Reports

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2022
Over 200 Apps on Play Store were distributing Facestealer info-stealer

Experts spotted over 200 Android apps on the Play Store distributing spyware called Facestealer used to steal sensitive data. Trend Micro researchers spotted over 200 Android apps on the Play Store distributing spyware called Facestealer used to steal sensitive data from infected devices. The malicious apps are able to steal credentials, Facebook cookies, and other personally identifiable information. Some […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2022
Five Eyes agencies warn of attacks on MSPs

Cybersecurity authorities from Five Eye warn of threats targeting managed service providers (MSPs) and potential supply chain attacks through them. Multiple cybersecurity authorities from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S. this week released a joint advisory warning of threats targeting managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers. “The cybersecurity authorities of the United Kingdom, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2022
BlackCat Ransomware gang breached over 60 orgs worldwide

At least 60 entities worldwide have been breached by BlackCat ransomware, warns a flash report published by the U.S. FBI. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a flash report that states that at least 60 entities worldwide have been breached by BlackCat ransomware (aka ALPHV and Noberus) since it started its operations in November. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2022
JekyllBot:5 flaws allow hacking TUG autonomous mobile robots in hospitals

Researchers discovered five vulnerabilities that can be exploited to remotely hack hospital Aethon’s TUG autonomous mobile robots. Researchers at healthcare IoT security firm Cynerio discovered a collection of five vulnerabilities impacting TUG autonomous mobile robots, collectively named JekyllBot:5, that could be exploited by remote attackers to hack the devices. According to a US CISA advisory, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2022
Avoslocker ransomware gang targets US critical infrastructure

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported that AvosLocker ransomware is being used in attacks targeting US critical infrastructure. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a joint cybersecurity advisory warning of AvosLocker ransomware attacks targeting multiple US critical infrastructure. The advisory was published in coordination with the US Treasury Department and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2022
Access:7 flaws impact +150 device models from over 100 manufacturers

Many IoT and medical devices are affected by seven serious flaws, collectively tracked as Access:7, in widely used Axeda platform. Researchers from medical device cybersecurity company CyberMDX have discovered seven serious flaws, collectively tracked as Access:7, in the widely used Axeda platform of IIoT solutions provider PTC. “Access:7 could enable hackers to remotely execute malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2022
Researchers shared technical details of NSA Equation Group’s Bvp47 backdoor

Pangu Lab researchers disclosed details of the Bvp47 backdoor that was used by the US NSA Equation Group. Researchers from The China’s Pangu Lab have disclosed details of a Linux top-tier APT backdoor, tracked as Bvp47, which is associated with the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Equation Group. The name “Bvp47” comes form numerous references to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 21, 2022
Threat Report Portugal: Q4 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q4 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from October to December, Q4, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-InformĂĄtica. This feed is based on automatic searches and is also supported […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2022
BlackByte ransomware breached at least 3 US critical infrastructure organizations

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said that the BlackByte ransomware gang has breached at least three organizations from US critical infrastructure sectors. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a joint cybersecurity advisory with the US Secret Services which revealed that the BlackByte ransomware group has breached at least three organizations from US critical […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 12, 2022
Organizations are addressing zero-day vulnerabilities more quickly, says Google

Organizations are addressing zero-day vulnerabilities more quickly, compared to last year, Google’s Project Zero reported. According to Google’s Project Zero researchers, organizations are addressing zero-day vulnerabilities more quickly, compared to last year. Software vendors took an average of 52 days to address vulnerabilities reported from Project Zero while 3 years ago the average was of […]