Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2022
US HHS warns healthcare orgs of Royal Ransomware attacks

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warns healthcare organizations of Royal ransomware attacks. The human-operated Royal ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2022, it has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars. The Health and Human Services (HHS) is aware of attacks against the Healthcare and Public Healthcare (HPH) […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2022
CommonSpirit confirms data breach impacts 623K patients

CommonSpirit Health confirmed that the October security breach resulted in the exposure of the personal data of 623,774 patients. In early October, Common Spirit, one of the largest hospital chains in the US, suffered a ransomware cyberattack that caused severe inconvenience to the facilities and to patients. The security breach led to delayed surgeries, hold-ups […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2022
Zombinder APK binding service used in multiple malware attacks

Zombinder is a third-party service on darknet used to embed malicious payloads in legitimate Android applications. While investigating a new malware campaign targeting Android and Windows systems, researchers at Threat Fabric discovered a darknet service, dubbed Zombinder, used to embed malicious payloads in legitimate Android apps. The campaign involved the Ermac Android banking Trojan along […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2022
New Go-based botnet Zerobot exploits dozens of flaws

Researchers discovered a new Go-based botnet called Zerobot that exploits two dozen security vulnerabilities IoT devices. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers have discovered a new Go-based botnet called Zerobot that spreads by exploiting two dozen security vulnerabilities in the internet of things (IoT) devices and other applications. “This botnet, known as Zerobot, contains several modules, including self-replication, attacks for different protocols, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2022
Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition. Samsung S22 hacked

The Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition has begun, this is the 10th anniversary of the consumer-focused version of the contest. The news of the Samsung Galaxy S22 hack on the first day of Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 made the headlines. White hat hackers that participated in the competition hacked the Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone twice during […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2022
Ransomware Toolkit Cryptonite turning into an accidental wiper

Researchers spotted a version of the open-source ransomware toolkit Cryptonite that doesn’t support decryption capabilities. Fortinet researchers discovered a sample of malware generated with the publicly available open-source ransomware toolkit Cryptonite that never offers the decryption window, turning it as a wiper. The experts also reported an increase in ransomware intentionally turned into wiper malware, these […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2022
Crook sentenced to 18 months for stealing $20M in SIM swapping attack

Nicholas Truglia, from Florida, US, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing more than $20 million in a SIM swapping scheme. DoJ announced that Nicholas Truglia (25) was sentenced to 18 months in prison for the theft of over $20 million worth of cryptocurrency through SIM swapping attacks. The man was ordered to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2022
French hospital cancels operations after a ransomware attack

A French hospital near Paris canceled operations and transfer some patients due to a cyber attack suffered over the weekend. France’s health ministry announced that the Hospital Centre of Versailles was hit by a cyber attack over the weekend. Hospital Centre of Versailles, which includes Andre-Mignot Hospital, Richaud Hospital and the Despagne Retirement Home, canceled […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2022
Law enforcement agencies can extract data from thousands of cars’ infotainment systems

Law enforcement agencies can extract data from the infotainment systems of thousands of different car models. Data managed by infotainment systems in modern vehicles are a valuable source of information for the investigation of law enforcement agencies. Modern vehicles come with sophisticated infotainment systems that are connected online and that could represent an entry point […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 396

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. Google fixed the ninth actively exploited Chrome zeroday this year A new Linux flaw can be […]