Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2022
Conti ransomware gang continues to target organizations worldwide despite the massive data leak has shed light on its operations. Researchers from Secureworks state that the Conti ransomware gang, tracked as a Russia-based threat actor Gold Ulrick, continues to operate despite the recent data leak on its internal activities. The group’s activity returned to the levels […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 25, 2022
At least 60 entities worldwide have been breached by BlackCat ransomware, warns a flash report published by the U.S. FBI. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a flash report that states that at least 60 entities worldwide have been breached by BlackCat ransomware (aka ALPHV and Noberus) since it started its operations in November. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 25, 2022
The number of zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in cyberattacks in the wild exploded in the last years, security firm report. Google and Mandiant have published two reports that highlight a surge in the discovery of zero-day flaws exploited by threat actors in attacks in the wild. Google’s Project Zero researchers reported that 58 zero-day were discovered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2022
Telecommunication giant T-Mobile confirmed the LAPSUS$ extortion group gained access to its networks in March. Telecom company T-Mobile on Friday revealed that LAPSUS$ extortion gang gained access to its networks. The popular investigator and journalist Brian Krebs first surmised that the LAPSUS$ gang has breached T-Mobile after he reviewed a copy of the private chat messages between members of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2022
Ukraine CERT-UA warns of phishing attacks on state organizations of Ukraine using the topic “Azovstal” and Cobalt Strike Beacon. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns of phishing attacks aimed at organizations in the country using the topic “Azovstal”. The phishing message use the subject “Azovstal” and a weaponized office document. Upon opening […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 21, 2022
Threat intelligence firm Resecurity details how crooks are delivering IRS tax scams and phishing attacks posing as government vendors. Cybercriminals are leveraging advanced tactics in their phishing-kits granting them a high delivery success rate of spoofed e-mails which contain malicious attachments right before the end of the 2021 IRS income tax return deadline in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 21, 2022
Cybersecurity agencies of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance warn of cyberattacks conducted by Russia-linked threat actors on critical infrastructure. Cybersecurity agencies of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance (United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom) issued a joint advisory warning of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure conducted by Russia-linked threat actors and criminal cyber threats. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2022
Kaspersky discovered a flaw in the encryption process of the Yanluowang ransomware that allows victims to recover their files for free. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered a vulnerability in the encryption process of the Yanluowang ransomware that can be exploited to recover the files encrypted by the malware without paying the ransom. The Yanluowang ransomware was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2022
Researchers disclosed a new variant of the SolarMarker malware that implements new techniques to avoid detection. Cybersecurity researchers from Palo Alto Networks disclosed a new version of the SolarMarker malware that implements new features to avoid detection. SolarMarker (aka Jupyter, Polazert, and Yellow Cockatoo) is a fileless .NET RAT that implements backdoor capabilities and allows operators to steal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2022
Enemybot is a DDoS botnet that targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. Researchers from Fortinet discovered a new DDoS botnet, tracked as Enemybot, that has targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. The researchers attribute the botnet […]
