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Pierluigi Paganini
April 25, 2022
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 06, 2022
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the Hydra Market, the world’s largest and longest-running dark web marketplace. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the darkweb marketplace Hydra Market, the same day Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office, the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), announced they have shut down the illegal platform. The seizure of the Hydra Market is the result of an international […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 06, 2022
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office shut down Hydra Market, the Russian-language darknet marketplace specialized in drug dealing. Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office, the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), announced they have shut down Hydra, one of the world’s largest dark web marketplace. The seizure of the Hydra Market is the result of an international investigation conducted by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2022
Brazilian trojan impacting Portuguese users and using the same capabilities seen in other Latin American threats Introduction A new variant of a Brazilian trojan has impacted Internet end users in Portugal since last month (February 2022). Although there are no significant differences and sophistication in contrast to other well-known trojans such as Maxtrilha, URSA, and Javali, an analysis […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2022
The hidden C2: Lampion trojan release 212 is on the rise and using a C2 server for two years. Lampion trojan is one of the most active banking trojans impacting Portuguese Internet end users since 2019. This piece of malware is known for the usage of the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax (Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira) email […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2022
This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. March 12 – Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram in Russia to prevent the spreading of info related to the Ukraine invasion. March […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2022
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked Bridgestone Americas Attackers use website contact forms […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2022
The US FBI warns that the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang has breached the networks of at least 52 organizations from multiple US critical infrastructure sectors. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and CISA published a flash alert to warn that the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang has breached the networks of at least 52 organizations across […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2022
A Ukrainian researcher leaked tens of thousands of internal chat messages belonging to the Conti ransomware operation. A Ukrainian researcher leaked 60,694 messages internal chat messages belonging to the Conti ransomware operation after the announcement of the group of its support to Russia. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Hold Security confirmed that the researcher was able to access […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 13, 2022
Organizations have paid more than $600 million in cryptocurrency during 2021, nearly one-third to the Conti ransomware gang. Last week, cybersecurity agencies from the U.K., the U.S. and Australia have published a joint advisory warning of an increased globalised threat of ransomware worldwide in 2021. According to a report published by the blockchain analysis firm […]
