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Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2022
COVID-19 data put for sale on Dark Web

Researchers discovered leaked PII stolen from Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences containing information about citizens with COVID-19. Resecurity, a California-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500, has identified leaked PII stolen from Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences containing information about citizens with COVID-19 symptoms. The incident was uncovered last week and shared with Thai CERT. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2022
Twilio hackers also breached the food delivery firm DoorDash

Twilio hackers also compromised the food delivery firm DoorDash, the attackers had access to company data, including customer and employee info. On-demand food delivery service DoorDash disclosed a data breach, the threat actors behind the Twilio hack gained access to the company’s data. DoorDash declared that malicious hackers stole credentials from employees of a third-party vendor, then […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2022
LastPass data breach: threat actors stole a portion of source code

Password management software firm LastPass has suffered a data breach, threat actors have stole source code and other data. Password management software firm LastPass disclosed a security breach, threat actors had access to portions of the company development environment through a single compromised developer account and stole portions of source code and some proprietary technical […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2022
GAIROSCOPE attack allows to exfiltrate data from Air-Gapped systems via ultrasonic tones

GAIROSCOPE: An Israeli researcher demonstrated how to exfiltrate data from air-gapped systems using ultrasonic tones and smartphone gyroscopes. The popular researcher Mordechai Guri from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel devise an attack technique, named GAIROSCOPE, to exfiltrate data from air-gapped systems using ultrasonic tones and smartphone gyroscopes. The attack requires that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2022
Plex discloses data breach and urges password reset

The streaming media platform Plex is urging its users to reset passwords after threat actors gained access to its database. Plex is an American streaming media service and a client–server media player platform. The company disclosed a data breach after threat actors have access to a limited subset of data stored in a compromised database. Exposed data includes emails, usernames, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2022
France hospital Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien suffered ransomware attack

A French hospital, the Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien (CHSF), suffered a cyberattack on Sunday and was forced to refer patients to other structures. The Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien (CHSF), a hospital southeast of Paris, has suffered a ransomware attack over the weekend. The attack disrupted the emergency services and surgeries and forced the hospital to refer patients […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2022
Lockbit leak sites hit by mysterious DDoS attack after Entrust hack

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the IT giant Entrust and started leaking the stolen files. Entrust Corp., provides software and hardware used to issue financial cards, e-passport production, user authentication for those looking to access secure networks or conduct financial transactions, trust certificated for websites, mobile credentials, and connected devices. The Lockbit ransomware […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 380

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. CISA added 7 new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog TA558 cybercrime group targets hospitality […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2022
Clop gang targeted UK drinking water supplier South Staffordshire Water

A cyber attack disrupted the IT operations of South Staffordshire Water, a company supplying drinking water to 1.6M consumers daily. South Staffordshire Water has issued a statement confirming the security breach, the company pointed out that the attack did not impact the safety and water distribution systems. South Staffordshire Water plc known as South Staffs […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2022
BazarCall attacks have revolutionized ransomware operations

The Conti ransomware gang is using BazarCall phishing attacks as an initial attack vector to access targeted networks. BazarCall attack, aka call back phishing, is an attack vector that utilizes targeted phishing methodology and was first used by the Ryuk ransomware gang in 2020/2021. The BazarCall attack chain is composed of the following stages: Stage […]