Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2022
The Cybereason Nocturnus Team reported a spike in the activity of the Iran-linked APT group APT35 (aka Phosphorus or Charming Kitten). The Cybereason Nocturnus Team observed a spike in the activity of the Iran-linked APT group APT35 (aka ‘Charming Kitten‘, ‘Phosphorus‘, Newscaster, and Ajax Security Team) The Phosphorus group made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying campaign organized […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2022
Researchers discovered tens of vulnerabilities in UEFI firmware code used by the major device manufacturers. Researchers at firmware security company Binarly have discovered 23 vulnerabilities in UEFI firmware code used by the major device makers. The vulnerabilities could impact millions of enterprise devices, including laptops, servers, routers, and industrial control systems (ICS). All these vulnerabilities […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2022
A massive social engineering campaign targeting banks has been delivered in the last two years in several countries. A massive social engineering campaign has been delivered in the last two years in several countries, including Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, the UK, and France. According to Segurança Informática publication, the malicious waves have impacted banking […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2022
German petrol distributor Oiltanking GmbH was a victim of a cyberattack that has a severe impact on its operations. A cyber attack hit Oiltanking GmbH, a German petrol distributor who supplies Shell gas stations in the country, severely impacting its operations. According to the media, the attack also impacted the oil supplier Mabanaft GmbH. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2022
The Iran-linked MuddyWater APT group is targeting private Turkish organizations and governmental institutions. Researchers from Cisco Talos have uncovered a cyber espionage campaign carried out by the Iran-linked MuddyWater APT group (aka SeedWorm and TEMP.Zagros) and targeting private Turkish organizations and governmental institutions. The first MuddyWater campaign was observed in late 2017 when targeted entities in the Middle East. The experts called the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2022
A critical RCE in the popular WordPress plugin Essential Addons for Elementor impacts hundreds of thousands of websites. Essential Addons for Elementor is a popular WordPress plugin used in over a million sites that provides easy-to-use and creative elements to improve the appearance of the pages. The plugin is affected by a critical remote code […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2022
A hacking campaign, tracked as Eternal Silence, is abusing UPnP to compromise routers and use them to carry out malicious activities. Researchers from Akamai have spotted a malicious campaign, tracked as ‘Eternal Silence,’ that is abusing Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) to turn routers into a proxy server used to carry out a broad range […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2022
Threat actors stole $80M worth of cryptocurrency from the Qubit DeFi platform by exploiting a flaw in the smart contract code used in an Ethereum bridge. The DeFi platform Qubit Finance was victim of a cyber heist, threat actors stole around $80 million in cryptocurrency last week. The hack took place at around 5PM ET […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2022
The administrator of the DeepDotWeb (DDW) has received a sentence of 97 months in prison for money laundering. Tal Prihar (37), an Israeli national who operated DeepDotWeb (DDW), was sentenced to 97 months in prison and was ordered to forfeit $8,414,173. DeepDotWeb (DDW) was a website that connected internet users with Darknet marketplaces, where they […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2022
Apple paid +$100K bounty for a macOS series of flaws that can allow threat actors to take over the microphone and camera. Apple last year addressed multiple macOS vulnerabilities discovered by the security researcher Ryan Pickren in the Safari browser that could allow threat actors to access users’ online accounts, microphone, and webcam. Pickren received […]
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