Pierluigi Paganini
October 15, 2022
Experts spotted a PHP version of an information-stealing malware called Ducktail spread as cracked installers for legitimate apps and games. Zscaler researchers discovered a PHP version of an information-stealing malware tracked as Ducktail. The malicious code is distributed as free/cracked application installers for a variety of applications including games, Microsoft Office applications, Telegram, and others. Ducktail has been […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2022
Experts released the PoC exploit code for the authentication bypass flaw CVE-2022-40684 in FortiGate firewalls and FortiProxy web proxies. A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for the authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2022-40684 (CVSS score: 9.6) in FortiGate firewalls and FortiProxy web proxies has been released online. The vulnerability impacts FortiOS versions from 7.0.0 to 7.0.6 and from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2022
Cloudflare mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Wynncraft, one of the largest Minecraft servers. Cloudflare announced it has mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Wynncraft, one of the largest Minecraft servers. The Cloudflare DDoS threat report 2022 Q3 states that multi-terabit massive DDoS attacks have become increasingly frequent. In Q3, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2022
Kaspersky researchers warn of a recently discovered malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod dubbed YoWhatsApp. Kaspersky researchers discovered an unofficial WhatsApp Android application named ‘YoWhatsApp’ that steals access keys for users’ accounts. Mod apps are advertised as unofficial versions of legitimate apps that have features that the official one does not supports. YoWhatsApp is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2022
Researchers warn of a new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit, called Caffeine, which is being used by cybercriminals. In March 2022, Mandiant researchers discovered threat actors using a shared Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform called Caffeine. The experts noticed that the toolkit has an intuitive interface and supports multiple features that allow customers to easily arrange phishing campaigns. The service […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2022
Threat actors behind the Emotet bot are continually improving their tactics, techniques, and procedures to avoid detection. VMware researchers have analyzed the supply chain behind the Emotet malware reporting that its operators are continually shifting their tactics, techniques, and procedures to avoid detection. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2022
California-based Resecurity has identified a new spike of underground services enabling bad actors to generate deepfakes. According to cybersecurity experts, this may be used for political propaganda, foreign influence activity, disinformation, scams, and fraud. Introduced by Canadian researchers to the public in 2014, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), typically imitate people’s faces, speech, and unique facial […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2022
BidenCash, a popular dark web carding site, released a dump of more than 1.2 million credit cards to promote its service. Operators behind the popular dark web carding market ‘BidenCash’ have released a dump of 1,221,551 credit cards to promote their underground payment card shop. Multiple security firms, noticed the promotional activity, but the news […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2022
Threat actors got to a database with over 152,000 customer records before its owner, the Turkish branch of Harvard Business Review, closed it. Crooks left a ransom note, threatening to leak the data and inform authorities of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) violations. Original Post published on CyberNews A recent discovery by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2022
CommonSpirit, one of the largest hospital chains in the US, suffered a ransomware cyberattack that impacted its operations. Common Spirit, one of the largest hospital chains in the US, this week suffered a ransomware cyberattack that caused severe inconvenience to the facilities and to patients The alleged security breach led to delayed surgeries, hold-ups in […]
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