Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2022
Threat actors behind web skimming campaigns are using malicious JavaScript to mimic Google Analytics and Meta Pixel scripts to avoid detection. Microsoft security researchers recently observed web skimming campaigns that used multiple obfuscation techniques to avoid detection. The threat actors obfuscated the skimming script by encoding it in PHP, which, in turn, was embedded in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2022
Interpol Secretary warns that nation-state malware will become available on the cybercrime underground in a couple of years. Interpol Secretary General Jurgen Stock declared that nation-state malwre will become available on the darknet in a couple of years. In the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the malware developed by both nation-state actors and non […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2022
Russia-linked APT group Turla was observed targeting the Austrian Economic Chamber, a NATO eLearning platform, and the Baltic Defense College. Researchers from SEKOIA.IO Threat & Detection Research (TDR) team have uncovered a reconnaissance and espionage campaign conducted by Russia-linked Turla APT aimed at the Baltic Defense College, the Austrian Economic Chamber (involved in government decision-making such as economic sanctions) and NATO’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2022
Researchers warn that the Fronton botnet was used by Russia-linked threat actors for coordinated disinformation campaigns. Fronton is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet that was used by Russia-linked threat actors for coordinated disinformation campaigns. In March 2020, the collective of hacktivists called “Digital Revolution” claimed to have hacked a subcontractor to the Russian FSB. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2022
A security researcher announced the discovery of an unpatched flaw in PayPal that could allow attackers to steal money from users. TheHackerNews first reported that a security researcher (that goes online with the moniker h4x0r_dz) has discovered an unpatched flaw in PayPal that could allow attackers to trick users into completing transactions controlled by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2022
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) uncovered campaigns targeting Android users with five zero-day vulnerabilities. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers discovered three campaigns, between August and October 2021, targeting Android users with five zero-day vulnerabilities. The attacks aimed at installing the surveillance spyware Predator, developed by the North Macedonian firm Cytrox. The five 0-day vulnerabilities […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2022
Researchers uncovered a malware campaign targeting the infoSec community with fake Proof Of Concept to deliver a Cobalt Strike beacon. Researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble uncovered a malware campaign targeting the infoSec community. The expert discovered a post where a researcher were sharing a fake Proof of Concept (POC) exploit code for an RPC Runtime Library […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2022
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT is exploiting the Log4J remote code execution (RCE) in attacks aimed at VMware Horizon servers. North Korea-linked group Lazarus is exploiting the Log4J RCE vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) to compromise VMware Horizon servers. Multiple threat actors are exploiting this flaw since January, in January VMware urged customers to patch critical Log4j security vulnerabilities impacting Internet-exposed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2022
The Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking contest ended, Trend Micro and ZDI awarded a total of $1,155,000 for successful attempts! During the third day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking competition, white hat hackers demonstrated a working exploit against Microsoft Windows 11 OS. nghiadt12 from Viettel Cyber Security demonstrated an exploit for an escalation of privilege via Integer […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2022
Security researchers from ESET reported that the Russia-linked APT group Sandworm continues to target Ukraine. Security experts from ESET reported that the Russia-linked cyberespionage group Sandworm continues to launch cyber attacks against entities in Ukraine. Sandworm (aka BlackEnergy and TeleBots) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for […]
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