Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2022
The President of European Central Bank Christine Lagarde targeted by hackers

Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, was the target of a failed hacking attempt. The European Central Bank confirmed that its President, Christine Lagarde, was the target of a failed hacking attempt. The European Central Bank revealed that the hacking attempt took place recently, but the good news it that its experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2022
Flaws in the ExpressLRS Protocol allow the takeover of drones

The protocol for radio-controlled (RC) drones, named ExpressLRS, is affected by vulnerabilities that can allow device takeover. Researchers warn of vulnerabilities that affect the protocol for radio-controlled (RC) drones, named ExpressLRS, which can be exploited to take over unmanned vehicles. ExpressLRS is a high-performance open-source radio control link that provides a low latency radio control […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2022
A fake job offer via LinkedIn allowed to steal $540M from Axie Infinity

Threat actors used a fake job offer on LinkedIn to target an employee at Axie Infinity that resulted in the theft of $540 Million. In March, threat actors stole almost $625 million in Ethereum and USDC (a U.S. dollar pegged stablecoin) tokens from Axie Infinity’s Ronin network bridge. The attack took place on March 23rd, but […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2022
Anubis Networks is back with new C2 server

A large-scale phishing campaign leveraging the Anubis Network is targeting Brazil and Portugal since March 2022. A large-scale phishing campaign is targeting Internet-end users in Brazil and Portugal since March 2022. Anubis Network is a C2 portal developed to control fake portals and aims to steal credentials to fully access the real systems. This C2 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2022
Experts demonstrate how to unlock several Honda models via Rolling-PWN attack

Bad news for the owners of several Honda models, the Rolling-PWN Attack vulnerability can allow unlocking their vehicles. A team of security Researchers Kevin2600 and Wesley Li from Star-V Lab independently discovered a flaw in Honda models, named the Rolling-PWN Attack vulnerability (CVE-2021-46145), that can allow unlocking their vehicles- A remote keyless entry system (RKE) […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2022
Apple Lockdown Mode will protect users against highly targeted cyberattacks

Apple plans to introduce a security feature, called Lockdown Mode, to protect its users against “highly targeted cyberattacks.” The recent wave of sophisticated attacks against Apple users (i.e. Pegasus, DevilsTongue, and Hermit) urged the tech giant to develop a new security feature, called Lockdown Mode, to protect its users against highly targeted cyberattacks. The new feature will be implemented in iOS 16, iPadOS […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2022
Rozena backdoor delivered by exploiting the Follina bug

Threat actors are exploiting the disclosed Follina Windows vulnerability to distribute the Rozena backdoor. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers observed a phishing campaign that is leveraging the recently disclosed Follina security vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190, CVSS score 7.8) to distribute the Rozena backdoor on Windows systems. The Follina issue is a remote code execution vulnerability that resides in […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2022
Ongoing Raspberry Robin campaign leverages compromised QNAP devices

Cybereason researchers are warning of a wave of attacks spreading the wormable Windows malware Raspberry Robin. Raspberry Robin is a Windows worm discovered by cybersecurity researchers from Red Canary, the malware propagates through removable USB devices. The malicious code uses Windows Installer to reach out to QNAP-associated domains and download a malicious DLL. The malware uses […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2022
Emsisoft: Victims of AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware can recover their files for free

Emsisoft has released a free decryption tool that allows victims of the AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware to recover their files without paying a ransom. Cybersecurity firm Emsisoft released a free decryptor tool that allows victims of the AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware to recover their files without paying a ransom. The security firm states that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2022
Russian Cybercrime Trickbot Group is systematically attacking Ukraine

The operators behind the TrickBot malware are systematically targeting Ukraine since the beginning of the war in February 2022. IBM researchers collected evidence indicating that the Russia-based cybercriminal Trickbot group (aka Wizard Spider, DEV-0193, ITG23) has been systematically attacking Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion of the country. Since February, the Conti ransomware […]