Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2022
EvilProxy Phishing-As-A-Service With MFA Bypass Emerged In Dark Web

Resecurity researchers discovered a new Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) called EvilProxy advertised on the Dark Web. Original post: https://resecurity.com/blog/article/evilproxy-phishing-as-a-service-with-mfa-bypass-emerged-in-dark-web Following the recent Twilio hack leading to the leakage of 2FA (OTP) codes, cybercriminals continue to upgrade their attack arsenal to orchestrate advanced phishing campaigns targeting users worldwide. Resecurity has recently identified a new Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) called EvilProxy advertised in the Dark […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2022
A new SharkBot variant bypassed Google Play checks again

Experts spotted an upgraded version of the SharkBot malware that was uploaded to the official Google Play Store. Fox IT researchers have spotted an upgraded version of a SharkBot dropper that was uploaded to the official Google Play Store. While previous variants of the dropper relied on Accessibility permissions to automatically install the Sharkbot malware, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2022
A new phishing scam targets American Express cardholders

Cybersecurity firm Armorblox discovered a new phishing campaign aimed at American Express customers. Armorblox researchers uncovered a new phishing campaign that is targeting American Express customers. The messages use a malicious attachment and their content attempt to trick cardholders into opening it. The subject of the emails reads “Important Notification About Your Account” in an attempt to urge recipients […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2022
Anonymous hacked Yandex taxi causing a massive traffic jam in Moscow

The popular collective Anonymous and the IT Army of Ukraine hacked the Yandex Taxi app causing a massive traffic jam in Moscow. This week Anonymous announced to have hacked the Yandex Taxi app, the largest taxi service in Russia, and used it to cause a massive traffic jam in Moscow. The threat actors ordered all […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2022
Google rolled out emergency fixes to address actively exploited Chrome zero-day

Google rolled out emergency fixes to address a vulnerability in the Chrome web browser that is being actively exploited in the wild. Google on Friday released emergency fixes to address a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-3075, in the Chrome web browser that is being actively exploited in the wild. The CVE-2022-3075 flaw is caused by insufficient data […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2022
Samsung discloses a second data breach this year

Electronics giant Samsung has confirmed a new data breach after some of its US systems were compromised in July. After the attack that hit the company in late July 2022, Samsung disclosed a data breach. The Electronics giant discovered on August 4 that threat actors have had access to its systems and exfiltrated customer personal […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2022
Google Chrome issue allows overwriting the clipboard content

A security issue in the Google Chrome browser could allow malicious web pages to automatically overwrite clipboard content. A vulnerability in the Google Chrome browser, as well as Chromium-based browsers, could allow malicious web pages to automatically overwrite the clipboard content without any user interaction and consent simply visiting them. According to a blog post […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2022
Attack infrastructure used in Cisco hack linked to Evil Corp affiliate

Researchers discovered that the infrastructure used in Cisco hack was the same used to target a Workforce Management Solution firm. Researchers from cybersecurity firm eSentire discovered that the attack infrastructure used in recent Cisco hack was also used to attack a top Workforce Management corporation in in April 2022. The experts also speculate that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2022
Researchers analyzed a new JavaScript skimmer used by Magecart threat actors

Researchers from Cyble analyzed a new, highly evasive JavaScript skimmer used by Magecart threat actors. Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs started its investigation after seeing a post on Twitter a new JavaScript skimmer developed by the Magecart threat group used to target Magento e-commerce websites. In Magecart attacks against Magento e-stores, attackers attempt to exploit vulnerabilities […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2022
1,859 Android and iOS apps were containing hard-coded Amazon AWS credentials

Researchers discovered 1,859 Android and iOS apps containing hard-coded Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials. Researchers from Broadcom Symantec’s Threat Hunter team discovered 1,859 Android and iOS apps containing hard-coded Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials that allowed access to private cloud services. The experts pointed out that most of the apps containing hard-coded Amazon Web Services […]