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Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2022
Malicious Clicker apps in Google Play have 20M+ installs

Researchers discovered 16 malicious clicker apps in the official Google Play store that were downloaded by 20M+ users. Security researchers at McAfee have discovered 16 malicious clicker apps available in the official Google Play store that were installed more than 20 million times. One of these apps, called DxClean, has more than five million times […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2022
Security experts targeted with malicious CVE PoC exploits on GitHub

Researchers discovered thousands of GitHub repositories that offer fake proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for various flaws used to distribute malware. A team of researchers at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (Soufian El Yadmani, Robin The, Olga Gadyatskaya) discovered thousands of repositories on GitHub that offer fake proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for multiple vulnerabilities. The experts analyzed PoCs shared on […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 390

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. Daixin Team targets health organizations with ransomware, US agencies warn Threat actors exploit critical flaw in […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2022
Hackers stole sensitive data from Iran’s atomic energy agency

Iran’s atomic energy agency claims that alleged state-sponsored hackers have compromised its email system. Iran’s atomic energy agency revealed on Sunday that a nation-state actor had access to a subsidiary’s network and free access to its email system, the Associated Press reports. The Iranian government has yet to attribute the attack to a specific The […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2022
Wholesale giant METRO confirmed to have suffered a cyberattack

International cash and carry giant METRO suffered this week IT infrastructure outages following a cyberattack. International cash and carry giant METRO was hit by a cyberattack that caused IT infrastructure outages. Metro employs more than 95,000 people in 681 stores worldwide, most of them in Germany, its sales reached 24.8 billion euros in 2020. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2022
Threat actors exploit critical flaw in VMware Workspace ONE Access to drop ransomware, miners

Threat actors are exploiting a now-patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-22954, in VMware Workspace ONE Access in attacks in the wild. Threat actors are actively exploiting a now-patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-22954, in VMware Workspace ONE Access to deliver cryptocurrency miners and ransomware. The issue causes server-side template injection due to because of the lack of […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2022
EnergyAustralia Electricity company discloses security breach

Electricity company EnergyAustralia suffered a security breach, threat actors had access to information on 323 customers. Another Australian organization was hit by a severe cyber attack, this time the victim is the Electricity company EnergyAustralia. EnergyAustralia is the country’s third-largest energy retailer. The company confirmed that threat actors had access to information on 323 residential and […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2022
Experts warn of CVE-2022-42889 Text4Shell exploit attempts

Wordfence researchers warn of exploitation attempts targeting the recently disclosed flaw in Apache Commons Text dubbed Text4Shell. Experts at WordPress security firm Wordfence reported exploitation attempts targeting the recently disclosed flaw in Apache Commons Text dubbed Text4Shell. GitHub’s threat analyst Alvaro Munoz this week disclosed a remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42889 (CVSS score 9.8), in the open-source Apache Commons […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2022
CISA adds Linux kernel flaw CVE-2021-3493 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

CISA added a Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3493, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week added a Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3493, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, FCEB agencies have to address the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2022
GUAC – A Google Open Source Project to secure software supply chain

Google launched the Graph for the Understanding Artifact Composition (GUAC) project, to secure the software supply chain. Google this week launched a new project named Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition (GUAC) which aims at securing the software supply chain. The IT giant is seeking contributors to the new project. “GUAC, or Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition, is in the […]