Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 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 30 – Pro-Russian group Killnet launched DDoS attacks on Romanian govt sites A series of DDoS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2022
Emotet operators are testing new attack techniques in response to Microsoft’s move to disable Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default. The operators of the infamous Emotet botnet are testing new attack techniques in response to Microsoft’s move to disable Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default. The threat actors are adopting the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 29, 2022
OpRussia continues, less than a week after my last update Anonymous has hacked other Russian companies and leaked their data via DDoSecrets. The #OpRussia launched by Anonymous on Russia after the criminal invasion of Ukraine continues, the collective claims to have published more than 6 TB of Russian data via DDoSecrets. This is my update […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 29, 2022
Cybercrime gang FIN7’s badUSB attacks serve as a reminder of two key vulnerabilities present among all organizations. The criminal group had been mailing malware-ridden USBs to various entities in the transport, insurance, and defense industries under the guise that they originated from a trusted source, such as Amazon and the US Department of Health and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2022
Threat actors have replaced the BazaLoader and IcedID malware with a new loader called Bumblebee in their campaigns. Cybercriminal groups that were previously using the BazaLoader and IcedID as part of their malware campaigns seem to have adopted a new loader called Bumblebee. The loader appears to be under development and is a highly sophisticated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2022
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a list of 2021’s top 15 most exploited software vulnerabilities Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published the list of 2021’s top 15 most exploited software vulnerabilities This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) was coauthored by cybersecurity agencies of the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2022
Cloudflare has mitigated a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 15.3 million request-per-second (RPS). Cloudflare announced to have mitigated a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 15.3 million request-per-second (RPS), which is one of the largest HTTPS DDoS attacks blocked by the company. The company blocked the attack earlier this month, the experts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2022
Microsoft revealed that Russia launched hundreds of cyberattacks against Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion. Microsoft states that at least six separate Russia-linked threat actors launched more than 237 operations against Ukraine starting just before the invasion. The cyber attacks included destructive wipers that were used to target critical infrastructure in a hybrid war […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2022
The U.S. government offers up to $10 million for info that allows to identify or locate six Russian GRU hackers who are members of the Sandworm APT group. The US Department of State is offering up to $10 million for info that allows to identify or locate six Russian GRU hackers who are members of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2022
Microsoft disclosed two Linux privilege escalation flaws, collectively named Nimbuspwn, that could allow conducting various malicious activities. The Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team has discovered two Linux privilege escalation flaws (tracked as CVE-2022-29799 and CVE-2022-29800) called “Nimbuspwn,” which can be exploited by attackers to conduct various malicious activities, including the deployment of malware. “The vulnerabilities […]
