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Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2023
FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library

The FBI disrupted once again the illegal eBook library Z-Library the authorities seized several domains used by the service. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized multiple domains used by the illegal shadow eBook library Z-Library. Z-Library is the world’s largest illegal library and claims to offer more than 11 million e-books for download. The library […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2023
Fortinet fixed two severe issues in FortiADC and FortiOS

Fortinet has addressed a couple of high-severity vulnerabilities impacting FortiADC, FortiOS, and FortiProxy. Fortinet addressed nine security vulnerabilities affecting multiple products, including two high-severity issues, tracked as CVE-2023-27999 and CVE-2023-22640, in FortiADC, FortiOS, and FortiProxy. The CVE-2023-27999 flaw (CVSS score 7.6) is a command injection issue in the external resource module. “An improper neutralization of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2023
Pro-Russia group NoName took down multiple France sites, including the French Senate one

The French Senate’s website was taken offline by a DDoS attack launched by the pro-Russian hacker group NoName. The pro-Russia hacker group NoName is claiming responsibility for a DDoS attack that took the website of the French Senate offline. “Access to the Senate website has been disrupted since this morning, our team is fully mobilized […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2023
North Korea-linked Kimsuky APT uses new recon tool ReconShark

North Korea-linked APT group Kimsuky has been observed using a new reconnaissance tool dubbed ReconShark in a recent campaign. SentinelOne researchers observed an ongoing campaign from North Korea-linked Kimsuky Group that is using a new malware called ReconShark. The reconnaissance tool is delivered through spear-phishing emails, OneDrive links leading to document weaponized downloads, and the execution of malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2023
Fleckpe Android malware totaled +620K downloads via Google Play Store

Fleckpe is a new Android subscription Trojan that was discovered in the Google Play Store, totaling more than 620,000 downloads since 2022. Fleckpe is a new Android subscription Trojan that spreads via Google Play, the malware discovered by Kaspersky is hidden in photo editing apps, smartphone wallpaper packs, and other general-purpose apps. The malicious campaign […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2023
Cisco EoL SPA112 2-Port Phone Adapters are affected by critical RCE

Cisco is warning customers of a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting its EoL SPA112 2-Port Phone Adapters. Cisco is warning of a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20126 (CVSS score of 9.8), impacting SPA112 2-Port phone adapters. The company product has reached end-of-life (EoL). The vulnerability resides in the web-based management […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2023
Experts devised a new exploit for the PaperCut flaw that can bypass all current detection

VulnCheck researchers devised a new exploit for a recently disclosed critical flaw in PaperCut servers that bypasses all current detections. Cybersecurity researchers from VulnCheck have developed a new exploit for the recently disclosed critical flaw in PaperCut servers, tracked as CVE-2023-27350 (CVSS score: 9.8), that bypasses all current detections. The CVE-2023-27350 flaw is a PaperCut MF/NG Improper Access […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2023
Russia-linked Sandworm APT uses WinRAR in destructive attacks on Ukraine’s public sector

CERT-UA is warning of destructive cyberattacks conducted by the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group against the Ukraine public sector. Russia-linked APT group Sandworm is behind destructive cyberattacks against Ukrainian state networks, the Ukrainian Government Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) warns. The Sandworm group (aka BlackEnergy, UAC-0082, Iron Viking, Voodoo Bear, and TeleBots) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2023
City of Dallas shut down IT services after ransomware attack

The City of Dallas, Texas, was hit by a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down some of its IT systems. The IT systems at the City of Dallas, Texas, have been targeted by a ransomware attack. To prevent the threat from spreading within the network, the City has shut down the impacted IT […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2023
Authorities dismantled the card-checking platform Try2Check

Authorities dismantled the Try2Check platform, a Card-Checking platform that generated tens of millions of dollars in revenue. The U.S. DoJ charged the Russian citizen Denis Gennadievich Kulkov with running the Card-Checking services. The platform has been active since 2005, according to the DoJ, it generated tens of millions of dollars in revenue. The service allowed […]