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Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2023
Law enforcement seized the Genesis Market cybercrime marketplace

Law enforcement seized the Genesis Market black marketplace, a platform focused on the sale of stolen credentials, as part of Operation Cookie Monster. The FBI seized the Genesis Market, a black marketplace for stolen credentials that was launched in 2017. Genesis Market was an invite-only marketplace, but it was not complex to find invite codes online. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2023
Technical analysis of China-linked Earth Preta APT’s infection chain

China-linked Earth Preta cyberespionage group has been observed adopting new techniques to bypass security solutions. Trend Micro researchers reported that the China-linked Earth Preta group (aka Mustang Panda) is actively changing its tools, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) to bypass security solutions. Earth Preta, also known as “RedDelta” or “Bronze President,” has been active since at least […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 412 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. NCA infiltrates the cybercriminal underground with fake DDoS-for-hire sites Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023 awarded $1,035,000 and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2023
Experts published PoC exploit code for Veeam Backup & Replication bug

Researchers released a PoC exploit code for a high-severity vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) software. Veeam recently addressed a high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-27532, in Veeam Backup and Replication (VBR) software. An unauthenticated user with access to the Veeam backup service (TCP 9401 by default) can exploit the flaw to request cleartext credentials. A remote […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2023
Rogue ChatGPT extension FakeGPT hijacked Facebook accounts

A tainted version of the legitimate ChatGPT extension for Chrome, designed to steal Facebook accounts, has thousands of downloads. Guardio’s security team uncovered a new variant of a malicious Chat-GPT Chrome Extension that was already downloaded by thousands a day. The version employed in a recent campaign is based on a legitimate open-source project, threat […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2023
BreachForums current Admin Baphomet shuts down BreachForums

Baphomet, the current administrator of BreachForums, announced that the popular hacking forum has been officially taken down. U.S. law enforcement arrested last week a US man that goes online with the moniker “Pompompurin,” the US citizen is accused to be the owner of the popular hacking forum BreachForums.  The news of the arrest was first reported by Bloomberg, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2023
Key aerospace player Safran Group leaks sensitive data

Top aviation company Safran Group left itself vulnerable to cyberattacks, likely for well over a year, underlining how vulnerable big aviation firms are to threat actors, according to research by Cybernews. Original post at https://cybernews.com/security/key-aerospace-player-leaks-sensitive-data/ The Cybernews research team recently discovered that the French-based multinational aviation company, the eighth largest aerospace supplier worldwide, was leaking […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2023
Dissecting the malicious arsenal of the Makop ransomware gang

Cyber security researcher Luca Mella analyzed the Makop ransomware employed in a recent intrusion. Executive summary Introduction The Makop ransomware operators started their infamous criminal business in 2020 leveraging a new variant of the notorious Phobos ransomware. During the last years, the gang maintained a solid presence in the criminal underground even if they did […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2023
Hackers are actively exploiting CVE-2022-47966 flaw in Zoho ManageEngine

Experts warn of threat actors actively exploiting the critical CVE-2022-47966 (CVSS score: 9.8) flaw in Zoho ManageEngine. Multiple threat actors are actively exploiting the Zoho ManageEngine CVE-2022-47966 (CVSS score: 9.8) in attacks in the wild, Bitdefender Labs reported. “Starting on January 20 2023, Bitdefender Labs started to notice a global increase in attacks using the ManageEngine exploit CVE-2022-47966.” reads the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2023
Social engineering, deception becomes increasingly sophisticated

Social engineering techniques are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are exploiting multiple emerging means, such as deep fakes. The increasing use of videoconferencing platforms and the various forms of remote work also adopted in the post-emergency covid make interpersonal collaborations increasingly virtual. This scenario must undoubtedly force organizations to prepare adequately to be able to recognize […]