Pierluigi Paganini
December 03, 2021
Threat actors have started to exploit the interest in the Omicron COVID-19 variant and are using it as a lure in phishing campaigns. Crooks have already started exploiting the interest in the Omicron COVID-19 variant and are using it as a lure in phishing attacks. People are interested in the spreading of the new variant, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 31, 2021
Hackers are attempting to exploit the return to the “new normal” after the governments are removing restrictions imposed in response to COVID-19. The number of COVID-19 infections are decreasing in many countries and some governments are reducing the restrictions for their citizens. Workers are going back to offices after months of remote working and crooks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 25, 2021
Threat actors are offering fake COVID-19 test results and vaccination certificates in blackmarkets and hacking forums on the Dark Web. While vaccination campaigns go ahead with different speeds in many countries multiple threat actors on the Dark Web started offering fake COVID-19 test results and vaccination certificates. Multiple research teams, including mine, are monitoring these […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 26, 2021
Hackers have broken into the biochemical systems of an Oxford University lab where researchers are working on the study of Covid-19. Hackers compromised the systems at one of the most advanced biology labs at the Oxford University that is involved in the research on the Covid-19 pandemic. The news was disclosed by Forbes and the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 25, 2021
Dutch police arrested two individuals for allegedly selling COVID-19 patient data stolen from the Dutch health ministry. Dutch police have arrested two individuals in the country for selling COVID-19 patient data stolen from the national COVID-19. The availability of COVID-19 patient data in the cybercrime underground was spotted by the RTL Nieuws reporter Daniel Verlaan. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 17, 2021
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) revealed Friday that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers have been manipulated before the leak. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) declared that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers in a recent cyber attack have been manipulated. In December, a cyber attack hit the European Medicines Agency (EMA). At […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2021
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) revealed that some of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine data were stolen from its servers. In December, a cyber attack hit the European Medicines Agency (EMA). At the time, the EMA did not provide technical details about the attack, nor whether it will have an impact on its operations while it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 05, 2021
According to a new report published by Check Point, organizations in the healthcare industry have faced a 45% increase in attacks since November. Check Point researchers reported a surge in the number of attacks against organizations in the healthcare industry, +45% since November. This is more than double the overall increase observed by the experts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2021
This post includes the details of the COVID-19 themed attacks launched from December 19, 2020– January 02, 2021. 25 December, 2020 – North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets the COVID-19 research The North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group has recently launched cyberattacks against at least two organizations involved in COVID19 research. 30 December, 2020 – US Treasury […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 01, 2021
Experts from threat intelligence firm Cyble have found documents relating to Covid-19 vaccine of European Medicines Agency in the Darkweb Security experts from threat intelligence firm Cyble have found several documents relating to the Covid-19 vaccine allegedly stolen from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) leaked in the Darkweb. While the pandemic is spreading on a […]
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