Pierluigi Paganini
July 31, 2023
The AVRecon botnet relies on compromised small office/home office (SOHO) routers since at least May 2021. In early July, researchers from Lumen Black Lotus Labs discovered the AVRecon botnet that targets small office/home office (SOHO) routers and infected over 70,000 devices from 20 countries. Threat actors behind the campaign aimed at building a botnet to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2023
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns of threat actors deploying the SUBMARINE Backdoor in Barracuda ESG attacks. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an alert on a malware variant, tracked as SUBMARINE Backdoor, that was employed in attacks exploiting the flaw CVE-2023-2868 in Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances. The vulnerability […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2023
A Linux variant of the Abyss Locker designed to target VMware ESXi servers appeared in the threat landscape, experts warn. The operators behind the Abyss Locker developed a Linux variant that targets VMware ESXi servers expanding their potential targets. VMware ESXi servers are privileged targets of ransomware groups and are often part of enterprises’ infrastructures. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2023
Russia-linked BlueBravo has been spotted targeting diplomatic entities in Eastern Europe with the GraphicalProton Backdoor. The Russia-linked threat-state actor BlueBravo (aka APT29, Cloaked Ursa, and Midnight Blizzard, Nobelium) has been observed targeting diplomatic entities throughout Eastern Europe. The group was observed conducting a spear-phishing campaign with the end goal of infecting recipients with a new backdoor […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2023
Checkmark researchers have uncovered the first known targeted OSS supply chain attacks against the banking sector. In the first half of 2023, Checkmarx researchers detected multiple open-source software supply chain attacks aimed at the banking sector. These attacks targeted specific components in web assets used by banks, according to the experts the attackers used advanced techniques. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2023
Researchers warn of several DDoS botnets exploiting a critical flaw tracked as CVE-2023-28771 in Zyxel devices. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers warned of multiple DDoS botnets exploiting a vulnerability impacting multiple Zyxel firewalls. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-28771 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a command injection issue that could potentially allow an unauthorized attacker to execute arbitrary […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2023
China-linked group APT41 was spotted using two previously undocumented Android spyware called WyrmSpy and DragonEgg China-linked APT group APT41 has been observed using two previously undocumented Android spyware called WyrmSpy and DragonEgg. The APT41 group, aka Winnti, Axiom, Barium, Blackfly, HOODOO) is a China-linked cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007. Researchers at cybersecurity firm […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2023
The American cosmetics giant company Estée Lauder was hacked by two distinct ransomware groups, the ALPHV/BlackCat and Clop gangs. Yesterday the cybersecurity expert @sonoclaudio first alerted me about a strange circumstance, two ransomware actors, ALPHV/BlackCat and Clop, claim to have hacked the cosmetics giant company Estée Lauder and added the company to their Tor leak […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2023
Cybersecurity researchers discovered a new peer-to-peer (P2P) worm called P2PInfect that targets Redis servers. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers have discovered a new peer-to-peer (P2P) worm called P2PInfect that targets Redis servers running on both Linux and Windows systems. The capability to target Redis servers running on both Linux and Windows operating systems makes P2PInfect more scalable and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 19, 2023
The U.S. government added surveillance technology vendors Cytrox and Intellexa to an economic blocklist for trafficking in cyber exploits. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added surveillance technology vendors Intellexa and Cytrox to the Entity List for trafficking in cyber exploits used to gain access to information systems. The Entity List maintained […]
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