Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 2022
Updated: Data of 400 Million Twitter users up for sale

A threat actor is claiming they have obtained data of 400,000,000 Twitter users and is offering it for sale. A threat actor claims they have obtained data of 400,000,000 Twitter users and is attempting to sell it. The seller claims the database is private, he provided a sample of 1,000 accounts as proof of claims […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 24, 2022
Raspberry Robin malware used in attacks against Telecom and Governments

The Raspberry Robin worm attacks aimed at telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Raspberry Robin worm campaign targeting telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. The campaign has been active since at least September 2022, most of the infections have been observed in […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2022
BetMGM discloses security breach impacting 1.5 Million customers

Online sports betting company BetMGM suffered a data breach and threat actors offered for sale a database containing the data of 1.5 million customers. On December 21, the online sports betting company BetMGM disclosed a data breach while threat actors offered for sale a database containing the information of 1,569,310 million BetMGM customers. “We breached BetMGM’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2022
Vice Society ransomware gang is using a custom locker

The Vice Society ransomware group has adopted new custom ransomware, with a strong encryption scheme, in recent intrusions. SentinelOne researchers discovered that the Vice Society ransomware gang has started using a custom ransomware that implements a robust encryption scheme, using NTRUEncrypt and ChaCha20-Poly1305 algorithms. Vice Society ransomware has been active since June 2021, it is considered […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2022
A new Zerobot variant spreads by exploiting Apache flaws

Microsoft spotted an upgraded variant of the Zerobot botnet that spreads by exploiting Apache vulnerabilities. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) researchers discovered a new variant of the Zerobot botnet (aka ZeroStresser) that was improved with the capabilities to target more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The IT giant is tracking this cluster of threat activity […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2022
Play ransomware attacks use a new exploit to bypass ProxyNotShell mitigations on Exchange servers

Play ransomware attacks target Exchange servers with a new exploit that bypasses Microsoft’s ProxyNotShell mitigations. Play ransomware operators target Exchange servers using a new exploit chain, dubbed OWASSRF by Crowdstrike, that bypasses Microsoft’s mitigations for ProxyNotShell vulnerabilities. The ProxyNotShell flaws are: they impact Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019, an authenticated attacker can trigger them […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2022
Malicious PyPI package posed as SentinelOne SDK to serve info-stealing malware

Researchers spotted a malicious package in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that impersonates a software development kit (SDK) for SentinelOne. Cybersecurity researchers at ReversingLabs have discovered a new malicious package, named ‘SentinelOne,’ on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that impersonates a legitimate software development kit (SDK) for SentinelOne. The malicious package was first […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2022
Experts spotted a variant of the Agenda Ransomware written in Rust

Researchers spotted a new variant of the Agenda ransomware which is written in the cross-platform programming language Rust. Trend Micro researchers have spotted a new variant of the Agenda ransomware (aka Qilin) that is written in Rust Language. The move follows the decision of other ransomware gangs, like Hive, Blackcat, RansomExx, and Luna, of rewriting their ransomware into […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2022
US Gov warns of BEC attacks to hijack shipments of food products

US government is warning of business email compromise (BEC) attacks aimed at hijacking shipments of food products and ingredients. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA OCI), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have published a joint security advisory to warn of business email compromise […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2022
Glupteba botnet is back after Google disrupted it in December 2021

The Glupteba botnet is back, researchers reported a surge in infection worldwide after Google disrupted its operation in 2021. In December 2021, Google announced it has taken down the infrastructure operated by the Glupteba botnet, it also sued Russian nationals Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov for creating and operating the botnet. The blockchain-enabled botnet has been […]