Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2022
Cisco discloses a security breach, the Yanluowang ransomware group breached its corporate network in late May and stole internal data. Cisco disclosed a security breach, the Yanluowang ransomware group breached its corporate network in late May and stole internal data. The investigation conducted by Cisco Security Incident Response (CSIRT) and Cisco Talos revealed that threat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2022
10 packages have been removed from the Python Package Index (PyPI) because they were found harvesting data. Check Point researchers have discovered ten malicious packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI). The packages install info-stealers that allow threat actors to steal the private data and personal credentials of the developers. The researchers provide details about […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2022
Communications company Twilio discloses a data breach after threat actors have stolen employee credentials in an SMS phishing attack. Communications company Twilio discloses a data breach, threat actors had access to the data of some of its customers. The attackers accessed company systems using employee credentials obtained through a sophisticated SMS phishing attack. Twilio is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2022
Threat actors abuse open redirects on Snapchat and American Express to launch phishing attacks against Microsoft 365 users. Attackers abused open redirects on the websites of Snapchat and American Express as part of a phishing campaign targeting Microsoft 365 users. The term Open URL redirection, open redirects, refers to a security issue that makes it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2022
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. Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2022
Twitter confirmed that the recent data breach that exposed data of 5.4 million accounts was caused by the exploitation of a zero-day flaw. At the end of July, a threat actor leaked data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform. The threat actor offered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 04, 2022
The cryptocurrency bridge Nomad is the last victim of a cyber heist, threat actors stole almost $200 million of its funds. Another crypto heist made the headlines, threat actors stole nearly $200 million worth of cryptocurrency from the bridge Nomad. Nomad Bridge is a cross-chain bridge between Ethereum, Moonbeam, Avalanche, Evmos and Milkomeda. The project […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2022
Semikron, a German-based independent manufacturer of power semiconductor components, suffered a ransomware cyberattck. Semikron is a German-based independent manufacturer of power semiconductor components, it employs more than 3,000 people in 24 subsidiaries worldwide, with production sites in Germany, Brazil, China, France, India, Italy, Slovakia and the USA. The company confirmed it has suffered a cyberattack conducted by a professional […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 02, 2022
An affiliate of the LockBit 3.0 RaaS operation has been abusing the Windows Defender command-line tool to deploy Cobalt Strike payloads. During a recent investigation, SentinelOne researchers observed threat actors associated with the LockBit 3.0 ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation abusing the Windows Defender command line tool MpCmdRun.exe to decrypt and load Cobalt Strike payloads. The attackers initially compromise the target […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 02, 2022
Gootkit access-as-a-service (AaaS) malware is back with tactics and fileless delivery of Cobalt Strike beacons. Gootkit runs on an access-a-as-a-service model, it is used by different groups to drop additional malicious payloads on the compromised systems. Gootkit has been known to use fileless techniques to deliver threats such as the SunCrypt, and REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware, Kronos trojans, […]
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