Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2022
Microsoft spotted an upgraded variant of the Zerobot botnet that spreads by exploiting Apache vulnerabilities. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) researchers discovered a new variant of the Zerobot botnet (aka ZeroStresser) that was improved with the capabilities to target more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The IT giant is tracking this cluster of threat activity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2022
North Korea-linked threat actors have stolen an estimated $1.2 billion worth of cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five years. South Korea’s spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, estimated that North Korea-linked threat actors have stolen an estimated 1.5 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 21, 2022
Play ransomware attacks target Exchange servers with a new exploit that bypasses Microsoft’s ProxyNotShell mitigations. Play ransomware operators target Exchange servers using a new exploit chain, dubbed OWASSRF by Crowdstrike, that bypasses Microsoft’s mitigations for ProxyNotShell vulnerabilities. The ProxyNotShell flaws are: they impact Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019, an authenticated attacker can trigger them […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 21, 2022
American identity and access management giant Okta revealed that that its private GitHub repositories were hacked this month. Okta revealed that its private GitHub repositories were hacked this month, the news was first reported by BleepingComputer which had access to ‘confidential’ email notification sent by Okta. According to the notification threat actors have stolen the Okta’s source code. “As soon […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 21, 2022
German multinational industrial engineering and steel production company ThyssenKrupp AG was the target of a cyberattack. German multinational industrial engineering and steel production giant ThyssenKrupp AG announced that the Materials Services division and corporate headquarters were hit by a cyberattack. At this time the company has yet to disclose the type of attack that hit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 20, 2022
Russia-linked Gamaredon APT group targeted a large petroleum refining company in a NATO state this year amid the invasion of Ukraine. The Russia-linked Gamaredon APT group (aka Shuckworm, Actinium, Armageddon, Primitive Bear, UAC-0010, and Trident Ursa) is behind a failed attack against a large petroleum refining company in a NATO member state earlier amid the invasion of Ukraine. Gamaredon […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 20, 2022
Microsoft disclosed technical details of a vulnerability in Apple macOS that could be exploited by an attacker to bypass Gatekeeper. Microsoft has disclosed details of a now-fixed security vulnerability dubbed Achilles (CVE-2022-42821, CVSS score: 5.5) in Apple macOS that could be exploited by threat actors to bypass the Gatekeeper security feature. The Apple Gatekeeper is designed to protect […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 19, 2022
US government is warning of business email compromise (BEC) attacks aimed at hijacking shipments of food products and ingredients. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA OCI), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have published a joint security advisory to warn of business email compromise […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 18, 2022
The fire and rescue service in the state of Victoria, Australia, has shut down its network and turned to operating manually after a cyberattack. The fire and rescue service in the state of Victoria (FRV), Australia, has shut down its network after a cyber attack launched by “an external third party.” Fire Rescue Victoria acting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 17, 2022
Samba released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities that can be exploited to take control of impacted systems. Samba released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-38023, CVE-2022-37966, CVE-2022-37967, and CVE-2022-45141, that can be exploited to take control of impacted systems. On December 15, 2022, Samba announced the 4.17.4, 4.16.8 and 4.15.13 security releases to address […]
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