Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2023
Mandiant reported that Russia-linked Sandworm APT used a novel OT attack to cause power outages during mass missile strikes on Ukraine. Mandiant researchers reported that Russia-linked APT group Sandworm employed new operational technology (OT) attacks that caused power outages while the Russian army was conducting mass missile strikes on critical infrastructure in Ukraine in October. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2023
The FBI published a PIN alert warning of ransomware operators compromising third-party vendors and services for initial access to target environments. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a Private Industry Notification (PIN) to warn of ransomware initial access trends and provide recommendations to reduce the attack surface to ransomware attacks. As of July 2023, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2023
Five Canadian hospitals were victims of a ransomware attack, threat actors claim to have stolen data from them and leaked them. Five Canadian hospitals revealed they were victims of ransomware attacks after threat actors leaked alleged stolen data. The impacted hospitals are Bluewater Health, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, Erie Shores HealthCare, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare, and Windsor […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2023
The North Korea-linked APT BlueNoroff used a new strain of macOS malware strain dubbed ObjCShellz, Jamf Threat Labs reported. Researchers from Jamf Threat Labs discovered a new macOS malware strain dubbed ObjCShellz and attributed it to North Korea-linked APT BlueNoroff. The experts noticed that the ObjCShellz malware shares similarities with the RustBucket malware campaign associated with the BlueNoroff APT […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2023
Iran-linked Agonizing Serpens group has been targeting Israeli organizations with destructive cyber attacks since January. Iran-linked Agonizing Serpens group (aka Agrius, BlackShadow, Pink Sandstorm, DEV-0022) has been targeting Israeli organizations in higher education and tech sectors with destructive cyber attacks since January 2023. Palo Alto Networks’ s Unit 42 researchers reported that threat actors first attempt to steal sensitive […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2023
Experts warn threat actors that started exploiting a recent critical flaw CVE-2023-22518 in Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server. Over the weekend threat actors started exploiting a recently disclosed vulnerability (CVE-2023-22518) in all versions of Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server. Atlassian last week warned of the CVE-2023-22518 (CVSS score 9.1), the issue is an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2023
Threat actors infected more than 10,000 devices worldwide with the ‘PrivateLoader’ and ‘Amadey’ loaders to recruit them into the proxy botnet ‘Socks5Systemz.’ Bitsight researchers uncovered a proxy botnet delivered, tracked as Socks5Systemz, which was delivered by PrivateLoader and Amadey loaders. The name Socks5Systemz comes from the name of the unique login panel consistently present in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2023
North Korea-linked Lazarus group is using new KandyKorn macOS Malware in attacks against blockchain engineers. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group were spotted using new KandyKorn macOS malware in attacks against blockchain engineers, reported Elastic Security Labs. “KandyKorn is an advanced implant with a variety of capabilities to monitor, interact with, and avoid detection. It utilizes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2023
Kaspersky researchers are warning of multiple WhatsApp mods that embed a spyware module dubbed CanesSpy. Kaspersky researchers discovered multiple WhatsApp mods that embed a spyware module dubbed CanesSpy. mods are modifications or alterations made to an application, often by third-party developers or users. These modifications can serve various purposes, such as adding new features, customizing the app’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 02, 2023
Rapid7 researchers warn of the suspected exploitation of a recently disclosed critical security flaw (CVE-2023-46604) in the Apache ActiveMQ. Cybersecurity researchers at Rapid7 are warning of the suspected exploitation of the recently disclosed critical vulnerability CVE-2023-46604 in the Apache ActiveMQ. Apache ActiveMQ is an open-source message broker software that serves as a message-oriented middleware (MOM) […]
