Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2021
Threat actors hacked US Census Bureau in 2020 by exploiting a Citrix flaw

Threat actors breached the servers of US Census Bureau on January 11, 2020, exploiting an unpatched Citrix ADC zero-day vulnerability, OIG revealed. A report published by the US Office of Inspector General (OIG) revealed that threat actors breached the servers of US Census Bureau on January 11, 2020, exploiting an unpatched Citrix ADC zero-day flaw. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2021
NK-linked InkySquid APT leverages IE exploits in recent attacks

North Korea-linked InkySquid group leverages two Internet Explorer exploits to deliver a custom implant in attacks aimed at a South Korean online newspaper. Experts from cybersecurity firm Volexity reported that North Korea-linked InkySquid group (aka ScarCruft, APT37, Group123, and Reaper) leverages two Internet Explorer exploits to deliver a custom backdoor in watering hole attacks aimed at the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2021
Kalay cloud platform flaw exposes millions of IoT devices to hack

FireEye Mandiant researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in the Kalay cloud platform that exposes millions of IoT devices to attacks. Researchers at FireEye’s Mandiant have discovered a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-28372, in a core component of the Kalay cloud platform which is used by millions of IoT devices from many vendors. The flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2021
1.9 million+ records from the FBI’s terrorist watchlist available online

A security researcher discovered that a secret FBI’s terrorist watchlist was accidentally exposed on the internet for three weeks between July 19 and August 9, 2021. The security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered a secret terrorist watchlist with 1.9 million records that were exposed on the internet for three weeks between July 19 and August 9, 2021. In July, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2021
Recent attacks on Iran were orchestrated by the Indra group

The recent attacks that targeted Iran’s transport ministry and national train system were conducted by a threat actor dubbed Indra. In July, Iran’s railroad system was hit by a cyberattack, threat actors published fake messages about delays or cancellations of the trains on display boards at stations across the country, the Fars news agency reported. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2021
US FINRA warns US brokerage firms and brokers of ongoing phishing attacks

The US FINRA warns US brokerage firms and brokers of an ongoing phishing campaign impersonating its representatives to steal sensitive info. The US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is warning US brokerage firms and brokers of an ongoing phishing campaign. Threat actors are impersonating FINRA officials and are using the threat of penalties to trick victims recipients into providing […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2021
Threat actor claims to be selling data of more than 100 million T-Mobile customers

T-Mobile is investigating a possible data breach after a threat actor published a post on a forum claiming to be selling the personal data of its customers. New problems for T-Mobile, the company is investigating a possible data breach after that a threat actor has published a post on a hacking forum claiming to be […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2021
Glowworm Attack allows sound recovery via a device’s power indicator LED

The Glowworm attack leverages optical emanations from a device’s power indicator LED to recover sounds from connected peripherals and spy on electronic conversations. Boffins from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev devised a new attack technique, dubbed the “Glowworm attack,” that leverages optical emanations from a device’s power indicator LED to recover sounds from connected […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2021
Classified documents from Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs are available for sale

Emails allegedly stolen from the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs are available for sale in a cybercrime forum, some emails include high-sensitive info. An archive containing 1.6 million emails containing highly sensitive messages allegedly stolen from the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is available for sale on the RaidForums hacking forum. The ad doesn’t include […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2021
Dumping user’s Microsoft Azure credentials in plaintext from Windows 365

A security expert devised a method to retrieve a user’s Microsoft Azure credentials in plaintext from Microsoft’s new Windows 365 Cloud PC service using Mimikatz. Benjamin Delpy, the popular security researcher and author of the Mimikatz tool, has devised a method to retrieve a user’s Microsoft Azure credentials in plaintext from Microsoft’s new Windows 365 […]