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Pierluigi Paganini January 19, 2022
CISA warns of potential critical threats following attacks against Ukraine

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned organizations about “potential critical threats” following the recent cyberattacks that hit Ukraine. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an “insights” document that warned organizations about “potential critical threats” following the recent cyberattacks aimed at Ukraine. The document starts from most recent attacks targeting […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 19, 2022
Box flaw allowed to bypass MFA and takeover accounts

A vulnerability in the implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Box allowed threat actors to take over accounts. A vulnerability in the implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Box allowed attackers to take over accounts without having access to the victim’s phone, Varonis researchers reported. Box develops and markets cloud-based content management, collaboration, and file-sharing tools for businesses. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 19, 2022
Is White Rabbit ransomware linked to FIN8 financially motivated group?

A new ransomware gang named White Rabbit appeared in the threat landscape, experts believe it is linked to the FIN8 hacking group. A new ransomware gang called ‘White Rabbit’ launched its operations and according to the experts, it is likely linked to the FIN8 financially motivated group. In December the popular malware researcher Michael Gillespie, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2022
AlphV/BlackCat ransomware gang published data stolen from fashion giant Moncler

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
Financially motivated Earth Lusca threat actors targets organizations worldwide

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 18, 2022
Law enforcement shutdown the VPN service VPNLab used by many cybercriminal gangs

Europol this week announced the shutdown of VPNLab, a VPN service that is very popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. An international operation conducted by law enforcement bodies from 10 countries took down VPNLab.net, a VPN service provider that is very popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. “This week, law enforcement authorities took action against the criminal misuse […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2022
Microsoft releases Windows out-of-band emergency fixes for Win Server, VPN issues

Microsoft released Windows emergency out-of-band (OOB) updates to fix multiple issues caused by January 2021 Patch Tuesday updates. Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band (OOB) updates for Windows to address multiple issues caused by security updates issued as part of the January 2021 Patch Tuesday. The Windows Server updates for January were causing a series of issues […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2022
A small number of Crypto.com users reported suspicious activity on their wallet

Several Crypto.com users reported suspicious transactions that stole thousands of dollars in Ethereum (ETH) from their wallets. Several Crypto.com users reported suspicious transactions that stole thousands of dollars in Ethereum (ETH) despite their accounts being protected with 2FA. Crypto.com is a cryptocurrency exchange app based in Singapore, the app currently has 10 million users and 3,000 employees. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2022
Oracle Critical Patch Update for January 2022 will fix 483 new flaws

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.  […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2022
Zoho fixes a critical vulnerability (CVE-2021-44757) in Desktop Central solutions

Zoho addressed a new critical severity flaw (CVE-2021-44757) that affects its Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP unified endpoint management (UEM) solutions Zoho fixed a new critical severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-44757, that affects its Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP unified endpoint management (UEM) solutions. The issue is an authentication bypass vulnerability, a remote attacker […]