Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2020
APTs will exploit Palo Alto Networks’s PAN-OS flaw soon, US Cyber Command says

U.S. Cyber Command believes foreign APTs will likely attempt to exploit the recently addressed flaw in Palo Alto Networks’s PAN-OS firewall OS. Recently Palo Alto Network addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-2021, affecting the PAN-OS operating system that powers its next-generation firewall. The flaw could allow unauthenticated network-based attackers to bypass authentication, it has has been rated […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2020
Personal data of thousands of users from the UK, Australia, South Africa, the US, Singapore exposed in bitcoin scam

Group-IB discovered thousands of personal records of users from multiple countries exposed in a targeted multi-stage bitcoin scam. Group-IB, a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has discovered thousands of personal records of users from the UK, Australia, South Africa, the US, Singapore, Spain, Malaysia and other countries exposed in a targeted multi-stage […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2020
A threat actor is selling databases stolen from 14 companies

A threat actor is selling databases containing data belonging to 14 different companies he claimed were hacked in 2020. A threat actor is selling databases that contain user records for 14 different organizations he claimed were hacked in 2020, only for four of them (HomeChef, Minted, Tokopedia, and Zoosk) were previously reported data breaches. The list of […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2020
Palo Alto Networks fixes a critical flaw in firewall PAN-OS

Palo Alto Networks addressed a critical flaw in the PAN-OS of its next-generation firewalls that could allow attackers to bypass authentication. Palo Alto Networks addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-2021, in the operating system (PAN‑OS) that powers its next-generation firewalls that could allow unauthenticated network-based attackers to bypass authentication. “When Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) authentication is enabled and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2020
At least 31 US Businesses targeted with WastedLocker Ransomware

Tens of organizations in the United States have been targeted with the recently discovered WastedLocker ransomware. The malicious code was first documented by researchers from the NCC Group’s report and later Symantec published its own analysis. Security experts from Symantec reported that at least 31 organizations in the United States have been targeted with the recently discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2020
Experts saw 100k+ daily brute-force attacks on RDP during COVID-19 lockdown

Researchers revealed that the number of daily brute-force attacks on Windows RDP has doubled during the pandemic lockdown. Security experts from ESET revealed that the number of daily brute-force attacks on Windows RDP has doubled during the COVID-19 lockdown. The phenomenon is not surprising because during the COVID-19 lockdown employees were forced to work from […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2020
Chinese tax software bundled with GoldenSpy backdoor targets western companies

A new malware dubbed GoldenSpy is being distributed embedded in tax payment software that some businesses operating in China are required to install. GoldenSpy is a new backdoor that is being distributed embedded in tax payment software (the Aisino Intelligent tax software) that some businesses operating in China are required to install. The campaign is […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2020
Australian ACSC ‘s report confirms the use of Chinese malware in recent attacks

Australian ACSC published a detailed report on the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with the threat actor that targeted organizations in the country. Recently, Australia ‘s prime minister Scott Morrison revealed that a “state-based actor” is targeting government, public services, and businesses. Warning Australians of “specific risks” and an increased frequency of attacks, the Australian […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2020
Magento 1.x EOL is set on June 30, 75% of installs potentially impacted

Adobe, Mastercard, Visa are warning the owners of the online store running Magento 1.x of updating their installs because it will reach EOL by June 30 Adobe, Mastercard, Visa are warning the owners of online store running Magento 1.x of updating their installs because it will reach the end-of-life (EOL) by June 30 After June […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2020
Asian media firm E27 hacked, attackers asked for a “donation”

Asian media firm E27 suffered a security breach and hackers asked for a “donation” to provide information on the flaws they exploited in the attack Asian media firm E27 has been hacked by a hacking group identifying themselves as “Korean Hackers” and “Team Johnwick”that asked for a “donation” to provide information on the vulnerabilities they […]