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Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2023
StrongPity APT spreads backdoored Android Telegram app via fake Shagle site

The StrongPity APT group targeted Android users with a trojanized version of the Telegram app served through a website impersonating a video chat service called Shagle. ESET researchers reported that StrongPity APT group targeted Android users with a trojanized version of the Telegram app. The campaign has been active since November 2021, threat actors served the malicious app […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2023
Remote code execution bug discovered in the popular JsonWebToken library

The open-source jsonwebtoken (JWT) library is affected by a high-severity security flaw that could lead to remote code execution. The open-source JsonWebToken (JWT) library is affected by a high-severity security flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-23529 (CVSS score: 7.6), that could lead to remote code execution. The package is maintained by Auth0, it had over 9 million weekly downloads […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2023
Kinsing malware targets Kubernetes environments via misconfigured PostgreSQL

Kinsing cryptojacking operators are exploiting misconfigured and exposed PostgreSQL servers to access Kubernetes environments. Researchers at Microsoft Defender for Cloud observed threat actors behind the Kinsing cryptojacking operation using two methods to gain initial access in Kubernetes environments: exploitation of weakly configured PostgreSQL containers and exploiting vulnerable images. The crypto-miner Kinsing was first spotted by security firm […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2023
Airline company Air France-KLM discloses security breach

Airline company Air France-KLM is notifying the customers of its loyalty program Flying Blue of a data breach. Airline company Air France-KLM announced it has suffered a data breach, data belonging to customers of its loyalty program Flying Blue were exposed. The Flying Blue loyalty program is used by other airlines, including Aircalin, Kenya Airways, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2023
Phishing campaign targets government institutions in Moldova

The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks since the country offered support to Ukraine. The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks, threat actors sent more than 1,330 emails to accounts belonging to the country’s state services. “The Information Technology and Cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2023
Russia-linked Cold River APT targeted US nuclear research laboratories

Russia-linked Cold River APT targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States in 2022 summer, Reuters reported. Reuters reported that the Russia-linked APT group Cold River (aka Calisto) targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States between August and September 2022. The Cold River APT group targeted the Brookhaven (BNL), Argonne (ANL), and […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2023
Resecurity Released a Status Report on Drug Trafficking in the Dark Web (2022-2023)

Cybersecurity firm Resecurity published report on drug trafficking marketplaces currently operating in the Dark Web Resecurity, a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity and risk management provider has released an eye-opening report on drug trafficking marketplaces currently operating in the Dark Web. The report highlights a rapidly growing shadow economy, and new communication methods such as proprietary Android-based […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2023
inSicurezzaDigitale launches the Dashboard Ransomware Monitor

The cybersecurity blog inSicurezzaDigitale has launched the Italian Dashboard Ransomware Monitor to analyze the principal RaaSs’ activities. Here it comes, inSicurezzaDigitale announced the Dashboard Ransomware Monitor, it is the second project after the recent presentation of the project Mastodon. The Dashboard is very easy to use and it is available via this link: ransom.insicurezzadigitale.com The […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2023
Dridex targets MacOS users with a new delivery technique

Experts warn of a new variant of the Dridex banking malware that is targeting systems using the macOS operating system. Trend Micro experts discovered a new variant of the Dridex banking malware that targets the MacOS platform and that used a new technique to deliver documents embedded with malicious macros. The Dridex banking Trojan that has been […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 401 by Pierluigi Paganini

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. Chick-fil-A launched an investigation into “suspicious activity” IcedID malware campaign targets Zoom users Hive Ransomware gang […]