Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2022
Fortinet fixed an actively exploited FortiOS SSL-VPN flaw that could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on devices. Fortinet urges customers to update their installs to address an actively exploited FortiOS SSL-VPN vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42475, that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on devices. The CVE-2022-42475 flaw […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2022
A hack-for-hire group dubbed Evilnum is targeting travel and financial entities with the new Janicab malware variant. Kaspersky researchers reported that a hack-for-hire group dubbed Evilnum is targeting travel and financial entities. The attacks are part of a campaign aimed at legal and financial investment institutions in the Middle East and Europe. The campaign took place in 2020 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2022
Researchers reported an increase in TrueBot infections, attackers have shifted from using malicious emails as their primary delivery method to other techniques. Cisco Talos researchers reported an increase in TrueBot infections, threat actors have shifted from using malicious emails as their primary attack vector to other techniques. Truebot has been active since 2017 and some researchers linked it to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 11, 2022
The Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 is ended, and the participants earned a total of $989,750 for 63 unique zero-day exploits. The Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition has ended and these are the final numbers for the event: DEVCORE and @orange_8361 won Master of Pwn for Toronto 2022. “And we are finished! All of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 11, 2022
The Iran-linked MuddyWater APT is targeting countries in the Middle East as well as Central and West Asia in a new campaign. Deep Instinct’s Threat Research team uncovered a new campaign conducted by the MuddyWater APT (aka SeedWorm, TEMP.Zagros, and Static Kitten) that was targeting Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Tajikistan, and United Arab Emirates. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2022
CommonSpirit Health confirmed that the October security breach resulted in the exposure of the personal data of 623,774 patients. In early October, Common Spirit, one of the largest hospital chains in the US, suffered a ransomware cyberattack that caused severe inconvenience to the facilities and to patients. The security breach led to delayed surgeries, hold-ups […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2022
On the third day of the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, participants earned more than $250,000. On the third day of the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, participants earned more than $250,000 for demonstrating zero-day attacks against NAS devices, printers, smart speakers, routers, and smartphones. In the two days, participants earned […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2022
Claroty researchers devised a technique for bypassing the web application firewalls (WAF) of several vendors. Researchers at industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Claroty devised an attack technique for bypassing the web application firewalls (WAF) of several industry-leading vendors. The technique was discovered while conducting unrelated research on Cambium Networks’ wireless device management platform. The researchers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2022
Zombinder is a third-party service on darknet used to embed malicious payloads in legitimate Android applications. While investigating a new malware campaign targeting Android and Windows systems, researchers at Threat Fabric discovered a darknet service, dubbed Zombinder, used to embed malicious payloads in legitimate Android apps. The campaign involved the Ermac Android banking Trojan along […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2022
Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 Day Two – Participants demonstrated exploits for smart speaker, smartphone, printer, router, and NAS. On the first day of the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition participants earned $400,000 for 26 unique zero-day exploits. On the second day of the competition, participants earned more $281,000 for smart speaker, smartphone, printer, […]
