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Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 360 by Pierluigi Paganini

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. A DDoS attack took down Finnish govt sites as Ukraine’s President addresses MPs SharkBot […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2022
A DDoS attack took down Finnish govt sites as Ukraine’s President addresses MPs

A massive DDoS attack took down Finnish government websites while Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addressed Finland’s members of parliament (MPs). On April 8, a denial-of-service attack took down the websites of the Finnish ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs. The attack started at about noon, while Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addressed Finland’s members of parliament (MPs). “A […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2022
China-linked threat actors target Indian Power Grid organizations

China-linked threat actors continue to target Indian power grid organizations, most of the attacks involved the ShadowPad backdoor. Recorded Future’s Insikt Group researchers uncovered a campaign conducted by a China-linked threat actor targeting Indian power grid organizations. The security firm is tracking this cluster of malicious activities under the moniker Threat Activity Group 38 aka […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2022
A Mirai-based botnet is exploiting the Spring4Shell vulnerabilityïżŒ

Experts warn of a Mirai-based botnet exploiting the recently discovered Spring4Shell vulnerability in attacks in the wild. Trend Micro Threat Research reported that the recently discovered Spring4Shell vulnerability (CVE-2022-22965) is actively exploited by a Mirai-based botnet. Researchers from Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360 first reported the exploitation of the Spring4Shell by a Mirai-based botnet in early April. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2022
15 Cybersecurity Measures for the Cloud Era

Which are the most important cybersecurity measures that businesses can take to protect themselves in the cloud era? We are now firmly in the era of cloud data and storage. In fact, it’s become quite difficult to find a service that doesn’t rely on the cloud in some way. This ubiquity has led to increased […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2022
A Ukrainian man is the third FIN7 member sentenced in the United States

A Ukrainian man was sentenced in the US to 5 years in prison for his criminal activity in the cybercrime group FIN7. Denys Iarmak, a Ukrainian national (32), has been sentenced to five years in prison in the U.S. for high-level hacking activity in the cybercrime group FIN7 (aka Carbanak Group and the Navigator Group). The man […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2022
Microsoft disrupted APT28 attacks on Ukraine through a court order

Microsoft obtained a court order to take over seven domains used by the Russia-linked APT28 group to target Ukraine. Microsoft on Thursday announced it has obtained a court order to take over seven domains used by Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 in attacks against Ukraine. The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Group, Sednit, and STRONTIUM) has been active since at least 2007 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2022
Hamas-linked threat actors target high-profile Israeli individuals

Hamas-linked threat actors conducted an elaborate campaign aimed at high-profile Israeli individuals employed in sensitive sectors. Researchers from Cybereason observed a sophisticated cyberespionage campaign conducted by APT-C-23 group campaigns targeting Israeli high-profile targets working for sensitive defense, law enforcement, and emergency services organizations. The threat actors use sophisticated social engineering techniques to infect Windows and Android […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2022
US dismantled the Russia-linked Cyclops Blink botnet

The U.S. government announced the disruption of the Cyclops Blink botnet operated by the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group. The U.S. government announced that it had dismantled the Cyclops Blink botnet operated by the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group. “The Justice Department today announced a court-authorized operation, conducted in March 2022, to disrupt a two-tiered global botnet […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2022
Ukraine warns of attacks aimed at taking over Telegram accounts

Ukraine’s technical security and intelligence service warns of threat actors targeting aimed at gaining access to users’ Telegram accounts. State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection (SSSCIP) of Ukraine spotted a new wave of cyber attacks aimed at gaining access to users’ Telegram accounts. The Ukrainian CERT attributes the hacking campaign to threat actors […]