Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2020
The Winnti hacking group continues to target gaming industry, recently it used a new malware named PipeMon and a new method to achieve persistence. Winnti hacking group is using a new malware dubbed PipeMon and a novel method to achieve persistence in attacks aimed at video game companies. The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2020
Hackers attempted to exploit a zero-day flaw in the Sophos XG firewall to distribute ransomware to Windows machines, but the attack was blocked. Threat actors attempted to exploit a zero-day (CVE-2020-12271) in the Sophos XG firewall to spread ransomware to Windows machines, the good news is that the attack was blocked by a hotfix issued […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2020
Meal delivery service Home Chef has confirmed that it recently suffered a security breach that exposed its customer information. Meal delivery service Home Chef has disclosed a data breach that exposed its customer information. Home Chef also explained that only a portion ot its customers were impacted in the security incident. In early May, Shiny […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2020
Thousands of Israeli websites have been defaced earlier today, hackers published an anti-Israeli message on their homepage and attempted to implant malicious code. A massive hacking campaign defaced thousands of Israeli websites, attackers published an anti-Israeli message on their homepage and attempted to inject a malware seeking permission to access visitors’ webcams. “Be ready for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2020
Cybersecurity researchers uncovered an Iranian cyber espionage campaign conducted by Chafer APT and aimed at critical infrastructures in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Cybersecurity researchers from Bitdefender published a detailed report on an Iranian cyber espionage campaign directed against critical infrastructures in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The cyber espionage campaigns were carried out by Iran-linked Chafer […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2020
Japan continues to investigate a cyberattack that hit this year Mitsubishi Electric Corp., it suspects a possible leak of data including details of a prototype missile. Japan is still investigating a cyberattack that was disclosed by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. early this year. In January, the company disclosed a security breach that might have exposed personal and confidential corporate data, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2020
Israel is likely behind the recent cyberattack which disrupted some operations at Iran’s Shahid Rajaei Port, located near the Strait of Hormuz. A couple of weeks ago, Iranian officials announced that hackers damaged a small number of systems at the port of Shahid Rajaei in the city of Bandar Abbas. Bandar Abbas is the capital of Hormozgān […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2020
Security experts have disclosed five unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, four of which rated as high-risk severity. Security experts from Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) have published information on five unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. Four vulnerabilities are classified as high-risk severity, three of them are zero-day vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2020-0916, CVE-2020-0986, and CVE-2020-0915. The flaws […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2020
Two vulnerabilities in the Nitro Pro PDF editor could be exploited by threat actors to execute code remotely on vulnerable hosts. Security experts from Cisco Talos have discovered three vulnerabilities in the Nitro Pro PDF editor, two of which rated as critical (CVSS score of 8.8) could be exploited by attackers for remote code execution. Nitro […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2020
The Ukrainian Secret Service (SSU) has arrested a hacker known as Sanix, who was selling billions of stolen credentials on hacking forums and Telegram channels. The popular hacker Sanix has been arrested by the Ukrainian Secret Service (SSU). The man is known in the cybercrime underground for selling billions of stolen credentials. The officials did […]
