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Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2021
Wormable bash DarkRadiation Ransomware targets Linux distros and docker containers

DarkRadiation is a new strain of ransomware implemented in Bash that targets Linux and Docker cloud containers and leverages Telegram for C2. Trend Micro researchers spotted a new strain of ransomware, dubbed DarkRadiation, which is writted in Bash script and target Linux distributions (Red Hat/CentOS and Debian) and Docker cloud containers. The ransomware uses OpenSSL’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2021
Microsoft fixes 2 critical Exchange Server flaws reported by the NSA

Microsoft patch Tuesday security updates address four high and critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server that were reported by the NSA. Microsoft patch Tuesday security updates released today have addressed four critical and high severity vulnerabilities in Exchange Server (CVE-2021-28480, CVE-2021-28481, CVE-2021-28482, CVE-2021-28483), some of these flaws were reported by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). All the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2021
Clop Ransomware operators plunder US universities

Clop ransomware gang leaked online data stolen from Stanford Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, and the University of California. Clop ransomware operators have leaked the personal and financial information stolen from Stanford Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB), and the University of California.. Data were stolen by the ransomware gang by compromising the Accellion File […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2021
New Mirai variant appears in the threat landscape

Palo Alto researchers uncovered a series of ongoing attacks to spread a variant of the infamous Mirai bot exploiting multiple vulnerabilities. Security experts at Palo Alto Networks disclosed a series of attacks aimed at delivering a Mirai variant leveraging multiple vulnerabilities. Below the list of vulnerabilities exploited in the attacks, three of which were unknown issues: […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 11, 2021
Avaddon ransomware decryptor released, but operators quickly reacted

An expert released a free decryption tool for the Avaddon ransomware, but operators quickly updated malware code to make it inefficient. The Spanish student Javier Yuste has released a free decryption tool for the Avaddon ransomware that can be used by the victims to recover their encrypted files for free. Yuste is a student at […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2020
UK NCSC’s alert urges orgs to fix MobileIron CVE-2020-15505 RCE

The UK NCSC issued an alert to urge organizations to patch the critical CVE-2020-15505 RCE vulnerability in MobileIron MDM systems. The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert urging organizations to address the critical CVE-2020-15505 remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in MobileIron mobile device management (MDM) systems. MDM platforms allow administrators to remotely manage a fleet of […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2020
US authorities behind $1 billion Bitcoin transaction of Silk Road funds

The United States announced the seizure of $1 billion worth of Bitcoin stolen by an individual from the Silk Road marketplace. On November 3, The United States this week announced that it has seized $1 billion worth of Bitcoin stolen by an individual from the Silk Road marketplace over half a decade ago. “The United […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2020
A data breach broker is selling account databases of 17 companies

A threat actor is offering for sale account databases containing an aggregate total of 34 million user records stolen from 17 companies. A data breach broker is selling account databases containing a total of 34 million user records stolen from 17 companies. The threat actor is advertising the stolen data since October 28 on a […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2020
New KryptoCibule Windows Trojan spreads via malicious torrents

Experts warn of the KryptoCibule Windows malware that has been active since late 2018 and has targeted users in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Security researchers from ESET have shared technical detailts of a new piece of Windows malware tracked as KryptoCibule. The malware has been active since at least December 2018, it targets cryptocurrency […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2020
Former Cisco employee pleads guilty to hacking, damaging company systems

A former Cisco employee has pleaded guilty to hacking charges and intentionally causing damage to the systems of his company. The former Cisco employee Sudhish Kasaba Ramesh (30) pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose today to intentionally accessing a protected computer of his company without authorization and causing damage. The news was announced […]