Pierluigi Paganini
August 12, 2023
Threat actors employed a new variant of the SystemBC malware, named DroxiDat, in attacks aimed at African critical infrastructure. Researchers from Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) reported that an unknown threat actor used a new variant of the SystemBC proxy malware, named DroxiDat, in an attack against a power generation company in southern Africa. SystemBC was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 11, 2023
Researchers warn that the Gafgyt botnet is actively exploiting a vulnerability impacting the end-of-life Zyxel P660HN-T1A router. A variant of the Gafgyt botnet is actively attempting to exploit a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-18368 (CVSS v3: 9.8), impacting the end-of-life Zyxel P660HN-T1A router. The flaw is a command injection vulnerability that resides in the Remote System Log […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 11, 2023
Germanyâs Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) warns that the Charming Kitten APT group targeted Iranian dissidents in the country. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) is warning that an alleged nation-state actor targeted Iranian dissident organizations and individuals in the country. The intelligence agency attributes the attack […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2023
Experts warn that a new info-stealer named Statc Stealer is infecting Windows devices to steal a broad range of sensitive information. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a new information stealer malware, called Statc Stealer, that can steal a broad range of info from Windows devices. The malware can steal sensitive information from various web browsers, including login data, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2023
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) observed a new backdoor, named Whirlpool, in attacks on Barracuda ESG appliances. The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has discovered a new backdoor, named Whirlpool, that was employed in attacks targeting Barracuda ESG devices. At the end of May, the network security solutions provider Barracuda warned […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2023
US CISA added zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-38180 affecting .NET and Visual Studio to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-38180 (CVSS score 7.5) affecting .NET and Visual Studio to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The vulnerability can be exploited to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2023
The US Government House this week launched an Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge competition for creating a new generation of AI systems. On Wednesday, the United States Government House introduced an Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge competition. The two-year competition aims to foster the development of innovative AI systems that can protect critical applications from cyber threats. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2023
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) mistakenly shared sensitive data of all 10,000 serving police officers in response to a FOI request. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has mistakenly shared sensitive data of all 10,000 serving police officers in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. The request aimed at determining the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2023
The Balada Injector is still at large and still evading security software by utilizing new domain names and using new obfuscation. During a routine web monitoring operation, we discovered an address that led us down a rabbit hole of WordPress-orientated âhack wavesâ caused by the Balada Injector malware. This evidence suggests that the malware is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2023
Cloud account takeover scheme utilizing EvilProxy hit over 100 top-level executives of global organizations EvilProxy was observed sending 120,000 phishing emails to over a hundred organizations to steal Microsoft 365 accounts. Proofpoint noticed a worrisome surge of successful cloud account compromises in the past five months. Most of the attacks targeted high-ranking executives. The researchers estimated […]
