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Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2020
XCSSET Mac spyware spreads via Xcode Projects

A new Mac malware, tracked as XCSSET, spreads through Xcode projects and exploits two zero-day vulnerabilities, experts warn. XCSSET is a new Mac malware that spreads through Xcode projects and exploits two zero-day vulnerabilities to steal sensitive information from target systems and launch ransomware attacks. The first zero-day issue is used to steal cookies via […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2020
North Korea’s Lazarus compromised dozens of organizations in Israel

Since January 2020, the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT has successfully compromised dozens of organizations in Israel and other countries. The Israeli defence ministry announced on Wednesday that it had foiled a cyber attack carried out by a foreign threat actor targeting the country’s defence manufacturers. According to the officials, the attack was launched by “an […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2020
Maze ransomware gang leaked Canon USA’s stolen files

Maze ransomware operators have leaked online the unencrypted files allegedly stolen from Canon during a recent ransomware attack. According to an internal memo obtained by ZDNet last week, the recent outage suffered by Canon was caused by a ransomware attack, at the same time Maze ransomware operators were taking the credit for the incident. The memo […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2020
Chinese APT CactusPete targets military and financial orgs in Eastern Europe

China-linked threat actor tracked as CactusPete was employing an updated backdoor in recent attacks targeting military and financial organizations in Eastern Europe. A China-linked APT group, tracked by Kaspersky as CactusPete (aka Karma Panda or Tonto Team), was observed using an updated backdoor in recent attacks targeting military and financial organizations in Eastern Europe. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2020
Threat actor leaked data for U.S. gun exchange site on hacking forum

A threat actor has released the databases of Utah-based gun exchange and hunting sites for free on a cybercrime forum. On August 10th, a hacker has leaked online the databases of Utah-based gun exchange for free on a cybercrime forum. He claims the databases contain 195,000 user records for the utahgunexchange.com, 45,000 records for their video […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2020
Microsoft failed to fix LSASS elevation of privilege flaw

Microsoft did not properly address an elevation of privilege flaw (CVE-2020-1509) in the Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS). Google Project Zero researcher who discovered the elevation of privilege flaw (CVE-2020-1509) in the Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) warn that Microsoft did not properly address it. “An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2020
Rent a hacker: Group-IB uncovers corporate espionage group RedCurl

Threat Intel firm Group-IB has released an analytical report on the previously unknown APT group RedCurl, which focuses on corporate espionage Group-IB, a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has released an analytical report on the previously unknown APT group RedCurl, which focuses on corporate espionage. In less than three years, RedCurl […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2020
Israel announced to have foiled an attempted cyber-attack on defence firms

Israel ‘s defence ministry announced to have foiled an attempted cyber attack by a foreign threat actors group targeting the country’s defence manufacturers. The Israeli defence ministry announced on Wednesday that it had foiled a cyber attack carried out by a foreign threat actor targeting the country’s defence manufacturers. According to the officials, the attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2020
SANS Institute Email Breach – 28,000 User Records exposed

The SANS Institute suffered a data breach, 28,000 user records containing personally identifiable information (PII) were exposed. On August 6, during a review of email configuration and rules, the staff at the SANS Institute discovered a security breach. 28,000 records of personally identifiable information (PII) have been forwarded to an unknown email address. The SANS […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2020
Agent Tesla includes new password-stealing capabilities from browsers and VPNs

Experts found new variants of Agent Tesla Trojan that include modules to steal credentials from popular web browsers, VPN software, as well as FTP and email clients. Researchers from SentinelOne discovered new variants of the popular Agent Tesla Trojan that includes new modules to steal credentials from applications including popular web browsers, VPN software, as […]