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Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2022
QNAP force-installs update against the recent wave of DeadBolt ransomware infections

QNAP forces its customers to update the firmware of their Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to protect against the DeadBolt ransomware. QNAP forced the firmware update for its Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to protect its customers against the DeadBolt ransomware. DeadBolt ransomware is targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide, its operators claim the availability of […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2022
US FCC bans China Unicom Americas telecom over national security risks

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revoked the license for the China Unicom Americas over serious national security concerns. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revoked the license for China Unicom Americas over “serious national security concerns.” China Unicom is the world’s sixth-largest mobile service provider by subscriber base. The telecom company is a foreign subsidiary of […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2022
NCSC warns UK entities of potential destructive cyberattacks from Russia

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) urges organizations to improve cybersecurity due to the risk of imminent destructive cyberattacks from Russia-linked APT groups. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging organizations to improve their cybersecurity posture due to the imminent risk of destructive cyber-attacks from Russian state-sponsored threat actors after recent attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2022
Finnish diplomats’ devices infected with Pegasus spyware

Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs revealed that devices of Finnish diplomats have been infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs revealed that the devices of some Finnish diplomats have been compromised with the infamous NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The diplomats were targeted with the popular surveillance software as part of a […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2022
Zerodium offers $400,000 for Microsoft Outlook RCE zero-day exploits

Zero-day exploit broker Zerodium announced it will pay $400,000 for zero-day RCE in Microsoft Outlook email client. The zero-day exploit broker Zerodium has announced it will pay $400,000 for zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Outlook email client. The company pointed out that the increased payout for this specific vulnerability exploit is […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2022
Delta Electronics, a tech giants’ contractor, hit by Conti ransomware

Delta Electronics, a Taiwanese contractor for multiple tech giants such as Apple, Dell, HP and Tesla, was hit by Conti ransomware Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company Delta Electronics was hit by the Conti ransomware that took place this week. Delta Electronics operates as a contractor for major tech giants such as Apple, Tesla, HP, and Dell. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2022
Experts devise a technique to bypass Microsoft Outlook Security feature

A researcher devised a technique to bypass a security feature of Microsoft Outlook and deliver a malicious link to the recipient. Reegun Richard Jayapaul, SpiderLabs lead threat architect at Trustwave, has devised a technique to bypass a security feature of Microsoft Outlook and deliver a malicious link to the recipient. While investigating a malware campaign, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2022
Puerto Rico was hit by a major cyberattack

Puerto Rico’s Senate announced that is was it by a cyberattack that shut down its internet provider, phone system and official online page. The Senate of Puerto Rico announced this week that it was hit by a major cyberattack that disabled its internet provider, phone system and official online page. Local and federal authorities are […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2022
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT used Windows Update client and GitHub in recent attacks

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group uses Windows Update client to deliver malware on Windows systems. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT started using Windows Update to execute the malicious payload and GitHub as a command and control server in recent attacks, Malwarebytes researchers reported. The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2022
Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have hacked Ministry of Justice of France

A few hours ago Lockbit ransomware operators announced to have stolen data from Ministry of Justice of France. The Ministry of Justice of France is a body of the French government, which is responsible for: supervision of the judiciary, its maintenance and administration; participation as Vice President of the Judicial Council; supervision of the prosecutor’s […]