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Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2022
US Flagstar Bank disclosed a data breach that exposed files containing the personal information of 1.5 million individuals. US-based Flagstar Bank disclosed a data breach that impacted roughly 1.5 million individuals, but the company did not share details about the attack. The security breach took place in early December 2021, and the investigation that was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 02, 2022
LockBit ransomware gang claimed responsibility for an attack against the electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn that impacted production in Mexico The electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn confirmed that its production plant in Tijuana (Mexico) had been impacted by a ransomware attack in late May. The LockBit ransomware gang claimed responsibility for an attack and announced that it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2022
During the second day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking competition, contestants demonstrated a working exploit for Microsoft Windows 11. During the second day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking competition, white hat hackers demonstrated a working exploit against Microsoft Windows 11 OS. The T0 group demonstrated an exploit for an improper access control flaw […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 19, 2022
White hat hackers earned a total of $800,000 on the first day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022, $450,000 for exploits targeting Microsoft Teams. Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking contest has begun, it is the 15th edition of this important event organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). This year, 17 contestants are attempting to exploit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 19, 2022
CISA orders federal agencies to fix VMware CVE-2022-22972 and CVE-2022-22973 vulnerabilities by May 23, 2022. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued the Emergency Directive 22-03 to order federal agencies to fix VMware CVE-2022-22972 and CVE-2022-22973 flaws or to remove the affected products from their networks by May 23, 2022. The list of impacted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 18, 2022
VMware addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability “affecting local domain users” in multiple products. The virtualization giant warns that a threat actor can exploit the flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-22972 (CVSSv3 base score of 9.8), to obtain admin privileges and urges customers to install patches immediately. “This critical vulnerability should be patched or mitigated immediately per the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 18, 2022
Microsoft researchers warn of the rising threat of cryware targeting non-custodial cryptocurrency wallets, also known as hot wallets. Microsoft warns of the rise of cryware, malicious software used to steal info an dfunds from non-custodial cryptocurrency wallets, also known as hot wallets. Data stolen from this kind of malware includes private keys, seed phrases, and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 18, 2022
The Conti ransomware gang is threatening to ‘overthrow’ the new government of Costa Rica after last month’s attack. Last month, the Conti ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack on Costa Rica government infrastructure after that the government refused to pay a ransom. “The Costa Rican state will not pay anything to these cybercriminals.” said […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 18, 2022
Researchers spotted a new variant of the UpdateAgent macOS malware dropper that was employed in attacks in the wild. Researchers from the Jamf Threat Labs team have uncovered a new variant of the UpdateAgent macOS malware dropper. The new version is written in Swift and relies on the AWS infrastructure to host its malicious payloads. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2022
The U.S. Justice Department accused a 55-year-old Venezuelan cardiologist of operating and selling the Thanos ransomware. The U.S. Justice Department accused Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez, a 55-year-old cardiologist from Venezuela, of operating and selling the Thanos ransomware. Thanos ransomware (a.k.a. Hakbit ransomware) has been developed by Nosophoros (aka Aesculapius, and Nebuchadnezzar), a threat actor offering for sale the malware […]
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