Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2023
Intezer researchers reported that a South Asian espionage group, tracked as Bitter, is targeting the Chinese nuclear energy industry. Intezer researchers uncovered a cyberespionage campaign targeting the Chinese nuclear energy sector, they linked it to the Bitter APT group. The Bitter APT group is a South Asian cyberespionage group active since at least 2021. The group […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2023
Australian loan giant Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) revealed that a data breach its has suffered impacted 14 million customers. The data breach suffered by Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) is much more serious than initially estimated. The company initially determined that the number of impacted individuals was 328,000, but now confirmed that the real number of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2023
Telecommunications giant Lumen Technologies discovered two cybersecurity incidents, including a ransomware attack. In a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, on March 27, 2023, Lumen announced two cybersecurity incidents. One of the incidents is a ransomware attack that impacted a limited number of its servers that support a segmented hosting service. The company did […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 27, 2023
Apple released updates to backport security patches that address actively exploited CVE-2023-23529 WebKit zero-day for older iPhones and iPads. Apple released security updates to backport patches that address an actively exploited zero-day flaw (CVE-2023-23529) for older iPhones and iPads. The CVE-2023-23529 flaw is a type confusion issue in WebKit that was addressed by the IT giant with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 27, 2023
China-linked Earth Preta cyberespionage group has been observed adopting new techniques to bypass security solutions. Trend Micro researchers reported that the China-linked Earth Preta group (aka Mustang Panda) is actively changing its tools, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) to bypass security solutions. Earth Preta, also known as “RedDelta” or “Bronze President,” has been active since at least […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2023
Microsoft is warning of cyber attacks exploiting a recently patched Outlook vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-23397 (CVSS score: 9.8). Microsoft published guidance for investigating attacks exploiting recently patched Outlook vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-23397. The flaw is a Microsoft Outlook spoofing vulnerability that can lead to an authentication bypass. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit the flaw to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2023
Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) is investigating a cyber attack with the help of the FBI and US CISA. The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) is investigating a cyberattack that last week hit the agency. The agency quickly activated the incident response procedure after the attack. The attack was disclosed on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 25, 2023
The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed that it has set up a number of fake DDoS-for-hire sites to infiltrate the online criminal underground. The UK National Crime Agency announced it has infiltrated the online criminal marketplace by setting up several sites purporting to offer DDoS-for-hire services. DDoS-for-hire or ‘booter’ services allows registered users to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 25, 2023
On the third day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023 hacking contest, the organization awarded $185,000 for 10 zero-day exploits. Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023 is ended, contestants disclosed 27 unique zero-days and the organization awarded a total of $1,035,000 and a Tesla Model 3. The team Synacktiv (@Synacktiv) (Benoist-Vanderbeken, David Berard, Vincent Dehors, Tanguy Dubroca, Thomas Bouzerar, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 24, 2023
Researchers reported that China-linked hackers targeted telecommunication providers in the Middle East in the first quarter of 2023. In the first quarter of 2023, SentinelLabs researchers spotted the initial phases of attacks against telecommunication providers in the Middle East. According to the researchers, the activity is part of the Operation Soft Cell that was first […]
