Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2020
Visa warns of new sophisticated credit card skimmer dubbed Baka

Visa issued a warning regarding a new credit card JavaScript skimmer, tracked as Baka, that implements new features to evade detection. Visa issued a warning regarding a new e-skimmer known as Baka that removes itself from memory after having exfiltrating payment card details. The e-skimmer was first spotted by experts with Visa’s Payment Fraud Disruption […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2020
Hackers use overlay screens on legitimate sites to steal Outlook credentials

Experts spotted a phishing campaign that employees overlay screens and email ‘quarantine’ policies to steal Microsoft Outlook credentials from the victims. Researchers from Cofense discovered a phishing campaign that uses overlay screens and email ‘quarantine’ policies to steal Microsoft Outlook credentials from the targets. The overlay screens are displayed on top of legitimate webpages to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2020
U.S. Department of Defense discloses details about critical and high severity issues

The U.S. Department of Defense has disclosed the details about four critical and high severity vulnerabilities in its infrastructure. The U.S. Department of Defense has disclosed details of four vulnerabilities in its infrastructure, two high severity rating issues and other two critical flaws. The vulnerabilities could be exploited by threat actors to hijack a subdomain, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2020
Warner Music Group online stores hit by look-like Magecart attack

Warner Music Group (WMG) disclosed a data breach affecting US-based e-commerce stores, the compromise appears to be a Magecart attack. Warner Music Group (WMG) is a major music company with interests in recorded music, music publishing and artist services. The company has disclosed a data breach that impacted customers’ personal and financial information, the incident […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2020
Evilnum APT used Python-based RAT PyVil in recent attacks

The Evilnum APT group has added a new weapon to its arsenal, it is a Python-based spy RAT, dubbed PyVil, designed to target FinTech organizations. The Evilnum APT group was first spotted in 2018 while using the homonym malware. Over the years, the group added new tools to its arsenal, including custom and homemade malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2020
The Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Modi was hacked

The Twitter account of the Indian Prime Minister Modi was hacked, attackers sent a series of tweets asking followers to donate cryptocurrency to a relief fund. The Twitter account for the personal website of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (@narendramodi_in) has been hacked. The hackers have sent a series of tweets asking the followers […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2020
AlphaBay dark web marketplace moderator was sentenced to 11 years of prison time

Bryan Connor Herrell (25) from Colorado, was sentenced to 11 years of prison time for being one of the moderators on the dark web marketplace AlphaBay. Bryan Connor Herrell (25) from Colorado, was sentenced to 11 years of prison time for being one of the moderators on the popular dark web marketplace AlphaBay. “A Colorado man was […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2020
Cisco addresses critical code execution flaw in Cisco Jabber for Windows

Cisco addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting multiple versions of its Cisco Jabber for Windows operating system. Cisco has addressed a critical severity remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-3495, that affects multiple versions of Cisco Jabber for Windows. Cisco Jabber for Windows is a desktop collaboration client that integrates users with presence, audion, video […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2020
Hackers are actively exploiting critical RCE in WordPress sites using File Manager plugin

Hackers actively exploiting a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the File Manager plugin, over 300,000 WordPress sites potentially exposed. Hackers are actively exploiting a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the File Manager WordPress plugin that could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to upload scripts and execute arbitrary code on WordPress sites running vulnerable versions of the plugin. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2020
Hackers use e-skimmer that exfiltrates payment data via Telegram

Researchers observed a new tactic adopted by Magecart groups, the hackers used Telegram to exfiltrate stolen payment details from compromised websites. Researchers from Malwarebytes reported that Magecart groups are using the encrypted messaging service Telegram to exfiltrate stolen payment details from compromised websites. Attackers encrypt payment data to make identification more difficult before transferring it […]