Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2022
Taiwanese vendor QNAP warned customers of a new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks and urges them to install the latest updates. Taiwanese vendor QNAP is asking users to install the latest update on their NAS devices and avoid exposing them on the Internet. The company issued the alert in response to a new wave of DeadBolt […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2022
During the second day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking competition, contestants demonstrated a working exploit for Microsoft Windows 11. During the second day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking competition, white hat hackers demonstrated a working exploit against Microsoft Windows 11 OS. The T0 group demonstrated an exploit for an improper access control flaw […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2022
Microsoft researchers have observed a spike in the activity of the Linux bot XorDdos over the last six months. XORDDoS, also known as XOR.DDoS, first appeared in the threat landscape in 2014 it is a Linux Botnet that was employed in attacks against gaming and education websites with massive DDoS attacks that reached 150 gigabytes per second […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 19, 2022
Google addressed a high-severity flaw in its OAuth client library for Java that could allow attackers with a compromised token to deploy malicious payloads. Google addressed a high-severity authentication bypass flaw in Google OAuth Client Library for Java, tracked as CVE-2021-22573 (CVS Score 8.7), that could be exploited by an attacker with a compromised token […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 19, 2022
White hat hackers earned a total of $800,000 on the first day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022, $450,000 for exploits targeting Microsoft Teams. Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking contest has begun, it is the 15th edition of this important event organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). This year, 17 contestants are attempting to exploit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 19, 2022
A new China-linked cyberespionage group known as ‘Space Pirates’ is targeting enterprises in the Russian aerospace industry. A previously unknown Chinese cyberespionage group, tracked as ‘Space Pirates’, targets enterprises in the Russian aerospace industry with spear-phishing attacks. The group has been active since at least 2017, researchers believe it is linked with other China-linked APT […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 18, 2022
Microsoft warns of brute-forcing attacks targeting Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) database servers exposed online. Microsoft warns of a new hacking campaign aimed at MSSQL servers, threat actors are launching brute-forcing attacks against poorly protected instances. The attacks are using the legitimate tool sqlps.exe, a sort of SQL Server PowerShell file, as a LOLBin (short for living-off-the-land binary). Microsoft warned of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 18, 2022
The Conti ransomware gang is threatening to ‘overthrow’ the new government of Costa Rica after last month’s attack. Last month, the Conti ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack on Costa Rica government infrastructure after that the government refused to pay a ransom. “The Costa Rican state will not pay anything to these cybercriminals.” said […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2022
The U.S. Justice Department accused a 55-year-old Venezuelan cardiologist of operating and selling the Thanos ransomware. The U.S. Justice Department accused Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez, a 55-year-old cardiologist from Venezuela, of operating and selling the Thanos ransomware. Thanos ransomware (a.k.a. Hakbit ransomware) has been developed by Nosophoros (aka Aesculapius, and Nebuchadnezzar), a threat actor offering for sale the malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2022
US Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds critical CVE-2022-30525 RCE flaw in Zyxel Firewalls to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added the recently disclosed remote code execution bug, tracked as CVE-2022-30525, affecting Zyxel firewalls, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk […]
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