Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2022
Threat actors hacked the website of Jerusalem Post and the Twitter account of Maariv outlet on Soleimani killing anniversary. Threat actors have taken over the website of the English-language Jerusalem Post and the Twitter account of Maariv daily newspaper publishing a picture of a fist firing a shell out of a ring with a red stone on a finger toward an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2022
SEGA Europe inadvertently left users’ personal information publicly accessible on Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket. SEGA Europe inadvertently left users’ personal information publicly accessible on Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket. At the end of the year, gaming giant SEGA Europe inadvertently left users’ personal information publicly accessible on Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket, cybersecurity firm VPN […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2022
Which are the cyber attacks of 2021 that had the major impact on organizations worldwide in terms of financial losses and disruption of the operations? CNA Financial (March 2021) – CNA Financial, one of the largest insurance companies in the US, reportedly paid a $40 million ransom to restore access to its files following a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2022
Microsoft released an emergency patch to fix the Y2k22 bug that is breaking email delivery on on-premise Microsoft Exchange servers. Microsoft has rolled out an emergency fix that addresses the Y2k22 bug that is breaking email delivery on on-premise Microsoft Exchange servers since January 1st, 2022. “We have addressed the issue causing messages to be […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2022
The Twitter account of NASA Director Parimal Kopardekar (@nasapk) was hacked by the Powerful Greek Army group. The Twitter account of the NASA Director and Sr Technologist for Air Transporation Sytem Mr. Parimal Kopardekar (@nasapk) was hacked by the Powerful Greek Army group. I contacted the group for a comment, a spokesman told me that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2022
The Lapsus$ ransomware hit Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Portugal and the owner of SIC and Expresso. The Lapsus$ ransomware gang has compromised the infrastructure of Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Portugal. Impresa owns SIC TV channel, and Expresso newspaper, among other leading media, like several magazine publications. The attack took place during the New Year […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2022
North Korea-linked threat actors are behind some of the largest cyberattacks against cryptocurrency exchanges. North Korea-linked APT groups are suspected to be behind some of the largest cyberattacks against cryptocurrency exchanges. According to South Korean media outlet Chosun, North Korean threat actors have stolen around $1.7 billion (2 trillion won) worth of cryptocurrency from multiple […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2022
According to a report published by Invezz, the number of crypto security breaches increased by up 850% in the last decade. The cyberattacks against the cryptocurrency industry are a profitable business for threat actors, according to the experts, $12.1 billion worth of cryptocurrencies have been stolen in the last decade. In 2021 we observed a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2022
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs 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. Y2k22 bug in Microsoft Exchange causes failure in email delivery Security Affairs most-read cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 01, 2022
Y2k22 bug is causing Microsoft Exchange on-premise servers to fail in delivering email starting on January 1st, 2022. Microsoft Exchange on-premise servers cannot deliver emails starting on January 1st, 2022, due to a bug in the FIP-FS anti-malware scanning engine dubbed Y2k22 bug. FIP-FS is the anti-malware scanning engine used by Microsoft to protect its […]
