Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2020
Frost & Sullivan databases available for sale on a hacker forum

U.S. business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan suffered a data breach, a threat actor is offering for sale its databases on a hacker forum. U.S. firm Frost & Sullivan suffered a data breach, data from an unsecured backup that were exposed on the Internet was sold by a threat actor on a hacker forum. Frost […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2020
Von der Leyen said Chinese cyberattacks on EU hospitals cannot be tolerated

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called out China for launching cyberattacks EU hospitals and health care institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen publicly linked to China a series of cyber attacks against EU hospitals and health care institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. von der Leyen added that this conduct cannot be tolerated, she also added that China carried out […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2020
REvil ransomware gang scans healthcare victim’s network for PoS systems

Symantec researchers observed REvil ransomware operators scanning one of their victim’s network for Point of Sale (PoS) servers. Researchers from Symantec’s Threat Intelligence team reported that the REvil ransomware operators have been observed while scanning one of their victim’s network for Point of Sale (PoS) servers. Sodinokibi ransomware operators are very active in this period, a few days after the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2020
New XORDDoS, Kaiji DDoS botnet variants target Docker servers

Operators behind XORDDoS and Kaiji DDoS botnets recently started targeting Docker servers exposed online, Trend Micro warns. Trend Micro researchers reported that operators behind XORDDoS and Kaiji DDoS botnets recently started targeting Docker servers exposed online. XORDDoS, also known as XOR.DDoS, first appeared in the threat landscape in 2014 it is a Linux Botnet that was […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2020
Fxmsp: the untold story of infamous seller of access to corporate networks who made at least USD 1.5 mln

Group-IB published a detailed report on Fxmsp – a heavyweight of the Russian-speaking cyber underground who made a name for himself selling access to corporate networks. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, has issued a comprehensive report on Fxmsp – a heavyweight of the Russian-speaking cyber underground who made a name for himself selling access to corporate networks. Group-IB […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2020
A daily average of 80,000 printers exposed online via IPP

Experts found tens of thousands of printers that are exposed online that are leaking device names, organization names, WiFi SSIDs, and other info. It’s not a mystery, a printer left exposed online without proper security could open the doors to hackers, now researchers from Shadowserver Foundation have discovered tens of thousands of printers that are […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2020
CLOP Ransomware operators hacked Indian conglomerate IndiaBulls Group

CLOP ransomware operators have allegedly hacked IndiaBulls Group, an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Gurgaon, India. CLOP ransomware operators have allegedly hacked the Indian conglomerate IndiaBulls Group, its primary businesses are housing finance, consumer finance, and wealth management.  Indiabulls Group has around 19,000 employees, the company has been earning an average revenue of 25,000 crore Indian rupees. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2020
BlueLeaks: 269GB of data from US law enforcement organizations leaked online

A group of hacktivists and transparency advocates published a massive 269 GB of data, dubbed BlueLeaks, allegedly stolen from U.S. Police and Fusion Centers. A group of hacktivists and transparency advocates has leaked online hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents allegedly stolen from more than 200 police departments, fusion centers, and law enforcement agencies across the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2020
Crooks leverage Google Analytics in web skimming attacks

Security researchers at Kaspersky uncovered a web skimming campaign leveraging Google Analytics service to steal user data. Recently, researchers at Kaspersky identified several web skimming attacks that abused Google Analytics service to exfiltrate data stolen with an e-skimmer software. Threat actors exploit the trust in Analytics to bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) using the Analytics API. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2020
AMD is going to patch UEFI SMM callout privilege escalation flaw

AMD is going to release patches for a flaw affecting the System Management Mode (SMM) of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). AMD recently announced that it was preparing patches for an SMM Callout Privilege Escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-12890, that affects the System Management Mode (SMM) of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). The vulnerability […]