Pierluigi Paganini
December 30, 2020
The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) warns of ransomware attacks on COVID-19 vaccine research organizations. The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a noticed to warn financial institutions of ransomware attacks aimed at COVID-19 vaccine research organizations. “The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing this Notice to alert […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2020
Microsoft says that SolarWinds hackers aimed at compromising the victims’ cloud infrastructure after deploying the Solorigate backdoor (aka Sunburst). The Microsoft 365 Defender Team revealed that the goal of the threat actors behind the SolarWinds supply chain attack was to move to the victims’ cloud infrastructure once infected their network with the Sunburst/Solorigate backdoor. “With […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2020
Japanese giant Kawasaki Heavy Industries discovered unauthorized access to a Japanese company server from multiple overseas offices. Kawasaki Heavy Industries disclosed a security breach, the company discovered unauthorized access to a Japanese company server from multiple overseas offices. Information from its overseas offices might have been stolen as a result of a security breach that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2020
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a tool for detecting potentially malicious activities in Azure/Microsoft 365 environments. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)’s Cloud Forensics team has released a PowerShell-based tool, dubbed Sparrow, that can that helps administrators to detect anomalies and potentially malicious activities in Azure/Microsoft 365 environments. The tool was developed to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2020
Threat intelligence analyst discovered a threat actor that is selling a database of the Italian mobile service provider Ho mobile. Threat intelligence analyst @Bank_Security first spotted on a popular hacking forum a threat actor that is selling a database allegedly containing the database of the Italian mobile service provider Ho mobile. Ho mobile is an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2020
The American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances Whirlpool was hit by the Nefilim ransomware gang. The American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances Whirlpool suffered a ransomware attack, Nefilim ransomware operators claim to have stolen data from the company and threaten to release the full dump if the company will not pay the ransom. The leak comes after failed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2020
Experts warn of a multi-platform credit card skimmer that can target online stores running on Shopify, BigCommerce, Zencart, and Woocommerce. Security experts have discovered a multi-platform credit card skimmer that can allow threat actors to harvest payment info on compromised stores powered by Shopify, BigCommerce, Zencart, and Woocommerce. Researchers from security firm Sansec discovered that the new […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2020
Researchers discovered that the popular e-commerce app 21 Buttons was exposing private data for 100s of influencers across Europe. Researchers from cybersecurity firm vpnMentor discovered that the e-commerce app 21 Buttons was exposing private data for 100s of influencers across Europe. 21 Buttons allows users to shares photos of their outfits with links to the brands theyâre […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 27, 2020
The Burlington-based University of Vermont Health Network has finally admitted that ransomware was behind the October attack. In October, threat actors hit the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn and the University of Vermont Health Network. The cyber attack took place on October 28 and disrupted services at the UVM Medical Center and affiliated facilities. A […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 27, 2020
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. A massive fraud operation used mobile device emulators to steal millions from online bank accounts SolarWinds hackers also breached the US NNSA nuclear agency Clop ransomware gang paralyzed flavor and […]
