Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2023
Pro-Russia group Killnet targets Germany due to its support to Ukraine

Pro-Russia group Killnet launched last week DDoS attacks against the websites of German airports, administration bodies, and banks. The Pro-Russia group Killnet is behind the DDoS attacks that last week hit the websites of German airports, administration bodies, and banks. The attacks are the hacktivists’ response to the German government’s decision to send Leopard 2 tanks to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2023
Watch out! Experts plans to release VMware vRealize Log RCE exploit next week

Horizon3’s Attack Team made the headlines again announcing the release of a PoC exploit code for remote code execution in VMware vRealize Log. Researchers from the Horizon3’s Attack Team announced the release of PoC exploit code for remote code execution in VMware vRealize Log. The PoC exploit code will trigger a series of flaws in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2023
Sandworm APT targets Ukraine with new SwiftSlicer wiper

Russia-linked Sandworm APT group is behind a new Golang-based wiper, tracked as SwiftSlicer, that hit Ukraine, ESET reports. Researchers from ESET discovered a new Golang-based wiper, dubbed SwiftSlicer, that was used in attacks aimed at Ukraine. The experts believe that the Russia-linked APT group Sandwork (aka BlackEnergy and TeleBots) is behind the wiper attacks. The Sandworm group has been […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2023
Hacker accused of having stolen personal data of all Austrians and more

A Dutch hacker who was arrested at the end of last year claims to have stolen the personal data of almost all Austrians.  At the end of November 2022, the Amsterdam police arrested a 25-year-old man from Almere who is suspected of having stolen or traded the personal data of tens of millions of people […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2023
CVE-2023-23560 flaw exposes 100 Lexmark printer models to hack

Lexmark released a security firmware update to fix a remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-23560, that impacts more than 100 printer models. Lexmark has released a security firmware update to address a remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-23560, that impacts more than 100 printer models. The CVE-2023-23560 flaw is a server-side request forgery […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2023
BlackCat Ransomware gang stole secret military data from an industrial explosives manufacturer

The BlackCat Ransomware group claims to have hacked SOLAR INDUSTRIES INDIA and to have stolen 2TB of “secret military data.” The BlackCat Ransomware gang added SOLAR INDUSTRIES INDIA to the list of victims published on its Tor leak site. The company is a globally recognised industrial explosives manufacturer, it provides complete blasting solutions, including packaged, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2023
UK NCSC warns of spear-phishing attacks from Russia-linked and Iran-linked groups

The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of a surge in the number of attacks from Russian and Iranian nation-state actors. The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning of targeted phishing attacks conducted by threat actors based in Russia and Iran. The are increasingly targeting organizations and individuals. The UK agency reported ongoing spear-phishing […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2023
An unfaithful employee leaked Yandex source code repositories

A source code repository allegedly stolen by a former employee of the Russian tech giant Yandex has been leaked online. A Yandex source code repository allegedly stolen by a former employee of the Russian IT giant has been leaked on a popular cybercrime forum. The announcement published on BreachForums includes a magnet link to the alleged […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2023
Hive Ransomware Tor leak site apparently seized by law enforcement

The leak site of the Hive ransomware gang was seized due to an international operation conducted by law enforcement in ten countries. The Tor leak site used by Hive ransomware operators has been seized as part of an international operation conducted by law enforcement in 10 countries. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation seized this site […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2023
Experts warn of a surge of attacks exploiting a Realtek Jungle SDK RCE (CVE-2021-35394)

Experts warn of a spike in the attacks that between August and October 2022 attempted to exploit a Realtek Jungle SDK RCE (CVE-2021-35394). Palo Alto Networks researchers reported that between August and October 2022 the number of attacks that attempted to exploit a Realtek Jungle SDK RCE (CVE-2021-35394) (CVSS score 9.8) accounted for more than […]