Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2024
Threat actors are exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress to take over web sites. WPScan researchers reported that threat actors are exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress. LiteSpeed Cache for WordPress (LSCWP) is an all-in-one site acceleration plugin, featuring an exclusive server-level cache and a collection […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 06, 2024
The City of Wichita in Kansas was forced to shut down its computer systems after a ransomware attack. The City of Wichita, Kansas, was the victim of a ransomware attack and shut down its network to contain the threat. The security breach took place on May 5th, 2024, and immediately started its incident response procedure […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 06, 2024
Finland’s Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) warned about an ongoing Android malware campaign targeting bank accounts. Traficom, Finland’s Transport and Communications Agency, issued a warning regarding a current Android malware campaign aimed at bank accounts. Traficom reported that clients of multiple banks received text messages in the Finnish language that instruct recipients to call a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 05, 2024
Law enforcement seized the Lockbit group’s Tor website again and announced they will reveal more identities of its operators Law enforcement seized the Lockbit group’s Tor website again. The authorities resumed the Lockbit seized leak site and mocked its administrators. According to the countdown active on the seized, law enforcement that are currently controlling the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2024
The Blackbasta extortion group claimed responsibility for the attack that in April severely impacted the operations of Synlab Italia. Since April 18, Synlab Italia, a major provider of medical diagnosis services, has been experiencing disruptions due to a cyber attack. The company initially cited technical issues as the cause leading to “temporary interruption of access […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2024
LockBit ransomware operators have published sensitive data allegedly stolen from the Simone Veil hospital in Cannes. In April, a cyber attack hit the Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes (CHC-SV), impacting medical procedures and forcing personnel to return to pen and paper. Non-urgent surgical procedures and consultations scheduled at the time of the attack were postponed. The French […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2024
The Ubiquiti EdgeRouter botnet is still used by Russia-linked group APT28 and cybercriminals organizations. Trend Micro researchers reported that the EdgeRouter botnet, called Moobot, used by the APT28 group is still active and is also used by cyber criminal organizations. In January, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command, and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2024
Zloader continues to evolve, its authors added an anti-analysis feature that was originally present in the Zeus banking trojan. Zloader (aka Terdot, DELoader, or Silent Night) is a modular trojan based on the leaked ZeuS source code. After a hiatus of almost two years, Zloader reappeared with new obfuscation techniques, domain generation algorithm (DGA), and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2024
A Ukrainian national, a member of the REvil group, has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for his role in extortion activities. The Ukrainian national, Yaroslav Vasinskyi (24), aka Rabotnik, has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison and must pay $16 million in restitution for conducting numerous ransomware attacks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 2024
A new malware named Cuttlefish targets enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to harvest public cloud authentication data. Researchers at Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs discovered a new malware family, named Cuttlefish, which targets enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to harvest public cloud authentication data from internet traffic. The malware creates a proxy […]
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