Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2023
NBA is warning fans of a data breach after a third-party newsletter service hack

The NBA (National Basketball Association) disclosed a data breach after a third-party firm providing a newsletter service was breached. The NBA (National Basketball Association) is notifying followers of a data breach after a third-party company providing a newsletter service was breached. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in Northern America composed […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2023
US govt agencies released a joint alert on the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware

The US government released a joint advisory that provides technical details about the operation of the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware gang. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a joint advisory that provides indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2023
Hitachi Energy breached by Clop gang through GoAnywhere Zero-Day exploitation

Hitachi Energy disclosed a data breach, the Clop ransomware gang stole the company data by exploiting the recent GoAnywhere zero-day flaw. Hitachi Energy disclosed a data breach, the company was hacked by the Clop ransomware gang that stole its data by exploiting the recently disclosed zero-day vulnerability in the GoAnywhere MFT (Managed File Transfer). The […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2023
HinataBot, a new Go-Based DDoS botnet in the threat landscape

A new Golang-based DDoS botnet, tracked as HinataBot, targets routers and servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. Akamai researchers spotted a new DDoS Golang-based botnet, dubbed HinataBot, which has been observed exploiting known flaws to compromise routers and servers. The experts reported that the HinataBot bot was seen being distributed since the beginning of 2023 and its operators are actively […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2023
China-linked APT likely linked to Fortinet zero-day attacks

An alleged Chinese threat actor group is behind attacks on government organizations exploiting a Fortinet zero-day flaw (CVE-2022-41328). A suspected China-linked group is exploiting a Fortinet zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-41328, in attacks aimed at government organizations. A few days ago, Fortinet researchers warned of an advanced threat actor that is targeting governmental or government-related […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2023
Baseband RCE flaws in Samsung’s Exynos chipsets expose devices to remote hack

Google’s Project Zero hackers found multiple flaws in Samsung ’s Exynos chipsets that expose devices to remote hack with no user interaction. White hat hackers at Google’s Project Zero unit discovered multiple vulnerabilities Samsung ’s Exynos chipsets that can be exploited by remote attackers to compromise phones without user interaction. The researchers discovered a total […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2023
Microsoft sheds light on a year of Russian hybrid warfare in Ukraine

Russia-linked threat actors targeted at least 17 European nations in 2023, and 74 countries since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. Microsoft revealed that Russia-linked threat actors targeted at least 17 European nations between January and mid-February 2023. According to a report published by the IT giant, the state-sponsored hackers have targeted 74 countries […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2023
Multiple threat actors exploited Progress Telerik bug to breach U.S. federal agency

Multiple threat actors exploited a critical flaw in Progress Telerik to breach an unnamed US federal agency, said the US government. A joint advisory issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) revealed that multiple threat actors, including a nation-state actor, exploited a […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2023
Russia-linked APT29 abuses EU information exchange systems in recent attacks

Russia-linked APT29 group abused the legitimate information exchange systems used by European countries to target government entities. Russia-linked APT29 (aka SVR group, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, and The Dukes) was spotted abusing the legitimate information exchange systems used by European countries in attacks aimed at governments. In early March, BlackBerry researchers uncovered a new cyber espionage campaign aimed at EU […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2023
YoroTrooper APT group targets CIS countries and embassies

A new APT group, dubbed YoroTrooper, has been targeting government and energy organizations across Europe, experts warn. Cisco Talos researchers uncovered a new cyber espionage group targeting CIS countries, embassies and EU health care agency since at least June 2022. The APT group focuses on government or energy organizations in Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and other Commonwealth […]