Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2023
A tainted version of the legitimate ChatGPT extension for Chrome, designed to steal Facebook accounts, has thousands of downloads. Guardio’s security team uncovered a new variant of a malicious Chat-GPT Chrome Extension that was already downloaded by thousands a day. The version employed in a recent campaign is based on a legitimate open-source project, threat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 21, 2023
Threat actors are targeting organizations located in Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic. In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a malware campaign aimed at infecting government, agriculture and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic. Researchers believe that threat actors use spear […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 21, 2023
New ShellBot DDoS bot malware, aka PerlBot, is targeting poorly managed Linux SSH servers, ASEC researchers warn. AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) discovered a new variant of the ShellBot malware that was employed in a campaign that targets poorly managed Linux SSH servers. The ShellBot, also known as PerlBot, is a Perl-based DDoS bot that uses IRC […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2023
Threat actors are abusing the legitimate Adobe Acrobat Sign service to distribute the RedLine information stealer. Avast researchers reported that threat actors are abusing the legitimate Adobe Acrobat Sign service to distribute the RedLine information stealer. Adobe Acrobat Sign allows registered users to sign documents online and send a document signature request to anyone. This […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2023
The infamous Emotet malware is back after a short hiatus, threat actors are spreading it via Microsoft OneNote email attachments. The Emotet malware returns after a three-month hiatus and threat actors are distributing it via Microsoft OneNote email attachments to avoid detection. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by a threat actor tracked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2023
Dutch maritime logistics company Royal Dirkzwager suffered a ransomware attack, the company was hit by the Play ransomware gang. The Play ransomware group hit the Dutch maritime logistics company Royal Dirkzwager. Royal Dirkzwager is specialized in optimizing shipping processes and managing maritime and logistic information flows. The ransomware group added the company to its Tor […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 18, 2023
Kaspersky released a new version of the decryptor for the Conti ransomware that is based on the previously leaked source code of the malware. Kaspersky has published a new version of a decryption tool for the Conti ransomware based on previously leaked source code for the Conti ransomware. In March 2022, a Ukrainian security researcher […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 18, 2023
The US government released a joint advisory that provides technical details about the operation of the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware gang. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a joint advisory that provides indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 17, 2023
Hitachi Energy disclosed a data breach, the Clop ransomware gang stole the company data by exploiting the recent GoAnywhere zero-day flaw. Hitachi Energy disclosed a data breach, the company was hacked by the Clop ransomware gang that stole its data by exploiting the recently disclosed zero-day vulnerability in the GoAnywhere MFT (Managed File Transfer). The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 17, 2023
A new Golang-based DDoS botnet, tracked as HinataBot, targets routers and servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. Akamai researchers spotted a new DDoS Golang-based botnet, dubbed HinataBot, which has been observed exploiting known flaws to compromise routers and servers. The experts reported that the HinataBot bot was seen being distributed since the beginning of 2023 and its operators are actively […]
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