Pierluigi Paganini
August 18, 2024
A large-scale extortion campaign compromised multiple organizations by exploiting publicly accessible environment variable files (.env). Palo Alto Unit 42 researchers uncovered a large-scale extortion campaign that successfully compromised and extorted multiple victim organizations by leveraging exposed environment variable files (.env files). The exposed files contained sensitive variables such as credentials belonging to various applications. This extortion […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 17, 2024
Background check service National Public Data confirms a data breach that exploded millions of social security numbers and other sensitive information. Background check service National Public Data confirms that a threat actor has breached its systems and had access to millions of social security numbers and other sensitive personal information. According to a statement published […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 16, 2024
A Russian national was sentenced to over three years in prison for selling stolen information and credentials on a dark web marketplace. The 27-year-old Russian national Georgy Kavzharadze (also known as “George,” “TeRorPP,” “Torqovec,” and “PlutuSS”) has been sentenced to over three years in prison for selling financial information, login credentials, and other personal data on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2024
A cybercrime group linked to the RansomHub ransomware was spotted using a new tool designed to kill EDR software. Sophos reports that a cybercrime group, likely linked to the RansomHub ransomware operation, has been observed using a new EDR-killing utility that can terminate endpoint detection and response software on compromised systems. The researchers called the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2024
Experts linked an ongoing social engineering campaign, aimed at deploying the malware SystemBC, to the Black Basta ransomware group. Rapid7 researchers uncovered a new social engineering campaign distributing the SystemBC dropper to the Black Basta ransomware operation. On June 20, 2024, Rapid7 researchers detected multiple attacks consistent with an ongoing social engineering campaign being tracked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 11, 2024
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Is the INC ransomware gang behind the attack on McLaren hospitals? Crooks took control of a cow milking […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 11, 2024
Physical security firm ADT disclosed a data breach, threat actors stole information from 30,000 customers and leaked it. ADT is a provider of alarm and physical security systems, it employs more than 13,000 professionals in over 150 locations throughout the U.S.. The company, which has over 6 million customers, disclosed a data breach following a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2024
A INC Ransom ransomware attack this week disrupted IT and phone systems at McLaren Health Care hospitals. On Tuesday, an INC Ransom ransomware attack hit the McLaren Health Care hospitals and disrupted their IT and phone systems. The organizations did not disclose details about the attack, however Bleeping Computer noticed that employees at McLaren Bay […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2024
FBI and CISA published a joint advisory on the BlackSuit Ransomware group, the document provides TTPs and IOCs as recently as July 2024. CISA, in collaboration with the FBI, has published a joint advisory on the BlackSuit Ransomware group. The advisory includes recent and historically observed tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2024
Threat actors breached the UK-based mobile device management (MDM) firm Mobile Guardian and remotely wiped thousands of devices. Hackers breached the mobile device management (MDM) firm Mobile Guardian, the company detected unauthorized access to iOS and ChromeOS devices on August 4th. The incident impacted users globally, the attackers remotely wiped a small percentage of devices, […]
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