Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2020
Israeli cyber security firm Cellebrite claims that it can decrypt messages from the popular Signal’s messaging app. Israeli security firm Cellebrite has claimed that it can decrypt messages from the Signal highly secure messaging app. The BBC reported the link to a blog on the company website that details the procedure to decrypt the Signal messages. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2020
CyberNews Investigation team analyzed the 13 most popular messaging apps to see if the apps are really safe. Source: https://cybernews.com/security/research-nearly-all-of-your-messaging-apps-are-secure/ In recent research, the CyberNews Investigation team discovered that a chat service, most likely based in China, had leaked more than 130,000 extremely NSFW images, video and audio recordings of their users. While this messaging […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2020
Security experts shared lists of organizations that were infected with the SolarWinds Sunburst backdoor after decoding the DGA mechanism. Security experts started analyzing the DGA mechanism used by threat actors behind the SolarWinds hack to control the Sunburst/Solarigate backdoor and published the list of targeted organizations. Researchers from multiple cybersecurity firms published a list that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2020
A joint operation conducted by law European enforcement agencies resulted in the seizure of the infrastructure of three bulletproof VPN services. A joint operation conducted by law enforcement agencies from the US, Germany, France, Switzerland, and the Netherlands resulted in the seizure of the infrastructure used by three VPN bulletproof services. VPN bulletproof services are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 21, 2020
Multiple Dell Wyse thin client models are affected by critical vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a remote attacker to take over the devices. Critical vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2020-29492 and CVE-2020-29491 affect several Dell Wyse thin client models that could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute malicious code and gain access to arbitrary files. In computer […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 21, 2020
While investigating the recent SolarWinds Orion supply-chain attack security researchers discovered another backdoor, tracked SUPERNOVA. The investigation of the SolarWinds Orion supply-chain attack revealed the existence of another backdoor that was likely used by a separate threat actor. After the initial disclosure of the SolarWinds attack, several teams of researchers mentioned the existence of two […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 21, 2020
Tens of Al Jazeera employees were targeted in a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a zero-click iOS zero-day vulnerability to hack their iPhones. Researchers from Citizen Lab reported that at least 36 Al Jazeera employees were targeted in a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a zero-click iOS zero-day vulnerability to hack their iPhones. The attackers used an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 20, 2020
US DOE confirmed that threat actors behind the recent SolarWinds supply chain attack also hacked the networks of the US NNSA nuclear agency. US DOE confirmed this week that threat actors behind the recent SolarWinds supply chain attack also compromised the networks of the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) agency. “The Department of Energy […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 20, 2020
This post includes the details of the COVID-19 themed attacks launched from December 6 – December 19, 2020. December 6 – Drug dealers are selling Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines on the darkweb While the United Kingdom announced the distribution of the COVID19 vaccine to the population drug dealers is selling ‘Pfizer COVID Vaccines.’ December 10 – […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 19, 2020
Joker’s Stash, the largest carding marketplace online, was shut down by a coordinated operation conducted by the FBI and the Interpol. Joker’s Stash, the largest carding marketplace online, was shut down as a result of a coordinated operation conducted by the FBI and the Interpol. The Joker’s Stash carding platform has been active since October […]
