Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2024
Tinexta Cyber’s Zlab Malware Team uncovered a backdoor known as KeyPlug employed in attacks against several Italian industries During an extensive investigation, Tinexta Cyber’s Zlab Malware Team uncovered a backdoor known as KeyPlug, which hit for months a variety of Italian industries. This backdoor is attributed to the arsenal of APT41,a group whose origin is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2024
A previously unknown China-linked threat actor dubbed ‘Unfading Sea Haze’ has been targeting military and government entities since 2018. Bitdefender researchers discovered a previously unknown China-linked threat actor dubbed ‘Unfading Sea Haze’ that has been targeting military and government entities since 2018. The threat group focuses on entities in countries in the South China Sea, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2024
The digital imaging products manufacturer OmniVision disclosed a data breach after the 2023 ransomware attack. OmniVision Technologies is a company that specializes in developing advanced digital imaging solutions. In 2023, OmniVision employed 2,200 people and had an annual revenue of $1.4 billion. OmniVision Technologies Inc. is an American subsidiary of Chinese semiconductor device and mixed-signal integrated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2024
The Blackbasta extortion group claims to have hacked Atlas, one of the largest national distributors of fuel in the United States. Atlas is one of the largest national fuel distributors to 49 continental US States with over 1 billion gallons per year. The Blackbasta extortion group added the company to the list of victims on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2024
Researchers discovered a sophisticated cybercriminal campaign by Russian-speaking threat actors that used GitHub to distribute malware. Recorded Future’s Insikt Group discovered a sophisticated cybercriminal campaign by Russian-speaking threat actors from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The attackers, tracked as GitCaught, used a GitHub profile to impersonate legitimate software applications, including 1Password, Bartender 5, and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2024
A new Grandoreiro banking trojan campaign has been ongoing since March 2024, following the disruption by law enforcement in January. IBM X-Force warns of a new Grandoreiro banking trojan campaign that has been ongoing since March 2024. Operators behind the Grandoreiro banking trojan have resumed operations following a law enforcement takedown in January. The recent campaign is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 19, 2024
Symantec warns of a new Linux backdoor used by the North Korea-linked Kimsuky APT in a recent campaign against organizations in South Korea. Symantec researchers observed the North Korea-linked group Kimsuky using a new Linux backdoor dubbed Gomir. The malware is a version of the GoBear backdoor which was delivered in a recent campaign by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2024
Russia-linked Turla APT allegedly used two new backdoors, named Lunar malware and LunarMail, to target European government agencies. ESET researchers discovered two previously unknown backdoors named LunarWeb and LunarMail that were exploited to breach European ministry of foreign affairs. The two backdoors are designed to carry out a long-term compromise in the target network, data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2024
The City of Wichita disclosed a data breach after the ransomware attack that hit the Kansas’s city earlier this month. On May 5th, 2024, the City of Wichita, Kansas, was the victim of a ransomware attack and shut down its network to contain the threat. The city immediately started its incident response procedure to prevent […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 16, 2024
Electronic prescription provider MediSecure in Australia suffered a ransomware attack likely originate from a third-party vendor. MediSecure is a company that provides digital health solutions, particularly focusing on secure electronic prescription delivery services in Australia. The company was forced to shut down its website and phone lines following a cyber attack, but it did not […]
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