Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2023
Researchers devised a novel attack vector for process injection, dubbed Pool Party, that evades EDR solutions. Researchers from cybersecurity firm SafeBreach devised a set of process injection techniques, dubbed Pool Party, that allows bypassing EDR solutions. They presented the technique at Black Hat Europe 2023. The experts relied on the less-explored Windows thread pools to discover […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2023
Russia-linked group APT28 exploited Microsoft Outlook zero-day to target European NATO members, including a NATO Rapid Deployable Corps. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 reported that the Russia-linked APT28 (aka “Forest Blizzard”, “Fancybear” or “Strontium”) group exploited the CVE-2023-23397 vulnerability in attacks aimed at European NATO members. Over the past 20 months, the group targeted at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2023
The UK NCSC and Microsoft warned that Russia-linked threat actor Callisto Group is targeting organizations worldwide. The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Microsoft reported that the Russia-linked APT group Callisto Group is targeting organizations worldwide. The nation-state actor is carrying out spear-phishing attacks for cyberespionage purposes. The Callisto APT group (aka “Seaborgium“, “Star […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2023
Researchers devised a new post-exploitation tampering technique to trick users into believing that their iPhone is in Lockdown Mode. Researchers from Jamf Threat Labs devised a new post-exploit tampering technique to trick users that their compromised iPhone is running in Lockdown Mode while they are performing malicious activities. The researchers pointed out that the issue […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2023
GST Invoice Billing Inventory, a business accounting app for small and medium businesses with over 1M downloads has left a database open, exposing sensitive personal and corporate data up for grabs. The popular and reputable GST Invoice Billing Inventory (previously known as Book Keeper) app is one of the thousands of apps on the Google […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2023
The U.S. CISA warns that threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion to breach government agencies. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning about threat actors actively exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-26360) in Adobe ColdFusion to breach government agencies. The flaw is an Improper Access Control that can allow […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 05, 2023
Microsoft warns that the Russia-linked APT28 group is actively exploiting the CVE-2023-23397 Outlook flaw to hijack Microsoft Exchange accounts. Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence is warning of Russia-linked cyber-espionage group APT28 (aka “Forest Blizzard”, “Fancybear” or “Strontium”) actively exploiting the CVE-2023-23397 Outlook flaw to hijack Microsoft Exchange accounts and steal sensitive information. The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Group, Sednit, BlueDelta, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 04, 2023
Microsoft warns of ongoing malvertising attacks using the DanaBot malware to deploy the CACTUS ransomware. Microsoft uncovered ongoing malvertising attacks using the DanaBot Trojan (Storm-1044) to deploy the CACTUS ransomware. Microsoft the campaign to the ransomware operator Storm-0216 (Twisted Spider, UNC2198). Storm-0216 has historically used Qakbot malware for initial access, but has switched to other […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 04, 2023
The LockBit ransomware attack on the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China demonstrates the weakness of global financial system to cyberattacks. The ransomware breach that crippled U.S. Treasury trading operations at an American subsidiary of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. on November 8 has laid bare the vulnerability of the global financial system […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 02, 2023
Researchers devised an attack technique that could have been used to trick ChatGPT into disclosing training data. A team of researchers from several universities and Google have demonstrated an attack technique against ChetGPT that allowed them to extract several megabytes of ChatGPT’s training data. The researchers were able to query the model at a cost […]
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