Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2021
AbstractEmu, a new Android malware with rooting capabilities

AbstractEmu is a new Android malware that can root infected devices to take complete control and evade detection with different tricks. Security researchers at the Lookout Threat Labs have discovered a new Android malware, dubbed AbstractEmu, with rooting capabilities that is distributed on Google Play and prominent third-party stores (i.e. Amazon Appstore and the Samsung Galaxy Store). The malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2021
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets the IT supply chain

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is extending its operations and started targeting the IT supply chain on new targets. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is now targeting also IT supply chain, researchers from Kaspersky Lab warns. The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2021
Operations at Iranian gas stations were disrupted today. Cyber attack or computer glitch?

A cyberattack has disrupted gas stations from the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC) across Iran. A cyber attack has disrupted gas stations from the state-owned National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC) across Iran. The attack also defaced the screens at the gas pumps and gas price billboards. In multiple cities, the billboards […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2021
Expert managed to crack 70% of a 5,000 WiFi network sample in Tel Aviv

A researcher from the security firm CyberArk has managed to crack 70% of Tel Aviv’s Wifi Networks starting from a sample of 5,000 gathered WiFi. CyberArk security researcher Ido Hoorvitch demonstrated how it is possible to crack WiFi at scale by exploiting a vulnerability that allows retrieving a PMKID hash. Hoorvitch has managed to crack […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2021
Ranzy Locker ransomware hit tens of US companies in 2021

The FBI published a flash alert to warn of the activity of the Ranzy Locker ransomware that had already compromised tens of US companies. The FBI published a flash alert to warn of Ranzy Locker ransomware operations that had already compromised at least 30 US companies this year. The gang has been active since at […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2021
UltimaSMS subscription fraud campaign targeted millions of Android users

UltimaSMS, a massive fraud campaign is using Android apps with million of downloads to subscribe victims to premium subscription services. Researchers from Avast have uncovered a widespread premium SMS scam on the Google Play Store, tracked as UltimaSMS, the name comes from the first apps they discovered called Ultima Keyboard 3D Pro. Threat actors used at […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2021
A critical RCE flaw affects Discourse software, patch it now!

US CISA urges administrators to address a critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-41163, in Discourse installs. Discourse is a popular open-source Internet forum and mailing list management software application. The US CISA published a security advisory to urge administrators to fix a critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-41163, in Discourse installs. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2021
Red TIM Research found two rare flaws in Ericsson OSS-RC component

The Red Team Research (RTR), the bug’s research division from Italian Telecommunication firm TIM, found 2 new vulnerabilities affecting the Ericsson OSS-RC. What is the OSS (Operations Support System)? The Operations Support System – Radio and Core (OSS-RC) provides a centralized interface into the radio and core components. The Operations Support Systems are all those […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2021
Russia-linked Nobelium APT targets orgs in the global IT supply chain

Russia-linked Nobelium APT group has breached at least 14 managed service providers (MSPs) and cloud service providers since May 2021. The SolarWinds security breach was not isolated, Russia-linked Nobelium APT group has targeted140 managed service providers (MSPs) and cloud service providers and successfully breached 14 of them since May 2021. The NOBELIUM APT (APT29, Cozy Bear, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2021
NYT Journalist’s iPhone infected twice with NSO Group’sPegasus spyware

Threat actors infected the iPhone of New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware between June 2018 to June 2021. The iPhone of New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard was repeatedly infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The device was compromised two times, in July 2020 and June 2021. The attacks were […]