Pierluigi Paganini
December 14, 2023
Researchers linked a sophisticated botnet, tracked as KV-Botnet, to the operation of the China-linked threat actor Volt Typhoon. The Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies linked a small office/home office (SOHO) router botnet, tracked as KV-Botnet to the operations of China-linked threat actor Volt Typhoon. The botnet is comprised of two complementary activity clusters, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2023
Microsoft warns that threat actors are using OAuth applications cryptocurrency mining campaigns and phishing attacks. Threat actors are using OAuth applications such as an automation tool in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and other financially motivated attacks. The attackers compromise user accounts to create, modify, and grant high privileges to OAuth applications to carry out malicious activity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2023
The Ukrainian government’s military intelligence service announced the hack of the Russian Federal Taxation Service (FNS). Hackers of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced they have compromised the Russian Federal Taxation Service (FNS). The military intelligence service said that the hack was the result of a successful special operation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2023
Kyivstar, the largest Ukraine service provider, was hit by a cyber attack that paralyzed its services. The attack is linked to the ongoing conflict. Kyivstar, the largest Ukraine service provider was down after a major cyber attack. The Ukrainian telecommunications company provides communication services and data transmission based on a broad range of fixed and mobile technologies, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2023
North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus was spotted exploiting Log4j vulnerabilities to deploy previously undocumented remote access trojans. The North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus is behind a new hacking campaign that exploits Log4j vulnerabilities to deploy previously undocumented remote access trojans (RATs). Cisco Talos researchers tracked the campaign as Operation Blacksmith, the nation-state actors are employing at least […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 11, 2023
Toyota Financial Services (TFS) disclosed a data breach, threat actors had access to sensitive personal and financial data. Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is warning customers it has suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive personal and financial data. “Due to an attack on the systems, unauthorized persons gained access to personal data. Affected customers have now […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 11, 2023
The Apache Software Foundation addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Apache Struts 2 open-source framework. The Apache Software Foundation released security updates to address a critical file upload vulnerability in the Struts 2 open-source framework. Successful exploitation of the flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-50164, could lead to remote code execution. A remote attacker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2023
Researchers discovered a lock screen bypass bug in Android 14 and 13 that could expose sensitive data in users’ Google accounts. The security researcher Jose Rodriguez (@VBarraquito) discovered a new lock screen bypass vulnerability for Android 14 and 13. A threat actor with physical access to a device can access photos, contacts, browsing history and more. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2023
Threat actors launched a cyberattack on an Irish water utility causing the interruption of the power supply for two days. Threat actors hacked a small water utility in Ireland and interrupted the water supply for two days. The victim of the attack is a private group water utility in the Erris area, the incident impacted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2023
A set of flaws, collectively called 5Ghoul, in the firmware implementation of 5G mobile network modems from major vendors impacts Android and iOS devices. A team of researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design discovered a set of security vulnerabilities in the firmware implementation of 5G mobile network modems from major chipset vendors. The […]
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