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Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2020
REvil operators threaten to leak files stolen from Australian firm Lion

Australian beverage company Lion announced that it has found no evidence that hackers have stolen information from its systems. The Australian brewery and dairy conglomerate Lion suffered two cyber attacks in a few days this month. Lion is a beverage and food company that operates in Australia and New Zealand, and a subsidiary of Japanese beverage […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2020
Two PoC exploits for CVE-2020-0601 NSACrypto flaw released

Researchers published proof-of-concept (PoC) code exploits for a recently-patched CVE-2020-0601 flaw in the Windows operating system reported by NSA. Security researchers have published two proof-of-concept (PoC) code exploits for the recently-patched CVE-2020-0601 vulnerability that has been reported to Microsoft by the US National Security Agency (NSA). Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for January 2020 address a […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2019
Ransomware attack hit the City of Johannesburg municipality

A new ransomware attack made the headlines, this time the victim is the City of Johannesburg municipality. A ransomware attack infected systems at the City of Johannesburg municipality shutting down the website, the e-services platform, and the billing system (SAP ISU and CRM). “The City of Johannesburg reported a breach of its network on Thursday night […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2019
Asics apologizes after pornography ran on screens at central store in Auckland for hours

NZ Sports Store Apologises Over Porn Played on Big Screens Hackers broadcasted pornography content on large television screens located above the Asics central store in Auckland for several hours. The New Zealand branch of sports brand Asics apologized for an embarrassing incident that took place over the weekend. On Sunday, hackers broadcasted pornography content on […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2019
Flight booking platform Option Way exposes customer and internal data

Researchers from vpnMentor security firm have recently discovered a huge data breach in flight booking platform Option Way.  Researchers at vpnMentor discovered a huge data breach in flight booking platform Option Way as part of a web-mapping project.  Option Way service allows its users to find flight deals to and from destinations around the world.  The research […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2019
Bouncing Golf cyberespionage campaign targets Android users in Middle East

According to security researchers at Trend Micro, a cyberespionage campaign is targeting Android users in Middle Eastern countries. Security researchers at Trend Micro have spotted a cyberespionage campaign, dubbed ‘Bouncing Golf, that is targeting Android users in Middle Eastern countries. Threat actors are using a piece of malware detected as GolfSpy, that implements multiple features […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2019
French authorities released the PyLocky decryptor for versions 1 and 2

Good news for the victims of the pyLocky Ransomware versions 1 and 2, French authorities have released the pyLocky decryptor to decrypt the files for free. French authorities have released a decryptor for pyLocky Ransomware versions 1 and 2. The decryptor allows victims to decrypt their files for free. It was developed in collaboration between […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2019
German legislative body wants to tighten penalties against black marketplace operators

Germany’s states have decided to criminalize black marketplace operators with the introduction of specific federal legislation. Germany’s states have voted to punish operators of dark web platforms with the introduction of federal legislation. The legislation aims at criminalizing every operator behind darkweb marketplaces where illegal activities take place. This Friday, therefore, the German Federal Council […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2019
DMSniff POS Malware has flown under the radar for at least four years

Malware researchers at Flashpoint revealed that at least since 2016, a PoS malware dubbed DMSniff has flown under the radar. Malware researchers at Flashpoint revealed that since 2016, a PoS malware dubbed DMSniff has been involved in breaches of small- and medium-sized businesses in the restaurant and entertainment industries. DMSniff leverages a domain generation algorithm […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2019
Crooks use The Pirate Bay to spread PirateMatryoshka malware via reputed seeders

Crooks are abusing the torrent website The Pirate Bay to distribute the PirateMatryoshka malware that fuels the victim’s PC with unwanted software. Crooks abusing torrent services to distribute malware is not a novelty, Torrent users are often exposed to serious threats such if the one recently spotted by Kaspersky Lab and dubbed by the expert […]