Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2023
Gootkit Loader campaign targets Australian Healthcare Industry

Threat actors are targeting organizations in the Australian healthcare sector with the Gootkit malware loader. Trend Micro researchers warn that Gootkit Loader is actively targeting the Australian healthcare industry. The experts analyzed a series of attacks and discovered that Gootkit leveraged SEO poisoning for its initial access and abused legitimate tools like VLC Media Player. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2023
Kinsing malware targets Kubernetes environments via misconfigured PostgreSQL

Kinsing cryptojacking operators are exploiting misconfigured and exposed PostgreSQL servers to access Kubernetes environments. Researchers at Microsoft Defender for Cloud observed threat actors behind the Kinsing cryptojacking operation using two methods to gain initial access in Kubernetes environments: exploitation of weakly configured PostgreSQL containers and exploiting vulnerable images. The crypto-miner Kinsing was first spotted by security firm […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2023
Airline company Air France-KLM discloses security breach

Airline company Air France-KLM is notifying the customers of its loyalty program Flying Blue of a data breach. Airline company Air France-KLM announced it has suffered a data breach, data belonging to customers of its loyalty program Flying Blue were exposed. The Flying Blue loyalty program is used by other airlines, including Aircalin, Kenya Airways, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2023
Resecurity Released a Status Report on Drug Trafficking in the Dark Web (2022-2023)

Cybersecurity firm Resecurity published report on drug trafficking marketplaces currently operating in the Dark Web Resecurity, a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity and risk management provider has released an eye-opening report on drug trafficking marketplaces currently operating in the Dark Web. The report highlights a rapidly growing shadow economy, and new communication methods such as proprietary Android-based […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2023
inSicurezzaDigitale launches the Dashboard Ransomware Monitor

The cybersecurity blog inSicurezzaDigitale has launched the Italian Dashboard Ransomware Monitor to analyze the principal RaaSs’ activities. Here it comes, inSicurezzaDigitale announced the Dashboard Ransomware Monitor, it is the second project after the recent presentation of the project Mastodon. The Dashboard is very easy to use and it is available via this link: ransom.insicurezzadigitale.com The […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2023
Dridex targets MacOS users with a new delivery technique

Experts warn of a new variant of the Dridex banking malware that is targeting systems using the macOS operating system. Trend Micro experts discovered a new variant of the Dridex banking malware that targets the MacOS platform and that used a new technique to deliver documents embedded with malicious macros. The Dridex banking Trojan that has been […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 401 by Pierluigi Paganini

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. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Chick-fil-A launched an investigation into “suspicious activity” IcedID malware campaign targets Zoom users Hive Ransomware gang […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2023
Chick-fil-A launched an investigation into “suspicious activity”

American fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A informed its customers of having launched an investigation into “suspicious activity.” Chick-fil-A is an American fast food restaurant chain, it is the country’s largest which specializes in chicken sandwiches. The company informed its customers of having launched an investigation into “suspicious activity on some customer accounts.” “We are investigating suspicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2023
IcedID malware campaign targets Zoom users

Cyber researchers warn of a modified Zoom app that was used by threat actors in a phishing campaign to deliver the IcedID Malware. Cyble researchers recently uncovered a phishing campaign targeting users of the popular video conferencing and online meeting platform Zoom to deliver the IcedID malware. IcedID banking trojan first appeared in the threat landscape in 2017, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2023
Hive Ransomware gang leaked 550 GB stolen from Consulate Health Care

The Hive ransomware gang just leaked 550 GB of data stolen from the Consulate Health Care, including customer and employee PII data. Consulate Health Care is a leading provider of senior healthcare services, specializing in post-acute care. The Hive ransomware gang this week added the company to its Tor leak site, threatening to publish the stolen […]