Pierluigi Paganini
March 12, 2023
Acronis downplays the severity of the recent security breach explaining that only a single customer’s account was compromised. The CISO of Acronis downplayed a recent intrusion, revealing that only one customer was impacted. This week a threat actor, who goes online with the moniker “kernelware”, claimed the theft of data from technology firm Acronis and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2023
A new version of the Prometei botnet has infected more than 10,000 systems worldwide since November 2022, experts warn. Cisco Talos researchers reported that the Prometei botnet has infected more than 10,000 systems worldwide since November 2022. The crypto-mining botnet has a modular structure and employs multiple techniques to infect systems and evade detection. The Prometei botnet […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2023
An international law enforcement operation seized the infrastructure associated with the NetWire RAT and resulted in the arrest of its administrator. A coordinated international law enforcement operation resulted in the seizure of the infrastructure associated with the NetWire RAT, the police also arrested its administrator. Law enforcement seized the website www.worldwiredlabs[.]com and its alleged administrator, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2023
AT&T is warning some of its customers that some of their information was exposed after the hack of a third-party vendor’s system. AT&T is notifying millions of customers that some of their information was exposed after a third-party vendor was hacked. CPNI is information related to the telecommunications services purchased by the customers, including the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2023
A threat actor tracked as 8220 Gang has been spotted using a new crypter called ScrubCrypt in cryptojacking campaigns. Fortinet researchers observed the mining group 8220 Gang using a new crypter called ScrubCrypt in cryptojacking attacks. “Between January and February 2023, FortiGuard Labs observed a payload targeting an exploitable Oracle Weblogic Server in a specific […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2023
Researchers discovered a new info stealer dubbed SYS01 stealer targeting critical government infrastructure and manufacturing firms. Cybersecurity researchers from Morphisec discovered a new, advanced information stealer, dubbed SYS01 stealer, that since November 2022 was employed in attacks aimed at critical government infrastructure employees, manufacturing companies, and other sectors. The experts found similarities between the SYS01 stealer and another […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2023
Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation Acer discloses a data breach after a threat actor claimed the hack of the company. Recently a threat actor announced the availability for sale of 160 GB of data allegedly stolen from the Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation Acer. The threat actor announced the hack on a popular cybercrime forum, he claims […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2023
Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, one of the main hospitals in the Spanish city, suffered a cyber attack that crippled its computer system. On Sunday, a ransomware attack hit the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, one of the main hospitals of the Catalan city. The attack crippled the center’s computer system, 150 nonurgent operations and up to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2023
German police announced to have dismantled an international cybercrime gang behind the DoppelPaymer ransomware operation. Europol has announced that an international operation conducted by law enforcement in Germany and Ukraine, with help of the US FBI and the Dutch police, targeted two key figures of the DoppelPaymer ransomware group. “On 28 February 2023, the German […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2023
Experts discovered a fully featured information stealer, tracked as ‘Colour-Blind’ in the Python Package Index (PyPI). Researchers from Kroll’s Cyber Threat Intelligence team discovered a malicious Python package uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) that contained a fully-featured information stealer and remote access trojan tracked as Colour-Blind. Below is the list of capabilities supported […]
