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Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2021
GriftHorse malware infected more than 10 million Android phones from 70 countries

Security researchers uncovered a massive malware operation, dubbed GriftHorse, that has already infected more than 10 million Android devices worldwide. Security researchers from Zimperium have uncovered a piece of malware, dubbed GriftHorse, that has infected more than 10 million Android smartphones across more than 70 countries. According to the experts, the malware campaign has been […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2021
NSA, CISA release guidance on hardening remote access via VPN solutions

The U.S. CISA and the NSA agencies have published guidance for securely using virtual private network (VPN) solutions. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) have released guidance for increasing the security of virtual private network (VPN) solutions. Multiple attacks against private organizations and government entities, especially during […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2021
Group-IB CEO was put under arrest on treason charges

Russian media reported that the police made searches in the Moscow office of security firm Group-IB apparently linked to an investigation into a criminal case. The police made searches in the Moscow office of the threat intelligence firm Group-IB, according to the media local authorities are investigating a criminal case. According to RTVI, the police […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2021
Experts observed for the first time FinFisher infections involving usage of a UEFI bootkit

Experts spotted a new variant of the FinFisher surveillance spyware that is able to hijack and replace the Windows UEFI bootloader to infect Windows machines. Malware researchers at Kaspersky have spotted a new improvement of the infamous commercial FinSpy surveillance spyware (also known as Wingbird), it can now hijack and replace the Windows UEFI (Unified […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2021
Trend Micro fixes a critical flaw in ServerProtec Solution, patch it now!

Trend Micro has addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-36745, affecting the ServerProtect solution. Trend Micro has released security patches to address a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-36745, that affects the Trend Micro ServerProtect product. Trend Micro Server Protect offers comprehensive real-time protection for enterprise infrastructure, preventing them from being targeted by viruses, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2021
A complete PoC exploit for CVE-2021-22005 in VMware vCenter is available online

An exploit for the recently disclosed CVE-2021-22005 vulnerability in VMware vCenter was publicly released, threat actors are already using it. A working exploit for the CVE-2021-22005 vulnerability in VMware vCenter is publicly available, and attackers are already attempting to use it in the wild. VMware recently addressed the critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability CVE-2021-22005, it […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2021
Russia-linked Nobelium APT group uses custom backdoor to target Windows domains

Microsoft discovered new custom malware, dubbed FoggyWeb, used by the Nobelium cyberespionage group to implant backdoor in Windows domains. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) researchers have discovered a new custom malware, dubbed FoggyWeb used by the Nobelium APT group to deploy additional payloads and steal sensitive info from Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) servers. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2021
ERMAC, a new banking Trojan that borrows the code from Cerberus malware

ERMAC is a new Android banking Trojan that can steal financial data from 378 banking and wallet apps. Researchers from Threatfabric found in July a new Android banking trojan dubbed ERMAC that is almost fully based on the popular banking trojan Cerberus. The source code of Cerberus was released in September 2020 on underground hacking […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2021
New BloodyStealer malware is targeting the gaming sector

Researchers spotted a new malware, dubbed BloodyStealer, that could allow stealing accounts for multiple gaming platforms. Researchers from Kaspersky have spotted a new malware dubbed BloodyStealer that is being used by threat actors to steal accounts for multiple gaming platforms, including Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG Galaxy, EA Origin, and more. The infostealer is available […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2021
Expert found RCE flaw in Visual Studio Code Remote Development Extension

Researchers from the Italian cybersecurity firm Shielder found a remote code execution vulnerability in Visual Studio Code Remote Development Extension. Visual Studio Code Remote Development allows users to adopt a container, remote machine, or the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as a full-featured development environment. Users can: Develop on the same operating system you deploy to or use […]