Pierluigi Paganini
January 23, 2022
Cyberespionage group Molerats has been observed abusing legitimate cloud services, like Google Drive and Dropbox as attack infrastructure. Zscaler ThreatLabz analyzed an active espionage campaign carried out by Molerats cyberespionage group (aka TA402, Gaza Hackers Team, Gaza Cybergang, and Extreme Jackal) that abuses legitimate cloud services like Google Drive and Dropbox as attack infrastructure. Public […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 22, 2022
The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against four current and former Ukrainian government officials for collaborating with Russia. The U.S. Treasury Department this week announced sanctions against four current and former Ukrainian government officials for having supported influence activities carried out by the Russian government. The officials are accused of having gathered sensitive information about […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2022
McAfee addressed a security flaw in its McAfee Agent software for Windows that allows running arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. McAfee (now Trellix) has addressed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0166, that resides in McAfee Agent software for Windows. An attacker can exploit this flaw to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. The McAfee Agent is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2022
Google Project Zero experts disclosed details of two zero-day flaws impacting Zoom clients and Multimedia Router (MMR) servers. Google Project Zero researchers Natalie Silvanovich disclosed details of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Zoom clients and Multimedia Router (MMR) servers. An attacker could have exploited the now-fixed issues to crash the service, execute malicious code, and even leak the content […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2022
The central bank of the Republic of Indonesia, Bank Indonesia, confirmed the ransomware attack that hit it in December. Bank Indonesia confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that took place last month. The Conti ransomware gang claimed the attack and leaked some allegedly stolen files as proof of the security breach. A […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 20, 2022
A cyberattack on a Red Cross contactor resulted in the theft of personal data for more than 515,000 highly vulnerable people A cyberattack on a Red Cross contactor resulted in the theft of personal data for more than 515,000 highly vulnerable people seeking missing families. The infamous attack was disclosed by the International Committee of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2022
Researchers spotted an IRC bot written in GoLang that is being used to carry out DDoS attacks targeting users in Korea. Researchers from AhnLab’s Security Emergency-response Center (ASEC) spotted an IRC bot written in GoLang that is being used to carry out DDoS attacks targeting users in Korea. Vxers use GoLang because it is easy and allows the development […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2022
Luxury fashion giant Moncler confirmed a data breach after a ransomware attack carried out by the AlphV/BlackCat. Moncler confirmed a data breach after an attack that took place in December. The luxury fashion giant was hit by AlphV/BlackCat ransomware that today published the stolen data on its leak site in the Tor network. In December, malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2022
A sophisticated threat actor, tracked as Earth Lusca, is targeting government and private organizations worldwide as for financial purposes. Trend Micro researchers spotted an elusive threat actor, called Earth Lusca, that targets organizations worldwide via spear-phishing and watering hole attacks. According to the security firm, the group is financially motivated, its cyberespionage campaign hit high value […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 17, 2022
The pre-release announcement for Critical Patch Update (CPU) for January 2022 states that Oracle will fix 483 new flaws. This pre-release announcement for Critical Patch Update (CPU) for January 2022 confirms that Oracle security updates will address 483 new security patches. The Critical Patch Update for January will be released on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. […]
