Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2022
US Department of State offers $10M reward for info to locate six Russian Sandworm members

The U.S. government offers up to $10 million for info that allows to identify or locate six Russian GRU hackers who are members of the Sandworm APT group. The US Department of State is offering up to $10 million for info that allows to identify or locate six Russian GRU hackers who are members of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2022
Linux Nimbuspwn flaws could allow attackers to deploy sophisticated threats

Microsoft disclosed two Linux privilege escalation flaws, collectively named Nimbuspwn, that could allow conducting various malicious activities. The Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team has discovered two Linux privilege escalation flaws (tracked as CVE-2022-29799 and CVE-2022-29800) called “Nimbuspwn,” which can be exploited by attackers to conduct various malicious activities, including the deployment of malware. “The vulnerabilities […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2022
Wind Turbine giant Deutsche Windtechnik hit by a professional Cyberattack

The German wind turbine giant Deutsche Windtechnik was hit by a targeted cyberattack earlier this month. German wind turbine giant Deutsche Windtechnik announced that some of its systems were hit by a targeted professional cyberattack earlier this month. The attack took place during the night between April 11 and 12, the company switched off remote […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2022
Conti ransomware operations surge despite the recent leak

Conti ransomware gang continues to target organizations worldwide despite the massive data leak has shed light on its operations. Researchers from Secureworks state that the Conti ransomware gang, tracked as a Russia-based threat actor Gold Ulrick, continues to operate despite the recent data leak on its internal activities. The group’s activity returned to the levels […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2022
Iran-linked APT Rocket Kitten exploited VMware bug in recent attacks

The Iran-linked APT group Rocket Kitten has been observed exploiting a recently patched CVE-2022-22954 VMware flaw. Iran-linked Rocket Kitten APT group has been observed exploiting a recently patched CVE-2022-22954 VMware Workspace ONE Access flaw to deploy ‘Core Impact’ Backdoor. The CVE-2022-22954 vulnerability is a server-side template injection remote code execution issue, it was rated 9.8 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2022
Stormous ransomware gang claims to have hacked Coca-Cola

The Stormous ransomware gang claims to have hacked the multinational beverage corporation Coca-Cola Company. The Stormous ransomware gang announced with a post on its leak site to have hacked the multinational beverage corporation Coca-Cola Company. The extortion group announced to have hacked some servers of the company and stole 161GB. The group recently launched a poll asking members […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2022
North Korea-linked APT37 targets journalists with GOLDBACKDOOR

North Korea-linked APT37 group is targeting journalists that focus on DPRK with a new piece of malware. North Korea-linked APT37 group (aka Ricochet Chollima) has been spotted targeting journalists focusing on DPRK with a new piece of malware. The campaign was discovered by journalists at NK News, an American news site that focuses on North […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2022
Iran announced to have foiled massive cyberattacks on public services

State television announced that Iran has foiled massive cyberattacks that targeted public services operated by both government and private organizations. According to the Iran state television, the attack attempts took place in recent days and aimed at the infrastructure of more than 100 public sector agencies. The report did not name entities that were targeted […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2022
Experts warn of a surge in zero-day flaws observed and exploited in 2021

The number of zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in cyberattacks in the wild exploded in the last years, security firm report. Google and Mandiant have published two reports that highlight a surge in the discovery of zero-day flaws exploited by threat actors in attacks in the wild. Google’s Project Zero researchers reported that 58 zero-day were discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2022
Atlassian addresses a critical Jira authentication bypass flaw

Atlassian fixed a critical flaw in its Jira software, tracked as CVE-2022-0540, that could be exploited to bypass authentication. Atlassian has addressed a critical vulnerability in its Jira Seraph software, tracked as CVE-2022-0540 (CVSS score 9.9), that can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication. A threat actor could trigger the vulnerability by […]