Pierluigi Paganini
September 23, 2020
Researchers at Qurium Media Foundation analyzed the blocking implemented by four different operators in Belarus. September 23, 2020 Qurium analyzes the blocking implemented by four different operators in Belarus Belarus operators use their own infrastructure to implement the blocking Block techniques include transparent web proxies, injection of HTTP responses, stateless and stateful SSL DPI and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 23, 2020
Researchers from threat hunting and intelligence firm Group-IB have detected a successful attack by a ransomware gang tracked as OldGremlin. Group-IB, a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has detected a successful attack by a ransomware gang, codenamed OldGremlin. The Russian-speaking threat actors are relatively new to the Big Game Hunting. Since […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 22, 2020
The investigation of German authorities on the recent attack on the Dusseldorf hospital reveals the possible involvement of Russian hackers. Last week, German authorities revealed that a cyber attack hit a major hospital in Duesseldorf, the Duesseldorf University Clinic, and a woman who needed urgent admission died after she had to be taken to another […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 22, 2020
A United Kingdom national, member of âThe Dark Overlordâ hacking group was sentenced to five years in federal prison, announced the US DoJ. The United Kingdom national Nathan Wyatt (39), a member of âThe Dark Overlordâ hacking group, was extradited to the United States in December 2019. The man was charged by U.S. authorities on six counts of aggravated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 21, 2020
It has happened again, users of the Discount Rules for WooCommerce WordPress plugin have to install a third patch to fix 2 high-severity XSS flaws. Developers of the Discount Rules for WooCommerce WordPress plugin have revealed for the third time a security patch to address two high-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws that could be exploited […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 21, 2020
The US FERC and NERC published a study on cyber incident response at electric utilities that also includes recovery best practices. The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electricity Reliability Corporation (NERC) released a study on cyber incident response and recovery best practices for electric utilities. The report is based on information […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 21, 2020
DHS CISA issued an emergency directive to tells government agencies to address the Zerologon vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472) by Monday. The Department of Homeland Security’s CISA issued an emergency directive to order government agencies to address the Zerologon vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472) by Monday. The CVE-2020-1472 flaw is an elevation of privilege that resides in the Netlogon. The Netlogon service is an Authentication Mechanism […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 20, 2020
The Mozi botnet accounted for 90% of the IoT network traffic observed between October 2019 and June 2020, IBM reported. Mozi is an IoT botnet that borrows the code from Mirai variants and the Gafgyt malware, it appeared on the threat landscape in late 2019. The Mozi botnet was spotted by security experts from 360 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 20, 2020
The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks targeting education institutions. The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks against education institutions. The British security agency is urging the institutions in the industry to follow the recommendations […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 20, 2020
IPG Photonics, a leading U.S. manufacturer of high-performance fiber lasers for diverse applications and industries was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted its operations. IPG Photonics manufactures high-performance fiber lasers, amplifiers, and laser systems for diverse applications and industries. The company was founded in 1990 in Russia by physicist Valentin Gapontsev, it employs over 4,000 people […]
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