Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2024
Finnish hacker was sentenced to more than six years in prison for hacking into an online psychotherapy clinic and attempted extortion. A popular 26-year-old Finnish hacker Aleksanteri Kivimäki was sentenced to more than six years in prison for hacking into the online psychotherapy clinic Vastaamo Psychotherapy Center, exposing tens of thousands of patient therapy records, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 29, 2024
A Belarusian group of activist group claims to have infiltrated the network of the country’s main KGB agency. The Belarusian hacktivist group Cyber-Partisans claims to have infiltrated the network of the country’s main KGB security agency. The hackers had access to personnel files of over 8,600 employees. On Friday, the website of the Belarusian KGB […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2024
Identity and access management services provider Okta warned of a spike in credential stuffing attacks aimed at online services. In recent weeks, Okta observed a surge in credential stuffing attacks against online services, aided by the widespread availability of residential proxy services, lists of previously compromised credentials (“combo lists”), and automation tools. “Over the last […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2024
A hacking campaign targeted Ukraine exploiting a seven-year-old vulnerability in Microsoft Office to deliver Cobalt Strike. Security experts at Deep Instinct Threat Lab have uncovered a targeted campaign against Ukraine, exploiting a Microsoft Office vulnerability dating back almost seven years to deploy Cobalt Strike on compromised systems. The researchers found a malicious PPSX (PowerPoint Slideshow […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2024
Threat actors accessed more than 19,000 online accounts on a California state platform for welfare programs. Threat actors breached over 19,000 online accounts on a California state platform dedicated to welfare programs. Officials reported that the security breach occurred on February 9, when someone logged into some BenefitsCal users’ accounts. Threat actors exploited reused passwords […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2024
A critical vulnerability in the WordPress Automatic plugin is being exploited to inject backdoors and web shells into websites WordPress security scanner WPScan warns that threat actors are exploiting a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the plugin WordPress Automatic to inject malware into websites. The premium plugin “Automatic” developed by ValvePress enables users to automatically […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2024
As cryptocurrencies have grown in popularity, there has also been growing concern about cybercrime involvement in this sector Cryptocurrencies have revolutionized the financial world, offering new investment opportunities and decentralized transactions. However, as cryptocurrencies have grown in popularity, there has also been growing concern about cybercrime involvement in this sector. The natural ambiguity of cryptocurrencies […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2024
Over 1,400 CrushFTP internet-facing servers are vulnerable to attacks exploiting recently disclosed CVE-2024-4040 vulnerability. Over 1,400 CrushFTP internet-facing servers are vulnerable to attacks targeting the critical severity vulnerability CVE-2024-4040. CVE-2024-4040 is a CrushFTP VFS sandbox escape vulnerability. CrushFTP is a file transfer server software that enables secure and efficient file transfer capabilities. It supports various features such as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2024
A ransomware attack on a Swedish logistics company Skanlog severely impacted the country’s liquor supply. Skanlog, a critical distributor for Systembolaget, the Swedish government-owned retail chain suffered a ransomware attack. Systembolaget has a monopoly on the sale of alcoholic beverages containing more than 3.5% alcohol by volume. It operates stores across Sweden and is responsible […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 25, 2024
CISA adds Cisco ASA and FTD and CrushFTP VFS vulnerabilities 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: Cisco Talos this week warned that the nation-state actor UAT4356 (aka STORM-1849) has been exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities in Adaptive Security […]
