Pierluigi Paganini
December 01, 2024
Financially-motivated threat actors hacked Uganda ‘s central bank system, government officials confirmed this week. Ugandan officials confirmed on Thursday that the national central bank suffered a security breach by financially-motivated threat actors. The police’s Criminal Investigations Department and the Auditor General are investigating the incident. A senior government official at the finance ministry confirmed that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 30, 2024
McAfee researchers discovered 15 SpyLoan Android apps on Google Play with a combined total of over 8 million installs. 15 SpyLoan apps with a combined total of 8M+ installs were found on Google Play, targeting users in South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa. SpyLoan apps exploit social engineering to gain sensitive user data and excessive […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 29, 2024
Phishing tool Rockstar 2FA targets Microsoft 365 credentials, it uses adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks to bypass multi-factor authentication. Trustwave researchers are monitoring malicious activity associated with Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS) platforms, their latest report focuses on a toolkit called Rockstar 2FA. Rockstar 2FA targets Microsoft 365 accounts and bypasses multi-factor authentication with adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks. In AiTM phishing, threat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 28, 2024
Researchers warn that a critical security flaw in ProjectSend open-source file-sharing application may be under active exploitation. VulnCheck researchers warn that ProjectSend vulnerability CVE-2024-11680 (CVSS score: 9.8) appears to have been exploited by attackers in the wild. The vulnerability is an improper authentication issue that impacts ProjectSend versions before r1720. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this flaw […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 27, 2024
Operation Serengeti: INTERPOL arrested 1,006 suspects in 19 African countries and dismantled 134,089 malicious networks. A joint law enforcement operation by INTERPOL and AFRIPOL across 19 African countries, dubbed Operation Serengeti, led to the arrest of 1,006 suspects. The authorities dismantled 134,089 malicious infrastructures and networks. “Operation Serengeti (2 September – 31 October) targeted criminals […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 27, 2024
The Russian RomCom group exploited Firefox and Tor Browser zero-day vulnerabilities in attacks on users in Europe and North America. Russian-based cybercrime group RomCom (aka UAT-5647, Storm-0978, Tropical Scorpius, UAC-0180, UNC2596) exploited two Firefox and Tor Browser zero-day vulnerabilities in recent attacks on users across Europe and North America. The first zero-day exploited by the Russian group, is a use-after-free […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 26, 2024
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Array Networks AG and vxAG ArrayOSÂ flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)Â added the Array Networks AG and vxAG ArrayOSÂ flaw CVE-2023-28461 (CVSS score: 9.8) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Array Networks’ AG Series and vxAG (versions 9.4.0.481 and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 26, 2024
Thai authorities arrested fraud gangs in Bangkok for SMS blaster attacks, they used fake cell towers to send thousands of malicious SMS messages to nearby phones. Thai authorities arrested members of two Chinese cybercrime organizations, one of these groups carried out SMS blaster attacks. The crooks were driving through Bangkok’s streets while sending hundreds of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 25, 2024
Zyxel warns that a ransomware group has been observed exploiting a recently patched command injection issue in its firewalls. Zyxel warns that a ransomware gang has been observed exploiting a recently patched command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-42057, in its firewalls for initial compromise. Remote, unauthenticated attackers could exploit the flaw to execute OS commands […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 25, 2024
Threat actors exploit an outdated Avast Anti-Rootkit driver to evade detection, disable security tools, and compromise the target systems. Trellix researchers uncovered a malware campaign that abused a vulnerable Avast Anti-Rootkit driver (aswArPot.sys) to gain deeper access to the target system, disable security solutions, and gain system control. This alarming tactic corrupts trusted kernel-mode drivers, […]
