Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2024
Jscrambler researchers found a skimming campaign using unique JavaScript obfuscation with accented characters to hide a skimmer named Mongolian Skimmer. Jscrambler researchers uncovered a skimming campaign using unique JavaScript obfuscation with accented characters to hide a skimmer dubbed ‘Mongolian Skimmer.’ The attackers used unusual Unicode characters for variables and function names. The skimmer was named […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2024
A threat actor tracked as Awaken Likho is targeting Russian government agencies and industrial entities, reported cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. A recent investigation by Kaspersky researchers into the APT group Awaken Likho (aka Core Werewolf and PseudoGamaredon) uncovered a new campaign from June to August 2024, showing a shift from UltraVNC to the MeshCentral platform for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2024
Ukrainian national pleads guilty in U.S. court for operating the Raccoon Infostealer, used to steal sensitive data globally. Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky has pleaded guilty in a US court to operating the Raccoon Infostealer. In October 2020, the US Justice Department charged Sokolovsky with computer fraud for allegedly infecting millions of computers with the Raccoon Infostealer. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2024
238,000 Comcast customers were impacted by the FBCS data breach following the February ransomware attack, Comcast reports. Telecommunications giant Comcast is notifying approximately 238,000 customers impacted by the Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) data breach. FBCS, a third-party debt collection agency, collects personal information from its clients to facilitate debt collection activities on behalf […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2024
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Rhadamanthys Stealer Adds Innovative AI Feature in Version 0.7.0 Threat Actors leverage Docker Swarm and Kubernetes to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2024
perfctl malware targets misconfigured Linux servers to deploy cryptocurrency miners and proxyjacking software in an ongoing campaign. Aqua Nautilus researchers shed light on a Linux malware, dubbed perfctl malware, that over the past 3-4 years targeted misconfigured Linux servers. The malicious code was used to drop cryptocurrency miners and proxyjacking software. Perfctl is an elusive […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2024
Over 4,000 unpatched Adobe Commerce and Magento stores have been compromised by exploiting critical vulnerability CVE-2024-34102. Sansec researchers reported that multiple threat actors have exploited a critical Adobe Commerce vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-34102 (aka CosmicSting, CVSS score of 9.8), to compromise more than 4,000 e-stores over the past three months. The flaw is an Improper Restriction […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2024
The Rhadamanthys information stealer has been upgraded with advanced features, including the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for optical character recognition (OCR). Researchers at the Recorded Future’s Insikt group have documented the evolution of the Rhadamanthys info stealer. The malware was first identified in 2022, and since then it has been upgraded with advanced features, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2024
An international police operation led to the arrest of four individuals linked to the LockBit ransomware group, including a developer. Europol, the UK, and the US law enforcement authorities announced a new operation against the LockBit ransomware gang. The police arrested an alleged LockBit developer at France’s request while vacationing outside Russia and two individuals […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2024
US healthcare provider UMC Health System had to divert patients due to a network outage caused by a ransomware attack. On September 27, 2024, US healthcare provider UMC Health System announced an investigation into an IT outage across its network. UMC diverted patients for several days after taking IT systems offline following a ransomware attack. […]
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