Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2019
Google this week announced that it is going to block login attempts from embedded browser frameworks to prevent man-in-the-middle (MiTM) phishing attacks. Phishing attacks carried out by injecting malicious content in legitimate traffic are difficult to detect when attackers use an embedded browser framework or any other automated tool for authentication. For example, the embedded […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2019
A white hat hacker discovered how to break Tchap, a new secure messaging app launched by the French government for officials and politicians. The popular French white hat hacker Robert Baptiste (aka @fs0c131y) discovered how to break into Tchap, a new secure messaging app launched by the French government for encrypted communications between officials and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2019
Djevair Ametovski was sentenced to 90 months in prison for operating an international cybercrime marketplace named Codeshop. Macedonian national Djevair Ametovski (32) was sentenced to 90 months in prison by US DoJ authorities for operating an international cybercrime marketplace named Codeshop. Codeshop.su was a website that specialized in selling stolen payment card data. Ametovski acquired […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2019
Lab Dookhtegan hackers leaked details about operations carried out by Iran-linked OilRig group, including source code of 6 tools. A hacker group that goes online with the name Lab Dookhtegan have disclosed details about operations conducted by the Iran-linked cyber-espionage group tracked as OilRig, APT34, and HelixKitten. OilRig is an Iran-linked APT group that has been […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2019
A ransomware attack knocked the Weather Channel off the air for at least 90 minutes Thursday morning, federal law enforcement are investigating the incident.A ranomware attack knocked the Weather Channel off the air for at least 90 minutes Thursday morning, federal law enforcement are investigating the incident. A cyber attack hit the Weather Channel and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2019
Experts warn of security flaws in the Broadcom WiFi chipset drivers that could allow potential attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code and to trigger DoS. According to a DHS/CISA alert and a CERT/CC vulnerability note, Broadcom WiFi chipset drivers are affected by security vulnerabilities impacting multiple operating systems. The flaws could be exploited to remotely execute arbitrary […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2019
Iran-linked APT group OilRig is heavily leveraging on DNS tunneling for its cyber espionage campaigns, Palo Alto Networks reveals. Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks reported that Iran-linked APT group OilRig is heavily leveraging on DNS tunneling for its cyber espionage campaigns, Palo Alto Networks reveals. OilRig is an Iran-linked APT group that has been […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2019
In mid-March, a suspicious Office document referencing the Ukraine elections appeared in the wild, is it related to APT28 and upcoming elections? Introduction The uncertain attribution of the Ukrainian themed malicious document discussed in our past article “APT28 and Upcoming Elections: Possible Interference Signals”, led us to a review of Sofacy’s phishing techniques to confirm or […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2019
Russian financially motivated threat actor TA505 used remote access Trojans (RATs) in attacks on financial entities in the United States and worldwide. Security experts at CyberInt uncovered a new campaign of a Russian financially motivated threat actor tracked as TA505. The hackers used remote access Trojans (RATs) in attacks aimed at financial entities in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2019
Electronic Arts (EA) has fixed a security issue in the Windows version of its gaming client Origin that allowed hackers to remotely execute code on an affected computer. Electronic Arts (EA) has addressed a vulnerability in the Windows version of its gaming client Origin that allowed hackers to remotely execute code on an affected computer. […]
