Cyber Police of Ukraine arrested members of a gang that defrauded EU citizens of $4.33M

The Cyber Police of Ukraine, with law enforcement officials from Czechia, has arrested several members of a gang responsible for $4.33 million scam. The Cyber Police of Ukraine, with the support of law enforcement officials from the Czech Republic, has arrested several members of a cybercriminal ring that defrauded EU citizens of $4.33 million with […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2023
New AlienFox toolkit harvests credentials for tens of cloud services

AlienFox is a novel comprehensive toolset for harvesting credentials for multiple cloud service providers, SentinelLabs reported. AlienFox is a new modular toolkit that allows threat actors to harvest credentials for multiple cloud service providers. AlienFox is available for sale and is primarily distributed on Telegram in the form of source code archives. Some modules are […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2023
Australia’s Casino Giant Crown Resorts disclosed data breach after Clop ransomware attack

Australia’s gambling and entertainment giant Crown Resorts, disclosed a data breach caused by the exploitation of recently discovered GoAnywhere zero-day. Australian casino giant Crown Resorts disclosed a data breach after the attack of the Cl0p ransomware group. The group claims to have stolen sensitive data from over 130 organizations by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-0669) […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2023
Latitude Data breach is worse than initially estimated. 14 million individuals impacted

Australian loan giant Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) revealed that a data breach its has suffered impacted 14 million customers. The data breach suffered by Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) is much more serious than initially estimated. The company initially determined that the number of impacted individuals was 328,000, but now confirmed that the real number of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2023
Europol warns of criminal use of ChatGPT

Europol warns of cybercriminal organizations can take advantage of systems based on artificial intelligence like ChatGPT. EU police body Europol warned about the potential abuse of systems based on artificial intelligence, such as the popular chatbot ChatGPT, for cybercriminal activities. Cybercriminal groups can use chatbot like ChatGPT in social engineering attacks, disinformation campaigns, and other […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2023
Telecom giant Lumen suffered a ransomware attack and disclose a second incident

Telecommunications giant Lumen Technologies discovered two cybersecurity incidents, including a ransomware attack. In a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, on March 27, 2023, Lumen announced two cybersecurity incidents. One of the incidents is a ransomware attack that impacted a limited number of its servers that support a segmented hosting service. The company did […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2023
Updates from the MaaS: new threats delivered through NullMixer

A technical analysis of NullMixer malware operation revealed Italy and France are the favorite European countries from the attackers’ perspective. Executive Summary Introduction During March 2023, we obtained information and data regarding an ongoing malware operation hitting more than 8.000 targets within a few weeks, with a particular emphasis on North American, Italian, and French […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2023
Vice Society claims attack on Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority

Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) is investigating a cyber attack with the help of the FBI and US CISA. The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) is investigating a cyberattack that last week hit the agency. The agency quickly activated the incident response procedure after the attack. The attack was disclosed on […]