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Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2021
Swiss expert Till Kottmann indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft

Department of Justice announced that Swiss hacker Till Kottmann, 21, has been indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. A group of US hackers recently claimed to have gained access to footage from 150,000 security cameras at banks, jails, schools, healthcare clinics, and prominent organizations. Hackers also posted images captured from the hacked […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2021
REvil ransomware gang hacked Acer and is demanding a $50 million ransom

Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation Acer was victim of a REvil ransomware attack, the gang demanded a $50,000,000 ransom. Taiwanese computer giant Acer was victim of the REvil ransomware attack, the gang is demanding the payment of a $50,000,000 ransom, the largest one to date. Acer is the world’s 6th-largest PC vendor by unit sales as of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2021
Why Focusing on Container Runtimes Is the Most Critical Piece of Security for EKS Workloads?

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), a platform which gives customers the ability to run Kubernetes apps in the AWS cloud or on premises. Organizations are increasingly turning to Kubernetes to manage their containers. In the 2020 Cloud Native Survey, 91% of respondents told the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) that they were using Kubernetes—an increase […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2021
CISA and FBI warn of ongoing TrickBot attacks

CISA and FBI are warning of ongoing TrickBot attacks despite security firms took down the C2 infrastructure of the infamous botnet in October. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warn of ongoing Trickbot attacks despite in October multiple security firms dismantled its C2 infrastructure in a joint operation. On […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2021
Millions of People Can Lose Sensitive Data through Travel Apps, Privacysavvy reports

According to a report published by researchers at PrivacySavvy, many travel companies expose users’ data through their booking apps. In a report published on the 16th of March by PrivacySavvy, many travel companies expose users’ data through their booking apps. PrivacySavvy is a digital security company on a mission to educate internet users on issues […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2021
XcodeSpy Mac malware targets Xcode Developers with a backdoor

Unknown threat actors have been using a new XcodeSpy Mac malware to target software developers who use Apple’s Xcode integrated development environment. Researchers at SentinelOne uncovered a series of attacks involving a new XcodeSpy used to deliver a custom variant of a backdoor tracked as EggShell. The EggShell allows threat actors to spy on users, capture […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2021
China-linked APT31 group was behind the attack on Finnish Parliament

China-linked cyber espionage group APT31 is believed to be behind an attack on the Parliament of Finland that took place in 2020. China-linked cyber espionage group APT31 is believed to be behind an attack on the Parliament of Finland that took place in 2020. According to the government experts, the hackers breached some parliament email […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2021
Expert found a 1-Click RCE in the TikTok App for Android

Egyptian security researcher Sayed Abdelhafiz discovered multiple bugs in TikTok Android Application that can be chained to achieve Remote code execution. Egyptian security researcher Sayed Abdelhafiz discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the TikTok Android Application that can be chained to achieve Remote code execution. “While testing TikTok for Android Application, I identified multiple bugs that can […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2021
Reading the FBI IC3’s ‘2020 Internet Crime Report’

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual report, the 2020 Internet Crime Report, which includes data from 791,790 complaints of suspected cybercrimes. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has published its annual report, the 2020 Internet Crime Report, which provides information from 791,790 complaints of suspected cybercrimes affecting victims in the U.S.. Data that […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2021
Data Breaches Tracker monitor unsecured ElasticSearch servers online

Cybersecurity research at WizCase, an online security and privacy portal, built a tool to track accessible ElasticSearch servers on the internet.  Cybersecurity research at WizCase, an online security and privacy portal, developed a tool that allows track accessible ElasticSearch servers on the Internet. The tool scans the web for accessible ElasticSearch servers and displays different variables […]