Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2024
Synology fixed critical flaw impacting millions of DiskStation and BeePhotos NAS devices

Synology addressed a critical vulnerability in DiskStation and BeePhotos NAS devices that could lead to remote code execution. Taiwanese vendor Synology has addressed a critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-10443, that impacts DiskStation and BeePhotos. An attacker can exploit the flaw without any user interaction and successful exploitation of this flaw could lead to remote […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2024
ToxicPanda Android banking trojan targets Europe and LATAM, with a focus on Italy

The ToxicPanda Android malware has infected over 1,500 devices, enabling attackers to perform fraudulent banking transactions. Cleafy researchers spotted a new Android banking malware, dubbed ToxicPanda, which already infected over 1,500 Android devices. The ToxicPanda malware shares some bot command similarities with the TgToxic trojan family was observed spreading in Southeast Asia. However, the malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2024
U.S. CISA adds PTZOptics camera bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds PTZOptics PT30X-SDI/NDI camera bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: Threat actors are attempting to exploit the two zero-day vulnerabilities CVE-2024-8956 and CVE-2024-8957 in PTZOptics pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) live streaming cameras, GretNoise researchers warned last week. GreyNoise […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2024
Canadian authorities arrested alleged Snowflake hacker

Canadian authorities arrested a suspect linked to multiple hacks following a breach of cloud data platform Snowflake earlier this year. Canadian law enforcement agencies arrested a suspect, Alexander “Connor” Moucka (aka Judische and Waifu), who is accused of being responsible for a series of attacks relying on information stolen from the cloud data warehousing platform […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2024
July 2024 ransomware attack on the City of Columbus impacted 500,000 people

The July 2024 ransomware attack that hit the City of Columbus, Ohio, exposed the personal and financial data of 500,000 individuals. On July 18, 2024, the City of Columbus, Ohio, suffered a cyber attack that impacted the City’s services. On July 29, 2024, the City published an update on the City’s website and confirmed that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2024
Nigerian man Sentenced to 26+ years in real estate phishing scams

Nigerian Kolade Ojelade gets 26 years in U.S. for phishing scams that stole millions by hacking email accounts. A Nigerian national was sentenced to 26 years in prison in the US for stealing millions by compromising the email accounts of real estate businesses. The Nigerian national, Kolade Ojelade, Kolade Akinwale Ojelade (34), a resident of […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2024
Russian disinformation campaign active ahead of 2024 US election

U.S. intel says Russia made a fake video claiming Haitians voted illegally in Georgia, aiming to spread election disinformation. U.S. intel reports Russia created a fake viral video falsely claiming Haitians illegally voted multiple times in Georgia, aiming to spread election disinformation. U.S. intelligence agencies’ claims are based on existing intel and past Russian disinformation […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2024
International law enforcement operation shut down DDoS-for-hire platform Dstat.cc

German police shut down DDoS-for-hire platform Dstat.cc and arrested two men accused of operating the site used for launching DDoS attacks. German police shut down the DDoS-for-hire platform Dstat.cc that allowed its customers to launch DDoS attacks. Two men, aged 19 and 28 from Darmstadt and Rhein-Lahn, were arrested in Germany for allegedly managing criminal […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2024
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER – ROUND 18

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. EIW — ESET Israel Wiper — used in active attacks targeting Israeli orgs    Tenacious Pungsan: A DPRK […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2024
Security Affairs newsletter Round 496 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Chinese threat actors use Quad7 botnet in password-spray attacks FBI arrested former Disney World employee for hacking computer […]