Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2022
U.S. Gov believes North Korea-linked Lazarus APT is behind Ronin Validator cyber heist

The U.S. government blames North Korea-linked APT Lazarus for the recent $600 million Ronin Validator cyber heist. The U.S. government attributes the recent $600 million Ronin Validator cryptocurrencty heist to the North Korea-linked APT Lazarus. The U.S. Treasury announced in a notice the sanctions against the Ethereum address used by the APT to receive the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2022
The unceasing action of Anonymous against Russia

This week the Anonymous collective and its affiliates have targeted multiple Russian organizations stealing gigabytes of data. This week Anonymous and other hacker groups affiliated with the collective have launched multiple attacks against Russian government agencies and organizations. The week started with the announcement of the hack of Russia’s Ministry of Culture, Anonymous leaked 446 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2022
Threat actors target the Ukrainian gov with IcedID malware

Threat actors are targeting Ukrainian government agencies with phishing attacks delivering the IcedID malware. The Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) uncovered new phishing campaigns aimed at infecting systems of Ukrainian government agencies with the IcedID malware. IcedID banking trojan first appeared in the threat landscape in 2017, it has capabilities similar to other financial threats […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2022
Threat actors use Zimbra exploits to target organizations in Ukraine

Threat actors are targeting Ukrainian government organizations with exploits for XSS vulnerabilities in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (CVE-2018-6882). Ukraine’s CERT (CERT-UA) warns of threat actors that are targeting government organizations with exploits for XSS vulnerabilities in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (CVE-2018-6882). “Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the ZmMailMsgView.getAttachmentLinkHtml function in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) before 8.7 Patch […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2022
ZingoStealer crimeware released for free in the cybercrime ecosystem

A new powerful crimeware called ZingoStealer was released for free by a threat actor known as Haskers Gang. ZingoStealer is a new information-stealer developed by a threat actor known as Haskers Gang who released it for free after they attempted to sell the source code for $500. The threat actors were also offering their own crypter, dubbed […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2022
US gov agencies e private firms warn nation-state actors are targeting ICS & SCADA devices

The US government agencies warned of threat actors that are targeting ICS and SCADA systems from various vendors. The Department of Energy (DOE), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn of offensive capabilities developed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2022
CISA adds Windows CLFS Driver Privilege Escalation flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

The U.S. CISA added the CVE-2022-24521 Microsoft Windows CLFS Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the CVE-2022-24521 privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, FCEB […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2022
Critical VMware Workspace ONE Access CVE-2022-22954 flaw actively exploited

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager recently patched by the vendor. Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-22954, in VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager recently patched by the vendor. Researchers from cyber threat intelligence BadPackets also reported that the vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2022
China-linked Hafnium APT leverages Tarrask malware to gain persistence

China-linked Hafnium APT group started using a new piece of new malware to gain persistence on compromised Windows systems. The China-backed Hafnium cyberespionage group is likely behind a piece of a new malware, dubbed Tarrask, that’s used to maintain persistence on compromised Windows systems, reported Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) experts. HAFNIUM primarily targets entities […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2022
JekyllBot:5 flaws allow hacking TUG autonomous mobile robots in hospitals

Researchers discovered five vulnerabilities that can be exploited to remotely hack hospital Aethon’s TUG autonomous mobile robots. Researchers at healthcare IoT security firm Cynerio discovered a collection of five vulnerabilities impacting TUG autonomous mobile robots, collectively named JekyllBot:5, that could be exploited by remote attackers to hack the devices. According to a US CISA advisory, the […]