Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2021
Retail giant Costco discloses data breach, payment card data exposed

Costco Wholesale Corporation discloses a data breach, threat actors had access to customers’ payment card information. Retail giant Costco Wholesale Corporation notified its customers of a data breach that might have exposed their payment card information. Data was allegedly exposed while customers were shopping at one of its stores. Costco discovered the security breach after […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2021
HTML Smuggling technique used in phishing and malspam campaigns

Threat actors are increasingly using the HTML smuggling technique in phishing campaigns, Microsoft researchers warn. Microsoft experts warn that threat actors are increasingly using the HTML smuggling technique in phishing campaigns to stealthily deliver threats. HTML smuggling is a highly evasive technique for malware delivery that leverages legitimate HTML5 and JavaScript features. The malicious payloads are delivered via encoded […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2021
BotenaGo botnet targets millions of IoT devices using 33 exploits

Researchers at AT&T discovered a new BotenaGo botnet that is using thirty three exploits to target millions of routers and IoT devices. BotenaGo is a new botnet discovered by researchers at AT&T that leverages thirty three exploits to target millions of routers and IoT devices. Below is the list of exploits used by the bot: Vulnerability  Affected devices […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2021
DoJ sentenced to 10 years Russian ‘King of Fraud’ behind the fraud scheme 3ve

The US DoJ sentenced a Russian man for operating a large-scale digital advertising fraud scheme called Methbot (‘3ve’). The US DoJ sentenced the Russian nation Aleksandr Zhukov, aka the ‘King of Fraud,’ for operating a large-scale digital advertising fraud scheme called Methbot (‘3ve‘) that stole at least $7 million from US organizations. DoJ sentenced Zhukov […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2021
Iranian threat actors attempt to buy stolen data of US organizations, FBI warns

The FBI warned private industry partners of attempts by an Iranian threat actor to buy stolen information belonging to US organizations. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a private industry notification (PIN) to warn private industry partners that Iran-linked threat actors are attempting to buy stolen information belonging to US businesses and organizations abroad. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2021
TeamTNT group targets poorly configured Docker servers exposing REST APIs

TeamTNT hackers are targeting poorly configured Docker servers as part of an ongoing campaign that started in October. Trend Micro researchers reported that TeamTNT hackers are targeting poorly configured Docker servers exposing Docker REST APIs as part of an ongoing campaign that started in October. Threat actors execute malicious scripts to deploy Monero cryptocurrency miners, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2021
Clop gang exploiting CVE-2021-35211 RCE in SolarWinds Serv-U in recent attack

The Clop ransomware gang is exploiting CVE-2021-35211 vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U to compromise corporate networks. Threat actors always look for new ways to compromise target networks, Clop ransomware gang (aka TA505, FIN11) is exploiting CVE-2021-35211 SolarWinds Serv-U vulnerability to breach businesses’ infrastructures and deploy its ransomware. The flaw is a remote code execution vulnerability that […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2021
International law enforcement arrested REvil ransomware affiliates in Romania and Kuwait

Romanian police arrested two alleged Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware affiliates accused to have orchestrated attacks against thousands of victims. Romanian law enforcement agencies have arrested two alleged Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware affiliates on November 4, that are accused of having conducted attacks against thousands of victims. The arrests are the result of an international operation carried out in cooperation […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2021
Ukrainian REvil affiliate charged with Ransomware Attack on Kaseya

The US DoJ has charged a REvil ransomware affiliate that is suspected to have orchestrated the attack on Kaseya MSP platform in July. The US Department of Justice has charged a REvil ransomware affiliate for orchestrating the ransomware attacks on Kaseya MSP platform that took place in July 4. The suspect is 22-year old Ukrainian national Yaroslav […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2021
Ransomware attack disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany

Electronics retail giant MediaMarkt was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany. Electronics retail giant MediaMarkt was a victim of a ransomware attack that forced the company to shut down its IT infrastructure to contain the threat and disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany. Media Markt is a […]