Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2023
Microsoft thwarted a large-scale hacking campaign carried out by Akira ransomware operators targeting an unknown industrial organization. Microsoft announced that its Microsoft Defender for Endpoint helped to block a large-scale hacking campaign carried out by Akira ransomware operators (tracked by Microsoft as Storm-1567) The attack took place in early June 2023 and aimed at an industrial engineering […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2023
Researchers uncovered an ongoing campaign abusing popular messaging platforms Skype and Teams to distribute the DarkGate malware. From July to September, researchers from Trend Micro observed a malicious campaign DarkGate campaign abusing instant messaging platforms to deliver a VBA loader script to victims. The threat actors abused popular messaging platforms such as Skype and Teams […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 15, 2023
The Alphv ransomware group added the Morrison Community Hospital to its dark web leak site. Threat actors continue to target hospitals. The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group claims to have hacked the Morrison Community Hospital and added it to its dark web Tor leak site. The group claims to have stolen 5TB of patients’ and employeeâs information, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2023
The Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the technology services giant CDW and threatens to leak the stolen data. The technology services giant CDW announced it has launched an investigation into claims made by the Lockbit ransomware gang that added the company to the list of victims on its leak site. CDW Corporation is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2023
Ransomlooker monitors ransomware groups’ extortion sites and delivers consolidated feeds of their claims worldwide. Cybernews presented Ransomlooker, a tool to monitor ransomware groups’ extortion sites and delivers consolidated feeds of their claims worldwide. The researchers have created the tool to help cybersecurity experts in their daily jobs by providing real-time updates and actionable insights. It offers various […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2023
This post analyzed the numerous phishing campaigns targeting users and organizations in Italy. Phishing is a ploy to trick users into revealing personal or financial information through an e-mail, Web site, and even through instant messaging. Particularly very popular is so-called brand phishing, which occurs when criminals impersonate the official website of a well-known brand […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2023
Researchers observed a new Magecart web skimming campaign changing the websites’ default 404 error page to steal credit cards. Researchers from the Akamai Security Intelligence Group uncovered a Magecart web skimming campaign that is manipulating the websiteâs default 404 error page to hide malicious code. The attacks are targeting a large number of Magento and WooCommerce websites, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2023
A threat actor has leaked the source code for the first version of the HelloKitty ransomware on a Russian-speaking cybercrime forum. Cybersecurity researchers 3xp0rt reported that a threat actor that goes online with the moniker ‘kapuchin0’ (and also uses the alias Gookee) has leaked the source code of the HelloKitty ransomware on the XSS forum. kapuchin0 claims […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2023
Threat actors behind the QakBot malware are still active, since August they are carrying out a phishing campaign delivering Ransom Knight ransomware and Remcos RAT. In August, the FBI announced that the Qakbot botnet was dismantled as a result of an international law enforcement operation named Operation âDuck Hunt.â Qakbot, also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2023
Hospitality and entertainment company MGM Resorts announced that the costs of the recent ransomware attack costs exceeded $110 million. In September the hospitality and entertainment company MGM Resorts was hit by a ransomware attack that shut down its systems at MGM Hotels and Casinos. The incident affected hotel reservation systems in the United States and […]
