Pierluigi Paganini
September 20, 2021
Security researchers uncovered a large phishing campaign targeting multiple government departments in APAC and EMEA countries. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Cyjax uncovered a large phishing campaign targeting multiple government departments in APAC and EMEA countries. The phishing campaign has been ongoing since spring 2020 when the domains were first transferred to their current host. At […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 20, 2021
Europol, along with Italian and Spanish police, dismantled a major crime organization linked to the Italian Mafia that focuses on online frauds. Europol, along with law enforcement agencies in Italy and Spain, has dismantled a major crime group linked to the Italian Mafia that was involved in online fraud, drug trafficking, money laundering, and property […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 20, 2021
A Pakistani national has been sentenced to 12 years of prison in the US for his role in a hacking scheme against the telecom giant AT&T. The Pakistani national Muhammad Fahd (35) was sentenced to 12 years of prison in the United States for his primary role in a seven-year scheme to illegally unlock nearly […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 19, 2021
Numando, a new banking Trojan that abuses YouTube, Pastebin, and other public platforms as C2 infrastructure and to spread. ESET researchers spotted a new LATAM banking trojan, tracked as Numando, that abuses YouTube, Pastebin, and other public platforms as C2 infrastructure and to spread. The threat actor behind this banking Trojan has been active since […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 19, 2021
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The Biden administration plans to target exchanges supporting ransomware operations with sanctions Threat actor has been targeting the aviation industry since at least 2018 Expert discloses details and PoC […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2021
US Government is expected to issue sanctions against crypto exchanges, wallets, and traders used by ransomware operations to cash out ransom payments. The Biden administration is putting in place all the strategies to disrupt the operations of the ransomware gangs, and according to the Wall Street Journal, it is now planning to target the digital […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2021
A new malware written in Golang programming language, tracked as Capoae, is targeting WordPress installs and Linux systems. Akamai researchers spotted a new strain of malware written in Golang programming language, dubbed Capoae, that was involved in attacks aimed at WordPress installs and Linux systems. The malware spread through attacks exploiting known vulnerabilities (i.e. CVE-2020-14882 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 16, 2021
Microsoft revealed that multiple threat actors are exploiting the recently patched Windows MSHTML remote code execution security flaw (CVE-2021-40444). Microsoft warns of multiple threat actors, including ransomware operators, that are exploiting the recently patched Windows MSHTML remote code execution security flaw (CVE-2021-40444) in attacks against organizations. The IT giant says that threat actors started targeting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 16, 2021
Researchers from Bitdefender released a free master decryptor for the REvil ransomware operation that allows past victims to recover their files for free. Good news for the victims of REvil ransomware gangs that were infected before the operations were temporarily halted on July 13th, Bitdefender released a free master decryptor that allows them to recover […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2021
Anonymous claims to have hacked the controversial web hosting provider Epik, known for allowing far-right, neo-Nazi, and other extremist content. Anonymous hacktivist collective claims has claimed to have hacked the controversial web hosting provided Epik and stolen its data, including information of the clients of the company, as part of an operation codenamed EPIKFAIL. The hosting […]
