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Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2020
Fairfax County Public Schools hit by Maze ransomware

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), one of the largest school divisions in the US, was hit by Maze ransomware operators. Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) was victim of an attack carried out by the Maze ransomware operators. FCPS is one of the largest school districts in the US with an approved budget of $3.2 billion […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2020
CDRThief Linux malware steals VoIP metadata from Linux softswitches

ESET researchers discovered a new piece of malware dubbed CDRThief targets a specific Voice over IP system to steal call data records (CDR). Security experts from ESET discovered a new piece of malware, tracked as CDRThief, that targets the Linux VoIP platform, Linknat VOS2009/3000 softswitches, to steal call data records (CDR) from telephone exchange equipment. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2020
AlphaBay dark web marketplace moderator was sentenced to 11 years of prison time

Bryan Connor Herrell (25) from Colorado, was sentenced to 11 years of prison time for being one of the moderators on the dark web marketplace AlphaBay. Bryan Connor Herrell (25) from Colorado, was sentenced to 11 years of prison time for being one of the moderators on the popular dark web marketplace AlphaBay. “A Colorado man was […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2020
Dark web Empire Market still down after 3 days. DDoS attack or exit scam?

The dark web marketplace Empire Market has been down for at least 3 days, two of the possible reasons, an exit scam or a prolonged DDoS attack. The popular dark web site Empire Market has been down for at least 60 hours, it hasn’t been down for so long since 2019. The cause is still […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2020
Steel sheet giant Hoa Sen Group hacked by Maze ransomware operators

Experts at threat intelligence firm Cyble came across a post published by Maze ransomware operators claiming to have breached the steel sheet giant Hoa Sen Group. During the ordinary monitoring of Deepweb and Darkweb, researchers at Cyble came across the leak disclosure post published by the Maze ransomware operators that claim the hack of the Hoa Sen […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2020
Maze ransomware gang leaked Canon USA’s stolen files

Maze ransomware operators have leaked online the unencrypted files allegedly stolen from Canon during a recent ransomware attack. According to an internal memo obtained by ZDNet last week, the recent outage suffered by Canon was caused by a ransomware attack, at the same time Maze ransomware operators were taking the credit for the incident. The memo […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2020
Chinese APT CactusPete targets military and financial orgs in Eastern Europe

China-linked threat actor tracked as CactusPete was employing an updated backdoor in recent attacks targeting military and financial organizations in Eastern Europe. A China-linked APT group, tracked by Kaspersky as CactusPete (aka Karma Panda or Tonto Team), was observed using an updated backdoor in recent attacks targeting military and financial organizations in Eastern Europe. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2020
Nefilim ransomware operators claim to have hacked the SPIE group

Nefilim ransomware operators allegedly targeted the SPIE group, an independent European leader in multi-technical services. Researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble reported that Nefilim ransomware operators allegedly hacked The SPIE Group, an independent European leader in multi-technical services. The number of ransomware attacks continues to increase, hackers also steal victims’ data and threaten them to […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 276

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. A critical flaw in wpDiscuz WordPress plugin lets hackers take over hosting account FBI issued a flash alert about Netwalker ransomware attacks Garmin allegedly paid for a decryptor for WastedLocker […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2020
Did Maze ransomware operators steal 10 GB of data from Canon?

An internal memo confirms that the prolonged outage suffered by Canon last week was caused by a ransomware infection, Maze operators took credit for it. According to an internal memo obtained by ZDNet, the recent outage of Canon was caused by a ransomware attack, while Maze ransomware operators are taking the credit for the incident. […]