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Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2020
US Treasury warns of ransomware attacks on COVID-19 vaccine research

The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) warns of ransomware attacks on COVID-19 vaccine research organizations. The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a noticed to warn financial institutions of ransomware attacks aimed at COVID-19 vaccine research organizations. “The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing this Notice to alert […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 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 COVID-19 research. The North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus has recently launched cyberattacks against two entities involved in COVID-19 research. The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2020
COVID-19 themed attacks December 6 – December 19, 2020

This post includes the details of the COVID-19 themed attacks launched from December 6 – December 19, 2020. December 6 – Drug dealers are selling Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines on the darkweb While the United Kingdom announced the distribution of the COVID19 vaccine to the population drug dealers is selling ‘Pfizer COVID Vaccines.’ December 10 – […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2020
Russia-linked APT28 uses COVID-19 lures to deliver Zebrocy malware

Russia-link cyberespionage APT28 leverages COVID-19 as phishing lures to deliver the Go version of their Zebrocy (or Zekapab) malware. Russia-linked APT28 is leveraging COVID-19 as phishing lures in a new wave of attacks aimed at distributing the Go version of their Zebrocy (or Zekapab) malware. The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Group, Sednit, and STRONTIUM) has been active since at least 2007 and it has […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2020
European Medicines Agency targeted by cyber attack

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced it has been targeted by a cyber attack. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced it has been targeted by a cyber attack. The EMA did not provide technical details about the attack, nor whether it will have an impact on its operations while it is evaluating and approving COVID-19 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2020
Drug dealers are selling Pfizer COVID vaccines on the darkweb

While the United Kingdom announced the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to the population drug dealers is selling ‘Pfizer COVID Vaccines.’ The UK became the first Western country to authorize a Covid-19 vaccine. The UK government announced the distribution of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine that has been granted emergency authorization by British regulators. While the first […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2020
COVID-19 – Johnson & Johnson saw a 30% uptick in cyber-attacks

Healthcare organizations like Johnson & Johnson are observing a surge of cyber attacks carried by state-sponsored hackers during COVID-19 pandemic. Nation-state actors are intensifying their attacks against organizations in the healthcare industry, like Johnson & Johnson, that are involved in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. Johnson & Johnson, along with other COVID-19 research companies, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2020
Hackers are targeting COVID-19 vaccine cold chain

IBM X-Force experts warned of threat actors actively targeting organizations associated with the COVID-19 vaccine cold chain. Researchers from IBM X-Force warned of threat actors actively targeting organizations associated with the COVID-19 vaccine cold chain. The experts uncovered a large scale spear-phishing campaign that has been ongoing since September 2020. Threat actors are impersonating a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2020
North Korean hackers allegedly behind cyberattacks on AstraZeneca

The Reuters agency revealed in an exclusive that the COVID vaccine maker AstraZeneca was targeted by alleged North Korea-linked hackers. According to a report published by Reuters, suspected North Korea-linked hackers targeted AstraZeneca, one of the companies that are developing a COVID vaccine. The attack attempts took place in recent weeks, two people with knowledge […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2020
Details of 16 million Brazilian COVID-19 patients exposed online

The personal and health details of more than 16 million Brazilian COVID-19 patients, including Government representatives, have been exposed online. Personal and health details of more than 16 million Brazilian COVID-19 patients has been accidentally exposed online due to an error of an employee of a Brazilian hospital. An employee of Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paolo […]

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