Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2024
U.S. authorities seized cybercrime marketplace Rydox

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the seizure of the cybercrime marketplace Rydox (“rydox.ru” and “rydox[.]cc”). The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) seized Rydox, a cybercrime marketplace for selling stolen personal data and fraud tools. Kosovars authorities arrested three Kosovo nationals and administrators of the service, Ardit Kutleshi, Jetmir Kutleshi, and Shpend Sokoli. Kosovo […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2024
US Bitcoin ATM operator Byte Federal suffered a data breach

US Bitcoin ATM operator Byte Federal suffered a data breach impacting 58,000 customers, attackers gained unauthorized access to a server via GitLab flaw. US Bitcoin ATM operator Byte Federal disclosed a data breach after threat actors gained unauthorized access to a company server by exploiting a GitLab vulnerability. Byte Federal is a company specializing in […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2024
Experts discovered surveillance tool EagleMsgSpy used by Chinese law enforcement

Chinese law enforcement uses the mobile surveillance tool EagleMsgSpy to gather data from Android devices, as detailed by Lookout. Researchers at the Lookout Threat Lab discovered a surveillance tool, dubbed EagleMsgSpy, used by Chinese law enforcement to spy on mobile devices. The researchers analyzed multiple samples of the malware and gained access to internal documents obtained from […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2024
Russia’s Secret Blizzard APT targets Ukraine with Kazuar backdoor

Russia-linked APT group Secret Blizzard is using Amadey Malware-as-a-Service to infect systems in Ukraine with the Kazuar backdoor. The Russia-linked APT group Secret Blizzard (aka Turla, Snake, Uroburos, Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON) was spotted using the Amadey malware to deploy the KazuarV2 backdoor on devices in Ukraine. The experts observed threat actors using the Amadey bot malware between March and April 2024. Microsoft highlights […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2024
Operation Digital Eye: China-linked relies on Visual Studio Code Remote Tunnels to spy on Europen entities

An alleged China-linked APT group targeted large business-to-business IT service providers in Southern Europe as part of Operation Digital Eye campaign. Between late June and mid-July 2024, a China-linked threat actor targeted major IT service providers in Southern Europe in a campaign codenamed ‘Operation Digital Eye.’ Cyberspies aimed to establish footholds and compromise downstream entities […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2024
Chinese national charged for hacking thousands of Sophos firewalls

The U.S. has charged a Chinese national for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. The U.S. has charged the Chinese national Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao) for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. Tianfeng worked at Sichuan Silence Information Technology Co., faces charges for developing and testing a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2024
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Windows CLFS driver flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver flaw CVE-2024-49138  (CVSS score: 7.8) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Microsoft December 2024 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2024
Microsoft December 2024 Patch Tuesday addressed actively exploited zero-day

Microsoft December 2024 Patch Tuesday security updates addressed 71 vulnerabilities including an actively exploited zero-day. Microsoft December 2024 Patch Tuesday security updates addressed 71 vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Components, Office and Office Components, SharePoint Server, Hyper-V, Defender for Endpoint, and System Center Operations Manager. 16 vulnerabilities are rated Critical, 54 are rated Important, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2024
Romanian energy supplier Electrica Group is facing a ransomware attack

Romanian energy supplier Electrica Group is investigating an ongoing ransomware attack impacting its operations. Romanian energy supplier Electrica Group suffered a cyber attack that is impacting its operations. The company assured investors that the attack hadn’t affected its critical systems, but temporary disruptions in customer services might occur due to enhanced security protocols. These measures […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2024
Deloitte denied its systems were hacked by Brain Cipher ransomware group

Deloitte has responded to claims by the Brain Cipher ransomware group, which alleges the theft of over 1 terabyte of the company’s data. Recently, the ransomware group Brain Cipher added Deloitte UK to its Tor leak site. The gang claimed to have stolen one terabyte of compressed data from the company. A Deloitte spokesperson addressed […]