Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2024
Microsoft warns of a new phishing campaign by Russia-linked APT Midnight Blizzard targeting hundreds of organizations. Microsoft warns of a large-scale spear-phishing campaign by Russia-linked APT Midnight Blizzard (aka APT29, SVR group, BlueBravo, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, Midnight Blizzard, and The Dukes), targeting 1,000+ users across 100+ organizations for intelligence gathering. The Midnight Blizzard group along with APT28 cyber espionage group was involved in the Democratic National […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 26, 2024
China-linked threat actors targeted the phone communications of Donald Trump and vice presidential nominee JD Vance. China-linked hackers reportedly targeted phones used by former President Donald Trump and Senator JD Vance as part of a cyber espionage campaign aimed at gathering intelligence on American leaders, the New York Times reported. US intelligence is investigating the claims […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2024
Hackers exploited a now-patched Roundcube flaw in a phishing attack to steal user credentials from the open-source webmail software. Researchers from Positive Technologies warn that unknown threat actors have attempted to exploit a now-patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-37383 (CVSS score: 6.1), in the open-source Roundcube webmail software. The attackers have exploited the flaw as part of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2024
U.S. and allies warn of attacks from Iran-linked actors targeting critical infrastructure through brute-force attacks in a year-long campaign. Intelligence and cybersecurity agencies from the U.S., Australia, and Canada, warn about a year-long campaign carried out by Iran-linked threat actors to break into critical infrastructure organizations via brute force and password spraying attacks. The attacks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2024
Russia-linked threat actor RomCom targeted Ukrainian government agencies and Polish entities in cyber attacks since late 2023. Cisco Talos researchers observed Russia-linked threat actor RomCom (aka UAT-5647, Storm-0978, Tropical Scorpius, UAC-0180, UNC2596) targeting Ukrainian government agencies and Polish entities in a new wave of attacks since at least late 2023. In the recent attacks, RomCom […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2024
An alleged nation-state actor exploited three zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) in recent attacks. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers warn that a suspected nation-state actor has been exploiting three Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) zero-day issues to carry out malicious activities. The three vulnerabilities exploited by the threat actor are: “an advanced adversary […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2024
As Middle East tensions rise, cyberattacks hit Iran’s government branches and nuclear facilities, following Israel’s response to Iran’s October 1 missile barrage. Amid escalating Middle East tensions, Iran faced major cyberattacks Saturday, disrupting its government branches and targeting nuclear facilities. The massive cyberattack followed Israel’s pledged response to Iran’s October 1 missile barrage, as regional […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2024
OpenAI disrupted 20 cyber and influence operations in 2023, revealing Iran and China-linked actors used ChatGPT for planning ICS attacks. OpenAI announced the disruption of over 20 cyber and influence operations this year, involving Iranian and Chinese state-sponsored hackers. The company uncovered the activities of three threat actors abusing ChatGPT to launch cyberattacks. One of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2024
A threat actor tracked as Awaken Likho is targeting Russian government agencies and industrial entities, reported cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. A recent investigation by Kaspersky researchers into the APT group Awaken Likho (aka Core Werewolf and PseudoGamaredon) uncovered a new campaign from June to August 2024, showing a shift from UltraVNC to the MeshCentral platform for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2024
Russian state media VGTRK faced a major cyberattack, which a Ukrainian source claimed was conducted by Kyiv’s hackers. A Ukrainian government source told Reuters that Kyiv’s hackers are behind the cyber attack that disrupted operations at the Russian state media company VGTRK on Putin’s birthday. The All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK, Russian: […]
