Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2021
Instagram has addressed a new flaw that allowed anyone to access private accounts viewing archived posts and stories without having to follow them. Researcher Mayur Fartade has found a vulnerability in Instagram that allowed anyone to access private accounts, viewing archived posts and stories without having to follow them. The expert reported the flaw to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2021
The MASQ tool could be used by attackers to emulate device fingerprints thus allowing them to bypass fraud protection controls The Resecurity® HUNTER unit has identified a new tool available for sale in the Dark Web called MASQ, enabling bad actors to emulate device fingerprints thus allowing them to bypass fraud protection controls, including authentication mechanisms. One of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2021
Microsoft disrupted a large-scale business email compromise (BEC) campaign that used forwarding rules to access messages related to financial transactions. Microsoft researchers announced to have disrupted the cloud-based infrastructure used by crooks in a recent large-scale business email compromise (BEC) campaign. The attackers breached the mailboxes of the victims using phishing messages, then exfiltrated sensitive […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2021
Microsoft spotted a series of attacks that use SEO poisoning to deliver a remote access trojan (RAT) used by threat actors to steal sensitive data. Microsoft is monitoring a wave of cyber attacks that leverages SEO poisoning to deliver a remote access trojan (RAT) to steal sensitive data from the infected systems The IT giant […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2021
The member states of the G7 group have called on Russia and other states to dismantle operations of the ransomware gangs operating within their countries. G7 member states have called on Russia and other states to dismantle operations of ransomware gangs operating within their countries. The call to action follows the large number of ransomware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 13, 2021
ESET researchers discovered an advanced persistent threat (APT) group, tracked as BackdoorDiplomacy, that is targeting diplomats across Africa and the Middle East. ESET researchers spotted a new state-sponsored group, dubbed BackdoorDiplomacy, that was behind a series of cyberattacks against Ministries of Foreign Affairs aimed at numerous African countries, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. The group […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 13, 2021
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) revealed that the number of phishing websites peaked at record levels in the first quarter of 2021. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has published its new Phishing Activity Trends Report related to the first quarter of 2021. The document revealed that phishing maintained record levels in the first quarter of 2021, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 11, 2021
The Avaddon ransomware gang has shut down its operations and released the decryption keys to allow victims to recover their files for free. Good news for the victims of the Avaddon ransomware gang, the cybercrime group has shut down its operations and provided the decryption keys to BleepingComputer website. The group has also shut down […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 11, 2021
Qatari government-funded international Arabic news channel Al Jazeera announced to have blocked a series of disruptive cyberattacks aimed at its news publishing platform. Qatari government-funded international Arabic news channel Al Jazeera announced to have blocked this week a series of cyberattacks that attempted to disrupt and take over some components of its news publishing platform. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 11, 2021
The US Department of Justice seized the servers and domains of the popular cybercrime marketplace SlilPP. The US Department of Justice announced to have seized the infrastructure of SlilPP, a popular marketplace used by cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen login credentials. The seizure is the result of a multinational operation involving law enforcement agencies in the […]
