Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2021
The U.S. government offers up to $10 million for identifying or locating leaders in the REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware operation The Department of State offers up to $10 million for information that can lead to the identification or location of individuals in key leadership positions in the REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware operation. The US government also offers $5 million […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2021
The US DoJ has charged a REvil ransomware affiliate that is suspected to have orchestrated the attack on Kaseya MSP platform in July. The US Department of Justice has charged a REvil ransomware affiliate for orchestrating the ransomware attacks on Kaseya MSP platform that took place in July 4. The suspect is 22-year old Ukrainian national Yaroslav […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2021
Electronics retail giant MediaMarkt was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany. Electronics retail giant MediaMarkt was a victim of a ransomware attack that forced the company to shut down its IT infrastructure to contain the threat and disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany. Media Markt is a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2021
The healthcare industry might be known for the work it does to treat patients. But it is also a prime target for malicious cyber actors. With copious amounts of data collected by healthcare facilities, cybercriminals often target such entities. Moreover, the healthcare industry collects unique data, known as Protected Health Information (PHI), which is extremely […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2021
Operation Cyclone – Six alleged affiliates with the Clop ransomware operation were arrested in an international joint law enforcement operation led by Interpol. Interpol announced the arrest of six alleged affiliates with the Clop ransomware operation as part of an international joint law enforcement operation codenamed Operation Cyclone. Law enforcement authorities from South Korea, Ukraine, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2021
Experts warn of an ongoing hacking campaign that already compromised at least nine organizations worldwide from critical sectors by exploiting CVE-2021-40539. Cybersecurity experts from Palo Alto Networks warn of an ongoing cyberespionage campaign that has already compromised at least nine organizations worldwide from critical sectors, including defense, healthcare, and energy. Threat actors exploited a critical […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2021
A Hungarian government official confirmed that his government has bought and used the controversial NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. Lajos Kosa, chair of the Parliament’s Defense and Law Enforcement Committee, confirmed that Hungary is one of the clients of the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group and that it bought and used the controversial Pegasus spyware. According […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2021
The FBI warns of an increase of fraudulent schemes leveraging cryptocurrency ATMs and QR Codes to facilitate payment. The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) published an alert to warn the public of fraudulent schemes leveraging cryptocurrency ATMs and Quick Response (QR) codes to complete payment transactions. This payment option makes it quite impossible to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2021
Threat actors are impersonating cybersecurity firm Proofpoint to trick victims into providing Microsoft Office 365 and Gmail credentials. Cybercriminals are impersonating the cybersecurity firm Proofpoint to trick victims into providing Microsoft Office 365 and Google Gmail credentials. The phishing messages use mortgage payments as a lure, they have the subject “Re: Payoff Request.” “The email […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2021
A new Magecart group leverages a browser script to evade virtualized environments and sandboxes used by researchers. Malwarebytes researchers have spotted a new Magecart group that uses a browser script to evade detection and the execution in virtualized environments used by security researchers for threat analysis. Hacker groups under the Magecart umbrella continue to target e-stores to […]
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