Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2021
Security expert provided leak indicators for Conti ransomware operations that were recently disclosed by a disgruntled affiliate. An affiliate of the Conti RaaS has leaked the training material provided by the group to the customers of its RaaS, he also published the info about one of the operators. The Conti Ransomware operators offer their services to their […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 04, 2021
China-linked APT31 group employed a new strain of malware in attacks aimed at entities in Mongolia, Belarus, Canada, the US, and Russia. Researchers from Positive Technologies reported that China-linked APT31 group has been using a new piece of malware in a recent wave of attacks targeting Mongolia, Belarus, Canada, the United States, and Russia. Experts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 31, 2021
Microsoft Office 365 email accounts of employees at 27 US Attorneys’ offices were breached by the Russia-linked SVR group as part of the SolarWinds hack, DoJ warns. The US Department of Justice revealed that the Microsoft Office 365 email accounts of employees at 27 US Attorneys’ offices were hacked by the Russia-linked SVR (aka APT29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes) during the SolarWinds attack. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2021
Researcher published an exploit code for a high-severity privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2021-3490) in Linux kernel eBPF on Ubuntu machines. The security researcher Manfred Paul of the RedRocket CTF team released the exploit code for a high-severity privilege escalation bug, tracked as CVE-2021-3490, in Linux kernel eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter). A local attacker could exploit the flaw to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2021
Estonia ‘s police arrested a man from Tallinn that is suspected to be the hacker who stole 286K ID scans from the government systems. Estonian police arrested a man from Tallinn that is suspected to have stolen 286,438 belonging to Estonians citizens from the government systems. The hacker exploited a vulnerability in a photo transfer […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2021
A new variant of the LockBit 2.0 ransomware is now able to encrypt Windows domains by using Active Directory group policies. Researchers from MalwareHunterTeam and BleepingComputer, along with the malware expert Vitali Kremez reported spotted a new version of the LockBit 2.0 ransomware that encrypts Windows domains by using Active Directory group policies. Kramez explained that this is the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2021
Experts disclose details about a critical flaw in Microsoft Hyper-V, tracked as CVE-2021-28476, that can allow executing arbitrary code on it. Researchers Peleg Hadar of SafeBreach and Ophir Harpaz of Guardicore disclose details about a critical flaw in Microsoft Hyper-V, tracked as CVE-2021-28476, that can allow triggering a DoS condition ot executing arbitrary code on it. The flaw resides in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2021
A joint report published by US, UK, and Australian cyber security agencies warns of the top routinely exploited vulnerabilities in 2020. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the United Kingdomâs National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a Joint Cybersecurity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2021
A China-linked cyberespionage group, tracked as PKPLUG, employed a previously undocumented strain of a RAT dubbed THOR in recent attacks. A China-linked cyberespionage group tracked as PKPLUG (aka Mustang Panda and HoneyMyte), which is known for targeting Southeast Asia, exploited vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Exchange Server to deploy a previously undocumented variant of PlugX on compromised systems. Researchers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2021
The ‘Cost of a Data Breach’ report commissioned by IBM Security states that the cost of a data breach exceeded $4.2 million during the COVID19 pandemic. IBM Security presented today the annual study “Cost of Data Breach,” conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored and analyzed by IBM, which is based on data related to data […]
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