Pierluigi Paganini
January 05, 2021
Researchers from security firms Profero and Security Joes linked a series of ransomware attacks to the China-linked APT27 group. Security researchers from security firms Profero and Security Joes investigated a series of ransomware attacks against multiple organizations and linked them to China-linked APT groups. The experts attribute the attacks to the Chinese cyberespionage group APT27 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2021
At-home laboratory services provider Apex Laboratory discloses a ransomware attack and consequent data breach. Apex Laboratory, Inc. is a clinical laboratory that has been providing home laboratory services to homebound and Nursing Home patients in the NY Metropolitan Area for over 20 years. The at-home laboratory services provider Apex Laboratory disclosed a ransomware attack, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2021
A British court has rejected the request of the US government to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the country. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the US to stand trial, the Westminster Magistrates’ Court has rejected the US government’s request to extradite him on charges related to illegally obtaining and sharing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2021
Security expert spotted a new piece of malware that leverages weaponized Word documents to download a PowerShell script from GitHub. Security expert discovered a new piece of malware uses weaponized Word documents to download a PowerShell script from GitHub. This PowerShell script is also used by threat actors to download a legitimate image file from image hosting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2021
During a routine Dark web monitoring, the Research team at Cyble found threat actors selling 200 million+ Records of Chinese Citizens. During a routine Dark web monitoring, the Research team at Cyble found multiple posts where threat actors are offering for sale alleged data leaks related to Chinese citizens. Data might have been stolen from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2021
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. HackerOne announces first bug hunter to earn more than $2M in bug bounties SolarWinds releases updated advisory for SUPERNOVA backdoor Vermont Hospital confirmed the ransomware attack E-commerce app 21 Buttons […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2021
NCA arrested 21 people in the UK as part of an operation targeting customers of WeLeakInfo service that advertised stolen personal credentials. 21 people have been arrested in the UK as part of an operation against customers of the WeLeakInfo[.]com service that had been previously selling access to data from data breaches. WeLeakInfo.com was a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2021
This post includes the details of the COVID-19 themed attacks launched from December 19, 2020â January 02, 2021. 25 December, 2020 – North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets the COVID-19 research The North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group has recently launched cyberattacks against at least two organizations involved in COVID19 research. 30 December, 2020 – US Treasury […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2021
Ticketmaster agreed to pay a $10 million fine for hacking into the computer system of the startup rival CrowdSurge. The news is disturbing, Ticketmaster has agreed to pay a $10 million fine after being charged with illegally accessing computer systems into the computer system of the startup rival CrowdSurge. The intrusions into the competitor’s systems […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2021
Below the list of the top stories of 2020. December 21 – SUPERNOVA, a backdoor found while investigating SolarWinds hack While investigating the recent SolarWinds Orion supply-chain attack security researchers discovered another backdoor, tracked SUPERNOVA. August 2 – Garmin allegedly paid for a decryptor for WastedLocker ransomware BleepingComputer researchers confirmed that Garmin has received the […]
