Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2022
Hybrid cloud campaign OiVaVoii targets company executives

A new hacking campaign, tracked as ‘OiVaVoii’, is targeting company executives with malicious OAuth apps. Researchers from Proofpoint have uncovered a new campaign named ‘OiVaVoii’ that is targeting company executives, former board members, Presidents and managers with bogus OAuth apps and cleverly-crafted lures sent from compromised Office 365 accounts. Microsoft has blocked many of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2022
Expert releases PoC for CVE-2022-21882 Windows local privilege elevation issue

A researcher disclosed an exploit for a Windows local privilege elevation issue (CVE-2022-21882) that allows anyone to gain admin privileges in Windows 10. The security researchers RyeLv has publicly released an exploit for a Windows local privilege elevation flaw (CVE-2022-21882) that allows anyone to gain admin privileges in Windows 10. The Win32k elevation of privilege […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2022
Novel device registration trick enhances multi-stage phishing attacks

Microsoft has disclosed details of a large-scale phishing campaign using a novel device registration technique to target other enterprises. Microsoft has shared details of a large-scale phishing campaign that leverages stolen credentials to register devices on a target’s network to extend the attack to other enterprises. The attack exploits the concept of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) by […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2022
QNAP force-installs update against the recent wave of DeadBolt ransomware infections

QNAP forces its customers to update the firmware of their Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to protect against the DeadBolt ransomware. QNAP forced the firmware update for its Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to protect its customers against the DeadBolt ransomware. DeadBolt ransomware is targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide, its operators claim the availability of […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2022
Finnish diplomats’ devices infected with Pegasus spyware

Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs revealed that devices of Finnish diplomats have been infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs revealed that the devices of some Finnish diplomats have been compromised with the infamous NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The diplomats were targeted with the popular surveillance software as part of a […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2022
Delta Electronics, a tech giants’ contractor, hit by Conti ransomware

Delta Electronics, a Taiwanese contractor for multiple tech giants such as Apple, Dell, HP and Tesla, was hit by Conti ransomware Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company Delta Electronics was hit by the Conti ransomware that took place this week. Delta Electronics operates as a contractor for major tech giants such as Apple, Tesla, HP, and Dell. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2022
Experts devise a technique to bypass Microsoft Outlook Security feature

A researcher devised a technique to bypass a security feature of Microsoft Outlook and deliver a malicious link to the recipient. Reegun Richard Jayapaul, SpiderLabs lead threat architect at Trustwave, has devised a technique to bypass a security feature of Microsoft Outlook and deliver a malicious link to the recipient. While investigating a malware campaign, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2022
Puerto Rico was hit by a major cyberattack

Puerto Rico’s Senate announced that is was it by a cyberattack that shut down its internet provider, phone system and official online page. The Senate of Puerto Rico announced this week that it was hit by a major cyberattack that disabled its internet provider, phone system and official online page. Local and federal authorities are […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2022
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT used Windows Update client and GitHub in recent attacks

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group uses Windows Update client to deliver malware on Windows systems. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT started using Windows Update to execute the malicious payload and GitHub as a command and control server in recent attacks, Malwarebytes researchers reported. The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2022
Microsoft mitigated a 3.47 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest one to date

Microsoft announced to have mitigated a record 3.47 Tbps distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack targeting an Azure customer. Microsoft announced that its Azure DDoS protection platform has mitigated a record 3.47 Tbps attack that targeted one of its customers with a packet rate of 340 million packets per second (pps). The news of the attack was reported in […]