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Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 293

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. Hacked Subway UK marketing system used in TrickBot phishing campaign Pay2Key hackers stole data from Intels Habana Labs PgMiner botnet exploits disputed CVE to hack unsecured PostgreSQL DBs Security Affairs […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2020
SolarWinds hackers also breached the US NNSA nuclear agency

US DOE confirmed that threat actors behind the recent SolarWinds supply chain attack also hacked the networks of the US NNSA nuclear agency. US DOE confirmed this week that threat actors behind the recent SolarWinds supply chain attack also compromised the networks of the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) agency. “The Department of Energy […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2020
COVID-19 themed attacks December 6 – December 19, 2020

This post includes the details of the COVID-19 themed attacks launched from December 6 – December 19, 2020. December 6 – Drug dealers are selling Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines on the darkweb While the United Kingdom announced the distribution of the COVID19 vaccine to the population drug dealers is selling ‘Pfizer COVID Vaccines.’ December 10 – […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2020
NATO is checking its systems to determine the impact of SolarWinds hack

NATO announced it is assessing its systems after the SolarWinds supply chain attack that impacted multiple US government agencies. NATO announced it is checking its systems after the SolarWinds supply chain attack to determine if they were infected with a backdoor. “At this time, no evidence of compromise has been found on any NATO networks. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2020
NSA warns of cloud attacks on authentication mechanisms

The US National Security Agency (NSA) warns of two techniques abused by threat actors for escalating attacks from local networks to cloud infrastructure. The US National Security Agency has published a security advisory that describes two techniques abused in recent attacks against cloud infrastructure. The attack techniques are abused by hackers are using to escalate […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2020
FBI and Interpol shut down some servers of Joker’s Stash carding marketplace

Joker’s Stash, the largest carding marketplace online, was shut down by a coordinated operation conducted by the FBI and the Interpol. Joker’s Stash, the largest carding marketplace online, was shut down as a result of a coordinated operation conducted by the FBI and the Interpol. The Joker’s Stash carding platform has been active since October […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2020
Hackers target COVID-19 vaccine supply chain and sell the vaccine in Darkweb

Threat actors continue to trade critical medical data in the Dark Web while organizations are involved in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cybercrime organizations continue to be very active while pharmaceutical organizations are involved in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine and medicines to cure the infections. Experts from Cyble discovered in several forums on the dark web, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2020
All-source intelligence: reshaping an old tool for future challenges

An enhanced version of the old all-source intelligence discipline could serve the purpose. By Boris Giannetto Hybrid, interconnected and complex threats require hybrid, interconnected and complex tools. An enhanced version of the old all-source intelligence discipline could serve the purpose. Today’s society hinges on technologies and they will have most likely an ever-increasing clout in […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2020
Microsoft confirms breach in SolarWinds hack, but denies its clients were affected

Microsoft confirms that it was also breached in the SolarWinds supply chain hack, but excluded that the attack impacted its customers. Microsoft has confirmed that it was one of the companies breached in the recent SolarWinds supply chain attack, but the IT giant denied that the nation-state actors compromised its software supply-chain to infect its […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2020
Fake mobile version of Cyberpunk 2077 spreads ransomware

A threat actor is spreading ransomware dubbed CoderWare that masquerades as Windows and Android versions of the recent Cyberpunk 2077. Crooks are spreading fake Windows and Android versions of installers for the new Cyberpunk 2077 video game that is delivering the CoderWare ransomware. Cyberpunk 2077 is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed and published by CD Projekt, it […]