Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2021
T-Mobile data breach has impacted 48.6 million customers

T-Mobile has confirmed that hackers have stolen records belonging to 48.6 million of current and former customers. Recently T-Mobile has launched an investigation into a possible security breach after a threat actor started offering for sale 100 million T-Mobile customer records on the dark web. Bleeping Computer reported that the seller was asking for 6 […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2021
Colonial Pipeline discloses data breach after May ransomware attack

Colonial Pipeline discloses a data breach of the personal information of thousands of individuals after the ransomware attack that took place in May 2021. Colonial Pipeline has started notifying more than 5000 people that had their personal information compromised after a ransomware attack that took place in May. The Colonial Pipeline facility in Pelham, Alabama […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2021
T-Mobile confirms data breach that exposed customer personal info

T-Mobile confirms a breach after threat actors claimed to have obtained records of 100 million of its customers and offered them for sale. T-Mobile has confirmed a data breach that exposed personal information from over 100 million of its US customers. Yesterday the company announced it launched an investigation into a possible data breach after […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2021
Four years after its takedown, AlphaBay marketplace revamped

The popular black marketplace AlphaBay is back, four years after law enforcement agencies took down the popular hidden service. The darknet marketplace AlphaBay resurfaced four years after an international operation conducted by law enforcement agencies took down it. AlphaBay was active between 2014 and June 2017, law enforcement seized the marketplace and arrested the administrator Alexandre Cazes (aka “Alpha02/Admin”), […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2021
SynAck ransomware gang releases master decryption keys for old victims

The SynAck ransomware gang released the master decryption keys for their operations and rebranded as a new group dubbed El_Cometa group. Good news for the victims of the SynAck ransomware gang, the group released the master decryption keys to allow victims to decrypt their files for free. The gang has now rebranded as the new […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2021
Vice Society ransomware also exploits PrintNightmare flaws in its attack

Another ransomware gang, the Vice Society ransomware operators, is using Windows print spooler PrintNightmare exploits in its attacks. The Vice Society ransomware operators are actively exploiting Windows print spooler PrintNightmare vulnerability in their attacks against Windows servers. The PrintNightmare flaws (tracked as  (CVE-2021-1675, CVE-2021-34527, and CVE-2021-36958) reside in the Windows Print Spooler service, print drivers, and the Windows Point and […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2021
Magniber Ransomware operators use PrintNightmare exploits to infect Windows servers

Threat actors behind the Magniber Ransomware are using PrintNightmare exploits in attacks aimed at Windows servers. Threat actors behind the Magniber Ransomware are exploiting the PrintNightmare flaws (CVE-2021-1675, CVE-2021-34527, and CVE-2021-36958) to infect Windows servers. The PrintNightmare flaws reside in the Windows Print Spooler service, print drivers, and the Windows Point and Print feature. A few hours ago […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2021
Accenture has been hit by a LockBit 2.0 ransomware attack

Global consulting giant Accenture has allegedly been hit by a ransomware attack carried out by LockBit 2.0 ransomware operators. IT and consulting giant Accenture was hit by a ransomware attack carried out by LockBit 2.0 ransomware operators, the group announced the hack on its leak site, “These people are beyond privacy and security. I really hope […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2021
New eCh0raix ransomware variant targets NAS devices from both QNAP and Synology vendors

A new variant of the eCh0raix ransomware is able to target Network-Attached Storage (NAS) devices from both QNAP and Synology vendors. A newly variant of the eCh0raix ransomware is able to infect Network-Attached Storage (NAS) devices from Taiwanese vendors QNAP and Synology. The eCh0raix ransomware has been active since at least 2019, when eExperts from security firms […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2021
Microsoft Azure Sentinel uses Fusion ML to detect ransomware attacks

Microsoft Azure Sentinel cloud-native SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) platform used the Fusion machine learning model to detect ransomware attack. Microsoft Azure Sentinel cloud-native SIEM is using the Fusion machine learning model to analyze data across enterprise environments and detect the activity associated with potential threats, including ransomware attacks. When a potential ransomware attack […]