Cybersecurity

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2021
Meteor was the wiper used against Iran’s national railway system

The recent attack against Iran’s national railway system was caused by a wiper malware dubbed Meteor and not by a ransomware as initially thought. According to research from Amnpardaz and SentinelOne, the recent attack against Iran’s national railway system was caused by a wiper malware dubbed Meteor and not by ransomware as initially thought. Meteor was a previously undetected strain of malware, but experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2021
LockBit 2.0, the first ransomware that uses group policies to encrypt Windows domains

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
Critical flaw in Microsoft Hyper-V could allow RCE and DoS

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
US, UK, and Australian agencies warn of top routinely exploited issues

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 Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a Joint Cybersecurity […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2021
Chinese cyberspies used a new PlugX variant, dubbed THOR, in attacks against MS Exchange Servers

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
IBM Cost of a Data Breach study: average Cost of Data Breach exceeds $4.2M

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2021
BlackMatter ransomware group claims to be Darkside and REvil succesor

BlackMatter ransomware gang, a new threat actor appears in the threat landscape and claims to combine TTPs of Darkside and REvil. BlackMatter is a new ransomware gang that started its activity this week, the cybercriminals group claims to be the successor of Darkside and REvil groups. Lile other ransomware operations, BlackMatter also set up its […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2021
Flaws in Zimbra could allow to takeover webmail server of a targeted organization

Researchers discovered flaws in Zimbra email collaboration software that could allow attackers to compromise email accounts by sending a malicious email. Cybersecurity researchers have discovered multiple security vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2021-35208 and CVE-2021-35208, in Zimbra email collaboration software. An unauthenticated attacker could chain these vulnerabilities to fully takeover a Zimbra webmail server of a targeted organization. An […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2021
South Africa’s logistics company Transnet SOC hit by a ransomware attack

Transnet SOC Ltd, a large South African rail, port and pipeline company, announced it was hit by a disruptive cyber attack. South Africa’s logistics company Transnet SOC was hit last week by a disruptive cyberattack that halted its operations at all the port’s terminals. The attack took place on Thursday, 22 July. “Port terminals are operational across the system, with […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2021
DIVD discloses three new unpatched Kaseya Unitrends zero-days

Experts found three new zero-day flaws in the Kaseya Unitrends service and warn users to avoid exposing the service to the Internet. Security researchers warn of three new zero-day vulnerabilities in the Kaseya Unitrends service. The vulnerabilities include remote code execution and authenticated privilege escalation on the client-side. Kaseya Unitrends is a cloud-based enterprise solution […]