Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2022
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that the Italian spyware vendor RCS Labs was supported by ISPs to spy on users. Researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that the Italian surveillance firm RCS Labs was helped by some Internet service providers (ISPs) in Italy and Kazakhstan to infect Android and iOS users with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2022
China-linked APT group Tropic Trooper has been spotted previously undocumented malware written in Nim language. Check Point Research uncovered an activity cluster with ties to China-linked APT Tropic Trooper (aka Earth Centaur, KeyBoy, and Pirate Panda) which involved the use of a previously undescribed loader (dubbed âNimbdaâ) written in Nim language. The Tropic Trooper APT has been active at least […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2022
The Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group revealed that its Pegasus spyware was used by at least five European countries. The controversial Israeli surveillance vendor NSO Group told the European Union lawmakers that its Pegasus spyware was used by at least five countries in the region. NSO Group’s General Counsel Chaim Gelfand admitted that the company […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2022
Taiwanese company QNAP is addressing a critical PHP vulnerability that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution. Taiwanese vendor QNAP is addressing a critical PHP vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-11043 (CVSS score 9.8 out of 10), that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution. In certain configurations of FPM setup it is possible to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2022
Cyber Spetsnaz is targeting government resources and critical infrastructure in Lithuania after the ban of Russian railway goods Cyber Spetsnaz is targeting Lithuanian government resources and critical infrastructure â the recent ban on Russian railway goods has caused a new spike of hacktivist activity on the Dark Web. Today the group has announced multiple targets […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2022
Researchers from Malwarebytes warns that the Magecart skimming campaign is active, but the attacks are more covert. Magecart threat actors have switched most of their operations server-side to avoid detection of security firms. However, Malwarebytes researchers warn that the Client-side Magecart attacks are still targeting organizations, but are more covert. The researchers recently uncovered two […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2022
Iâm proud to announce that SecurityAffairs was awarded as the Best European Personal Cybersecurity Blog 2022 at European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022. The winners of the annual European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards have been announced. Security affairs has been voted for the third consecutive year as the Best European Personal Cybersecurity Blog 2022 at European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2022
Threat actors are using the Rig Exploit Kit to spread the Dridex banking trojan instead of the Raccoon Stealer malware. Since January 2022, the Bitdefender Cyber Threat Intelligence Lab observed operators behind the RIG Exploit Kit pushing the Dridex banking trojan instead of the Raccoon Stealer. The switch occurred in February when Raccoon Stealer temporarily halted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2022
US Flagstar Bank disclosed a data breach that exposed files containing the personal information of 1.5 million individuals. US-based Flagstar Bank disclosed a data breach that impacted roughly 1.5 million individuals, but the company did not share details about the attack. The security breach took place in early December 2021, and the investigation that was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 21, 2022
Researchers linked a new APT group, tracked as ToddyCat, to a series of attacks targeting entities in Europe and Asia since at least December 2020. Researchers from Kaspersky have linked a new APT group, tracked as ToddyCat, to a series of attacks aimed at high-profile entities in Europe and Asia since at least December 2020. The threat […]
