Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2022
The Muhstik botnet has been observed targeting Redis servers exploiting the recently disclosed CVE-2022-0543 vulnerability. Muhstik is a botnet that is known to use web application exploits to compromise IoT devices, it has been around for at least 2018. Botnet operators monetize their efforts via XMRig combined with DDoS-for-hire services. The botnet leverages IRC servers for command-and-control (C2) communications, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2022
Shopping trap: Criminal gangs from China have been using copies of online stores of popular brands to target users all over the world Malicious schemas linked to online stores are on the rise in 2022. Criminal gangs from China have been using copies of online stores of popular brands to target users all over the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 27, 2022
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs 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. FCC adds Kaspersky to Covered List due to unacceptable risks to national security Anonymous […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 24, 2022
The provider of access management systems Okta confirmed the data breach and revealed that 2.5% of its customers were impacted. This week Lapsus$ extortion group claimed to have stolen sensitive data from the identity and access management giant Okta solutions. The gang announced the alleged hack through its Telegram channel and shared a series of screenshots […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 23, 2022
Microsoft confirmed that Lapsus$ extortion group has hacked one of its employees to access and steal the source code of some projects. Microsoft confirmed that Lapsus$ extortion group has hacked one of its employees to access and steal the source code of some projects. Yesterday the cybercrime gang leaked 37GB of source code stolen from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2022
Internet search engine Censys reported a new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks targeting QNAP NAS devices. Internet search engine Censys reported that QNAP devices were targeted in a new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks. Since January, DeadBolt ransomware operators are targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide, its operators claim the availability of a zero-day exploit that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2022
The Lapsus$ extortion group claims to have hacked Microsoft ‘s internal Azure DevOps server and leaked the source code for some projects. Microsoft recently announced that is investigating claims that the Lapsus$ cybercrime gang breached their internal Azure DevOps source code repositories and stolen data. On Sunday, the Lapsus$ gang announced to have compromised Microsoft’s Azure DevOps […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 21, 2022
Microsoft is investigating claims that the Lapsus$ hacking group breached its internal Azure DevOps source code repositories. Microsoft announced that is investigating claims that the Lapsus$ cybercrime gang breached their internal Azure DevOps source code repositories and stolen data. Over the last months, the gang compromised other prominent companies such as NVIDIA, Samsung, Ubisoft, Mercado […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 21, 2022
A Ukrainian security researcher has leaked more source code from the Conti ransomware operation to protest the gang’s position on the conflict. Hacker leaked a new version of the Conti ransomware source code on Twitter as retaliation of the gang’s support to Russia The attack against the Conti ransomware and the data leak is retaliation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2022
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs 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. EU and US agencies warn that Russia could attack satellite communications networks Avoslocker ransomware […]
