Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2020
Netwalker ransomware hit K-Electric, the major Pakistani electricity provider

K-Electric, the electricity provider for the city of Karachi, Pakistan, was hit by a Netwalker ransomware attack that blocked billing and online services. K-Electric, the electricity provider for Karachi (Pakistan) is another victim of the Netwalker ransomware gang, the infection disrupted billing and online services. K-Electric (KE) (formerly known as Karachi Electric Supply Company / […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2020
Microsoft September 2020 Patch Tuesday addresses 129 flaws

Microsoft September 2020 Patch Tuesday security updates address 129 vulnerabilities, including twenty critical remote code execution issues. Microsoft September 2020 Patch Tuesday security updates address 129 vulnerabilities in Microsoft products across 15 products (Microsoft Windows, Edge (EdgeHTML-based and Chromium-based), ChakraCore, Internet Explorer (IE), SQL Server, Office and Office Services and Web Apps, Microsoft Dynamics, Visual Studio, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2020
Expert found multiple critical issues in MoFi routers

Researchers found multiple vulnerabilities in MoFi Network routers, including critical flaws that can be exploited to remotely hack a device. The researchers Rich Mirch from CRITICALSTART discovered ten vulnerabilities MOFI4500 MoFi Network routers. The expert reported the issues to the vendor in May but some of the flaws have yet to be patched. Most of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2020
Newcastle University infected with DoppelPaymer Ransomware

UK research university Newcastle University suffered a DoppelPaymer ransomware attack and took its systems offline in response to the attack. UK research university Newcastle University was infected with the DoppelPaymer ransomware, in response to the incident it was forced to take systems offline on the morning of August 30th. The Newcastle University did not provide […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2020
France national cyber-security agency warns of a surge in Emotet attacks

The French national cyber-security agency warns of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities. The French national cyber-security agency published an alert to warn of a significant increase of Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities in France. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2020
Russian national indicted for attempting to recruit Tesla employee to install malware

US authorities have indicted a Russian national for conspiring to recruit a Tesla employee to install malware onto the company’s infrastructure. Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov (27) has been indicted in the United States for conspiring to recruit a Tesla employee to install malware onto the company’s network. In August, US authorities arrested the Russian […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2020
Epic Manchego gang uses Excel docs that avoid detection

A recently discovered cybercrime gang, tracked as Epic Manchego, is using a new technique to create weaponized Excel files that are able to bypass security checks Security experts from NVISO Labs recently spotted the activity of a new malware gang, tracked as Epic Manchego, that is actively targeting companies across the world with phishing emails since […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2020
Netwalker Ransomware hit Argentina’s official immigration agency

Argentina’s official immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, is the last victim of the Netwalker ransomware operators. Argentina’s official immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, was hit by a Netwalker ransomware attack that caused the interruption of the border crossing into and out of the country for four hours. The ransomware operators also exfiltrated sensitive […]

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 […]