Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2024
A cyber attack hit the Port of Seattle, which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, websites and phone systems were impacted. Media reported that the Port of Seattle, which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, has suffered a cyber attack that impacted the websites, email and phone services. According to The Seattle Times, the cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2024
Researchers spotted a new stealthy Linux malware named sedexp that uses Linux udev rules to achieve persistence and evade detection. Aon’s Cyber Solutions spotted a new malware family, called sedexp, that relies on a lesser-known Linux persistence technique. The malware has been active since at least 2022 but remained largely undetected for years. The experts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2024
French police arrested Pavel Durov, founder and chief executive of Telegram, due to the lack of content moderation that advantaged criminal activity. Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of Telegram, was arrested at Bourget airport near Paris on Saturday evening. According to the media, the arrest is linked to an investigation in France concerning the lack […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 23, 2024
Sophos researchers investigated a Qilin ransomware breach attack that led to the theft of credentials stored in Google Chrome browsers. Sophos researchers investigated a Qilin ransomware attack where operators stole credentials stored in Google Chrome browsers of a limited number of compromised endpoints. The experts pointed out that the credential harvesting activity is usually not […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 23, 2024
Cybercriminals use progressive web applications (PWA) to impersonate banking apps and steal credentials from mobile users. ESET researchers detailed a phishing campaign against mobile users that uses Progressive Web Applications (PWAs). The threat actors used fake apps almost indistinguishable from real banking apps on both iOS and Android. The technique was first disclosed in Poland in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 23, 2024
Cato Security found a new info stealer, called Cthulhu Stealer, that targets Apple macOS and steals a wide range of information. Cado Security researchers have discovered a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) targeting macOS users dubbed Cthulhu Stealer. Cthulhu Stealer targets macOS users via an Apple disk image (DMG) that disguises itself as legitimate software. The researchers spotted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 22, 2024
Semiconductor manufacturer Microchip Technology announced that its operations were disrupted by a cyberattack. U.S. chipmaker Microchip Technology suffered a cyberattack that disrupted operations at several of its manufacturing plants. The company detected potentially suspicious activity involving its IT infrastructure on August 17, 2024. The attack severely impacted the production capacity of the company that shut […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2024
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of new phishing attacks, carried out by the Vermin group, distributing a malware. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new phishing campaign conducted by the Vermin group that distributed malware. Vermin is a pro-Russian hacker group, also tracked as UAC-0020, that operates under […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 20, 2024
Experts spotted a previously undetected backdoor, dubbed Msupedge, that was employed in an attack against a university in Taiwan. Broadcom Symantec researchers discovered a previously undetected backdoor, called Msupedge, that was employed in an attack targeting an unnamed university in Taiwan. The most notable feature of the backdoor is that it relies on DNS tunnelling […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 20, 2024
Toyota has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor leaked 240GB of data stolen from its infrastructure on a cybercrime forum. Toyota disclosed a data breach after a threat actor leaked an archive of 240GB of data stolen from its systems on a cybercrime forum, BleepingComputer reported. The threat actor ZeroSevenGroup claims to have […]
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