Pierluigi Paganini
February 09, 2022
CyberNews researchers discovered five clones of The Pirate Bay serving malicious ads to more than seven million users each month. Original Post @ https://cybernews.com/security/the-pirate-bay-clones-target-millions-of-users-with-malware-and-malicious-ads/ CyberNews security researchers discovered five malicious domains masquerading as alternatives to The Pirate Bay. These domains were serving malicious ads to more than seven million users each month. Malvertising, also known […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2022
A cyberattack hit Vodafone Portugal causing severe outages in the country of its communication and television services. Vodafone Portugal suffered a major cyberattack that caused service outages in the country, media reported the temporary disruption of 4G/5G communications and television services. “Vodafone was the target of a network disruption that began on the night of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2022
Data belonging to 6,632 Puma employees was stolen in a December 2021 ransomware attack that hit Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG). Data of 6,632 Puma employees was stolen in a ransomware attack that hit HR management platform Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG) in December. Potentially exposed data includes names, Social Security numbers, and other personal information. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2022
The Roaming Mantis SMS phishing campaign is now targeting Android and iPhone users in Europe with malicious apps and phishing pages. Roaming Mantis surfaced in March 2018 when hacked routers in Japan redirecting users to compromised websites. Roaming Mantis is a credential theft and malware campaign that leverages smishing to distribute malicious Android apps in the format of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 07, 2022
Microsoft temporarily disabled the ms-appinstaller protocol for MSIX because it was abused by malware, such as Emotet. Microsoft announced to have temporarily disabled the ms-appinstaller protocol for MSIX because it was abused by malware, such as Emotet. In December, Microsoft addressed a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-43890, in AppX installer that affects Microsoft Windows which is under active exploitation. “We have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 07, 2022
An unnamed Chinese-language-speaking hacking group compromised systems at National Games of China in 2021. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Avast discovered that a Chinese-language-speaking threat actor has compromised systems at National Games of China in 2021. The event took place on September 15, 2021 in Shaanxi (China), it is a national version of the Olympics with only local […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 07, 2022
Russia-linked APT group Gamaredon is behind spear-phishing attacks against Ukrainian entities and organizations since October 2021. Russia-linked cyberespionage group Gamaredon (aka Armageddon, Primitive Bear, and ACTINIUM) is behind the spear-phishing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities and organizations related to Ukrainian affairs, since October 2021, Microsoft said. This week, Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 reported that the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 06, 2022
One of the Apple iOS zero-day flaws exploited by the NSO group was also used by another surveillance firm named QuaDream. One of the vulnerabilities in Apple iOS that was previously exploited by the spyware developed by the Israeli company NSO Group was also separately used by another surveillance firm named QuaDream. Like NSO Group, QuaDream develops […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 06, 2022
A flaw in Argo CD tool for Kubernetes could be exploited by attackers to steal sensitive data from Kubernetes Apps. A zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-24348, in the Argo CD tool for Kubernetes could be exploited by attackers to steal sensitive data from Kubernetes Apps, including passwords and API keys. The flaw received a CVSS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 05, 2022
LockBit ransomware gang claims to have stolen customers’ data from the PayBito crypto exchange. PayBito is a bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange for major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin, Ethereum, HCX, Litecoin, Ethereum Classic. The exchange is operated by global blockchain and IT services company HashCash. LockBit ransomware operators claim to have stolen customers’ data from the PayBito crypto exchange, […]
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