Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2024
EvilVideo, a Telegram Android zero-day allowed sending malicious APKs disguised as videos

EvilVideo is a zero-day in the Telegram App for Android that allowed attackers to send malicious APK payloads disguised as videos. ESET researchers discovered a zero-day exploit named EvilVideo that targets the Telegram app for Android. The exploit was for sale on an underground forum from June 6, 2024, it allows attackers to share malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2024
UK police arrested a 17-year-old linked to the Scattered Spider gang

Law enforcement arrested a 17-year-old boy from Walsall, U.K., for suspected involvement in the Scattered Spider cybercrime syndicate. Law enforcement in the U.K. arrested a 17-year-old teenager from Walsall who is suspected to be a member of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group (also known as UNC3944, 0ktapus). The arrest is the result of a joint international law enforcement […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2024
U.S. CISA adds Adobe Commerce and Magento, SolarWinds Serv-U, and VMware vCenter Server bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Adobe Commerce and Magento, SolarWinds Serv-U, and VMware vCenter Server bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: Below are the descriptions of the flaws added to the KEV catalog: […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2024
Threat actors attempted to capitalize CrowdStrike incident

CrowdStrike warns that threat actors are exploiting the recent IT outage caused by their faulty update to distribute Remcos RAT malware. CrowdStrike spotted threat actors attempting to benefit from the recent IT outage caused by the faulty update of the cybersecurity firm to distribute Remcos RAT malware. The threat actors attempted to distribute the Remcos […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2024
Russian nationals plead guilty to participating in the LockBit ransomware group

Two Russian nationals pleaded guilty to participating in the LockBit ransomware group and carrying out attacks against victims worldwide. Two foreign nationals, Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov and Mikhail Vasiliev, pleaded guilty in Newark federal court for their roles in the LockBit ransomware operation. The LockBit ransomware operation has been active since January 2020, the group hit […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2024
SAPwned flaws in SAP AI core could expose customers’ data

Researchers discovered security flaws in SAP AI Core cloud-based platform that could expose customers’ data. Cybersecurity researchers at Wiz uncovered five security flaws, collectively tracked as SAPwned, in the SAP AI Core cloud-based platform. An attacker can exploit the flaws to obtain access tokens and customer data. SAP AI Core, developed by SAP, is a cloud-based platform providing the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2024
Cybercrime group FIN7 advertises new EDR bypass tool on hacking forums

The cybercrime group FIN7 is advertising a security evasion tool in multiple underground forums, cybersecurity company SentinelOne warns. SentinelOne researchers warn that the financially motivated group FIN7 is using multiple pseudonyms to advertise a security evasion tool in several criminal underground forums. FIN7 developed a tool called AvNeutralizer (also known as AuKill) that can bypass […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2024
MarineMax data breach impacted over 123,000 individuals

The world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax, disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. The world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax disclosed a data breach that impacted over 123,000 individuals. In March, the company suffered a cyber attack, and the Rhysida ransomware gang claimed to have stolen company sensitive data. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2024
Void Banshee exploits CVE-2024-38112 zero-day to spread malware

Void Banshee APT group exploited the Windows zero-day CVE-2024-38112 to execute code via the disabled Internet Explorer. An APT group tracked as Void Banshee was spotted exploiting the Windows zero-day CVE-2024-38112 (CVSS score of 7.5) to execute code through the disabled Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is a Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing Vulnerability. Successful exploitation of […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2024
The Octo Tempest group adds RansomHub and Qilin ransomware to its arsenal

Microsoft said that in Q2 2024, the Octo Tempest cybercrime gang added RansomHub and Qilin ransomware to its arsenal. In the second quarter of 2024, financially motivated threat actor Octo Tempest (aka Scattered Spider, UNC3944, and 0ktapus), added RansomHub and Qilin ransomware to its arsenal and used them in its campaigns. Octo Tempest has been active […]