Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2022
Researchers spotted a new variant of the BotenaGo botnet malware that is considered highly evasive and has a zero-detection rate. The BotenaGo botnet was first spotted in November 2021 by researchers at AT&T, the malicious code leverages thirty-three exploits to target millions of routers and IoT devices. BotenaGo was written in Golang (Go) and at the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2022
QNAP urges customers to disable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) port forwarding on their routers to secure their NAS devices. Taiwanese vendor QNAP urges customers to disable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) port forwarding on their routers to protect their network-attached storage (NAS) devices from attacks. UPnP is an insecure protocol, it uses network UDP […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2022
Lenovo warns of vulnerabilities in its Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) shipped with at least 100 notebook models. Lenovo has published a security advisory to warn customers of vulnerabilities that affect its Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) loaded on at least 100 of its notebook models, including IdeaPad 3, Legion 5 Pro-16ACH6 H, and Yoga […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2022
Kaspersky discovered a flaw in the encryption process of the Yanluowang ransomware that allows victims to recover their files for free. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered a vulnerability in the encryption process of the Yanluowang ransomware that can be exploited to recover the files encrypted by the malware without paying the ransom. The Yanluowang ransomware was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2022
Researchers reported that threat actors leveraged a new zero-click iMessage exploit to install NSO Group Pegasus on iPhones belonging to Catalans. Researchers from Citizen Lab have published a report detailing the use of a new zero-click iMessage exploit, dubbed HOMAGE, to install the NSO Group Pegasus spyware on iPhones belonging to Catalan politicians, journalists, academics, and activists. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2022
Researchers disclosed a new variant of the SolarMarker malware that implements new techniques to avoid detection. Cybersecurity researchers from Palo Alto Networks disclosed a new version of the SolarMarker malware that implements new features to avoid detection. SolarMarker (aka Jupyter, Polazert, and Yellow Cockatoo) is a fileless .NET RAT that implements backdoor capabilities and allows operators to steal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2022
A new marketplace named Industrial Spy that focuses on the sale of stolen data appeared in the threat landscape. Malware HunterTeam and Bleeping Computer reported the born of a new marketplace called Industrial Spy that sells stolen data and offers free stolen data to its members. MalwareHunterTeam researchers spotted malware samples [1, 2] that drop the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2022
US CISA adds a VMware privilege escalation flaw and a Google Chrome type confusion issue to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a VMware privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2022-22960) and a Google Chrome type confusion issue (CVE-2022-1364) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2022
This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Below is the timeline of the events related to the ongoing invasion that occurred in the previous weeks: April 16 – The unceasing action of Anonymous against Russia This week the Anonymous collective and its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2022
Enemybot is a DDoS botnet that targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. Researchers from Fortinet discovered a new DDoS botnet, tracked as Enemybot, that has targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. The researchers attribute the botnet […]
