Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2024
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 17, 2024
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 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
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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2024
Multiple ransomware groups were spotted exploiting a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-27532, in Veeam Backup & Replication. The vulnerability CVE-2023-275327 (CVSS score of 7.5) impacts the Veeam Backup & Replication component. An attacker can exploit the issue to obtain encrypted credentials stored in the configuration database, potentially leading to gaining access to the backup infrastructure hosts. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2024
Cybersecurity researchers detailed a new version of the HardBit ransomware that supports new obfuscation techniques to avoid detection. The new version (version 4.0) of the HardBit ransomware comes with the Binary Obfuscation Enhancement with passphrase protection. The ransomware requires the passphrase to be entered at runtime to be executed. Furthermore, additional obfuscation complicates the analysis […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2024
A Dark Gate malware campaign from March-April 2024 demonstrates how attackers exploit legitimate tools and services to distribute malware. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers shared details about a DarkGate malware campaign from March-April 2024. Threat actors used Microsoft Excel files to download a malicious software package from public-facing SMB file shares. The researchers pointed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2024
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. New Android Spyware Steals Data from Gamers and TikTok Users A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Practical Black-box Adversarial Attacks for Evading Learning-based Windows Malware Detection in the Wild Mekotio Banking Trojan Threatens Financial Systems in Latin America UNVEILING […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2024
Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov was sentenced to prison for his role in Zeus and IcedID malware operations. The U.S. DoJ sentenced the Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (37) to prison and ordered him to pay millions of dollars in restitution for his role in the Zeus and IcedID malware operations. Penchukov pleaded guilty to his […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2024
The American drugstore chain Rite Aid Corporation disclosed a data breach following the cyber attack that hit the company in June. The American drugstore chain giant Rite Aid suffered a data breach following a cyberattack in June conducted by the RansomHub ransomware group. The group is the third-largest drugstore chain in the United States, with […]
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