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Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2022
Experts warn of the new 0mega ransomware operation

BleepingComputer reported a new ransomware operation named 0mega that is targeting organizations worldwide. 0mega is a new ransomware operation that is targeting organizations worldwide using a double-extortion model, BleepingComputer reported. The ransomware operation has been active at least since May 2022 and already claimed to have breached multiple organizations. Victims of the ransomware reported that […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2022
Experts demonstrate how to unlock several Honda models via Rolling-PWN attack

Bad news for the owners of several Honda models, the Rolling-PWN Attack vulnerability can allow unlocking their vehicles. A team of security Researchers Kevin2600 and Wesley Li from Star-V Lab independently discovered a flaw in Honda models, named the Rolling-PWN Attack vulnerability (CVE-2021-46145), that can allow unlocking their vehicles- A remote keyless entry system (RKE) […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2022
French telephone operator La Poste Mobile suffered a ransomware attack

French virtual mobile telephone operator La Poste Mobile was hit by a ransomware attack that impacted administrative and management services.  The ransomware attack hit the virtual mobile telephone operator La Poste Mobile on July 4 and paralyzed administrative and management services.  The company pointed out that threat actors may have accessed data of its customers, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 373 by Pierluigi Paganini

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs for free in your email box. Apple Lockdown Mode will protect users against highly targeted cyberattacks Fortinet addressed multiple vulnerabilities in several products Rozena backdoor delivered by exploiting the Follina bug Ongoing Raspberry Robin campaign leverages […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2022
Apple Lockdown Mode will protect users against highly targeted cyberattacks

Apple plans to introduce a security feature, called Lockdown Mode, to protect its users against “highly targeted cyberattacks.” The recent wave of sophisticated attacks against Apple users (i.e. Pegasus, DevilsTongue, and Hermit) urged the tech giant to develop a new security feature, called Lockdown Mode, to protect its users against highly targeted cyberattacks. The new feature will be implemented in iOS 16, iPadOS […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2022
Fortinet addressed multiple vulnerabilities in several products

Fortinet released security patches to address multiple High-Severity vulnerabilities in several products of the vendor. Fortinet addressed multiple vulnerabilities in several products of the vendor. Impacted products are FortiADC, FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, FortiOS, FortiProxy, FortiClient, FortiDeceptor, FortiEDR, FortiNAC, FortiSwitch, FortiRecorder, and FortiVoiceEnterprise. Four of the fixed issues have been rated as a “high” severity, they are […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2022
Rozena backdoor delivered by exploiting the Follina bug

Threat actors are exploiting the disclosed Follina Windows vulnerability to distribute the Rozena backdoor. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers observed a phishing campaign that is leveraging the recently disclosed Follina security vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190, CVSS score 7.8) to distribute the Rozena backdoor on Windows systems. The Follina issue is a remote code execution vulnerability that resides in […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2022
Ongoing Raspberry Robin campaign leverages compromised QNAP devices

Cybereason researchers are warning of a wave of attacks spreading the wormable Windows malware Raspberry Robin. Raspberry Robin is a Windows worm discovered by cybersecurity researchers from Red Canary, the malware propagates through removable USB devices. The malicious code uses Windows Installer to reach out to QNAP-associated domains and download a malicious DLL. The malware uses […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2022
Cisco fixed a critical arbitrary File Overwrite flaw in Enterprise Communication solutions

Cisco fixed a critical vulnerability in the Cisco Expressway series and TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) products. Cisco released security patches to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-20812 (CVSS score of 9.0), in the Expressway series and TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS). A remote attacker can trigger the flaw to overwrite files on the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2022
Emsisoft: Victims of AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware can recover their files for free

Emsisoft has released a free decryption tool that allows victims of the AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware to recover their files without paying a ransom. Cybersecurity firm Emsisoft released a free decryptor tool that allows victims of the AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware to recover their files without paying a ransom. The security firm states that the […]