Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2022
Russia prepares massive cyberattacks on the critical infrastructure of Ukraine and its allies

The Ukrainian military intelligence warns that Russia is planning to escalate cyberattacks targeting Ukraine and Western allies. The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (HUR MO) warns that Russia is planning to escalate cyberattacks targeting the critical infrastructure of Ukraine and western countries. According to the Ukrainian military intelligence service, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2022
China-linked TA413 group targets Tibetan entities with new backdoor

China-linked cyberespionage group TA413 exploits employ a never-before-undetected backdoor called LOWZERO in attacks aimed at Tibetan entities. A China-linked cyberespionage group, tracked as TA413 (aka LuckyCat), is exploiting recently disclosed flaws in Sophos Firewall (CVE-2022-1040) and Microsoft Office (CVE-2022-30190) to deploy a never-before-detected backdoor called LOWZERO in attacks aimed at Tibetan entities. The TA413 APT group is known to be focused […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2022
Metador, a never-before-seen APT targeted ISPs and telco for about 2 years

A previously undetected hacking group, tracked as Metador, has been targeting telecommunications, internet services providers (ISPs), and universities for about two years. SentinelLabs researchers uncovered a never-before-seen threat actor, tracked as Metador, that primarily targets telecommunications, internet service providers, and universities in several countries in the Middle East and Africa. The experts pointed out that […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2022
Attackers impersonate CircleCI platform to compromise GitHub accounts

Threat actors target GitHub users to steal credentials and two-factor authentication (2FA) codes by impersonating the CircleCI DevOps platform. GitHub is warning of an ongoing phishing campaign targeting its users to steal credentials and two-factor authentication (2FA) codes by impersonating the CircleCI DevOps platform. The company learned of the attacks against its users on September […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2022
OpIran: Anonymous declares war on Teheran amid Mahsa Amini’s death

OpIran: Anonymous launched Operation Iran against Teheran due to the ongoing crackdown on dissent after Mahsa Amini’s death. Anonymous launched OpIran against Iran due to the ongoing crackdown on dissent after Mahsa Amini’s death. The protests began after the death of Mahsa Amini from Saqqez in Kurdistan province after her arrest by Iran’s morality police […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2022
Ukraine: SSU dismantled cyber gang that stole 30 million accounts

The cyber department of Ukraine ‘s Security Service (SSU) dismantled a gang that stole accounts of about 30 million individuals. The cyber department of Ukraine ‘s Security Service (SSU) has taken down a group of hackers that is behind the theft of about 30 million individuals. The gang was offering the stole accounts for sale […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2022
London Police arrested a teen suspected to be behind Uber, Rockstar Games breaches

The City of London Police this week announced the arrest of a 17-year-old teenager on suspicion of hacking. Is he the Uber hacker? The City of London Police on Friday announced to have arrested a 17-year-old teenager on suspicion of hacking, however, experts believe the arrest could be linked to the recent security breaches suffered […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2022
Sophos warns of a new actively exploited flaw in Firewall product

Sophos warns that a critical code injection security vulnerability in its Firewall product is actively exploited in the wild. Sophos warns of a critical code injection security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-3236, affecting its Firewall product which is being exploited in the wild. The CVE-2022-3236 flaw resides in the User Portal and Webadmin of Sophos Firewall, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2022
Anonymous claims to have hacked the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense

The popular collective Anonymous claims to have hacked the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense and leaked data of 305,925 people. The #OpRussia (#OpRussia) launched by Anonymous on Russia after the criminal invasion of Ukraine continues, the popular collective claims to have hacked the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense. The group of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2022
CISA adds Zoho ManageEngine flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

CISA added a security flaw in Zoho ManageEngine, tracked as CVE-2022-35405, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a recently disclosed security flaw in Zoho ManageEngine, tracked as CVE-2022-35405 (CVSS score 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of […]