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Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2022

World’s largest distributors of books Baker & Taylor hit by ransomware

Baker & Taylor, one of the world’s largest distributors of books, revealed that it was hit by a ransomware attack. Baker & Taylor, one of the world’s largest distributors of books worldwide, suffered a ransomware attack on August 23. The incident impacted the company’s phone systems, offices, and service centers. On August 24, the company […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2022

Crooks are increasingly targeting DeFi platforms to steal cryptocurrency

The U.S. FBI warns investors that crooks are increasingly exploiting security issues in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms to steal cryptocurrency. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a Public Service Announcement (PSA) to warn investors that cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting security flaws in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms to steal cryptocurrency. Threat actors are exploiting […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2022

Twilio breach let attackers access Authy two-factor accounts of 93 users

Threat actors behind the Twilio hack also gained access to the accounts of 93 individual users of its Authy two-factor authentication (2FA) service. Early August, the communications company Twilio discloses a data breach, threat actors had access to the data of some of its customers. The attackers accessed company systems using employee credentials obtained through […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2022

Nitrokod crypto miner infected systems across 11 countries since 2019

Researchers spotted a Turkish-based crypto miner malware campaign, tracked as Nitrokod, which infected systems across 11 countries. Check Point researchers discovered a Turkish based crypto miner malware campaign, dubbed Nitrokod, which infected machines across 11 countries The threat actors dropped the malware from popular software available on dozens of free software websites, including Softpedia and […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2022

Scammers used a deepfake AI hologram of Binance executive to scam crypto projects

Scammers used a deepfake AI hologram of the Binance chief communications officer for fraudulent activities. Patrick Hillmann, chief communications officer of Binance, confirmed that scammers used his Deepfake AI hologram to trick users into online meetings and target the projects of clients of the company. Hillmann explained in a blog post that the attack was […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2022

Experts warn of the first known phishing attack against PyPI

The Python Package Index (PyPI) warns of an ongoing phishing campaign to steal developer credentials and distribute malicious updates. The Python Package Index, PyPI, this week warned of an ongoing phishing campaign that aims to steal developer credentials and inject malicious updates to the packages in the repository. “Today we received reports of a phishing […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2022

Twilio hackers also breached the food delivery firm DoorDash

Twilio hackers also compromised the food delivery firm DoorDash, the attackers had access to company data, including customer and employee info. On-demand food delivery service DoorDash disclosed a data breach, the threat actors behind the Twilio hack gained access to the company’s data. DoorDash declared that malicious hackers stole credentials from employees of a third-party vendor, then […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2022

Unprecedented cyber attack hit State Infrastructure of Montenegro

The state Infrastructure of Montenegro was hit by a massive and “unprecedented” cyber attack, authorities announced. An unprecedented cyber attack hit the Government digital infrastructure in Montenegro, the government has timely adopted measures to mitigate its impact. Montenegro immediately reported the attack to other members of the NATO alliance. “Certain services were switched off temporarily […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2022

Threat actor abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat driver to disable antivirus

Threat actors abused a vulnerable anti-cheat driver for the Genshin Impact video game to disable antivirus software. Threat actors abused a vulnerable anti-cheat driver, named mhyprot2.sys, for the Genshin Impact video game to disable antivirus software. According to Trend Micro, a cybercrime gang abused the driver to deploy ransomware. The driver provides anti-cheat functions, but […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2022

Critical flaw impacts Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center

Atlassian addressed a critical vulnerability in Bitbucket Server and Data Center that could lead to malicious code execution on vulnerable instances. Atlassian fixed a critical flaw in Bitbucket Server and Data Center, tracked as CVE-2022-36804 (CVSS score 9.9), that could be explored to execute malicious code on vulnerable installs The flaw is a command injection vulnerability that can be exploited via […]

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World’s largest distributors of books Baker & Taylor hit by ransomware

Crooks are increasingly targeting DeFi platforms to steal cryptocurrency

Twilio breach let attackers access Authy two-factor accounts of 93 users

Nitrokod crypto miner infected systems across 11 countries since 2019

Scammers used a deepfake AI hologram of Binance executive to scam crypto projects

Experts warn of the first known phishing attack against PyPI

Twilio hackers also breached the food delivery firm DoorDash

Unprecedented cyber attack hit State Infrastructure of Montenegro

Threat actor abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat driver to disable antivirus

Critical flaw impacts Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center

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