Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2022
Three UEFI Firmware flaws found in tens of Lenovo Notebook models

IT giant Lenovo released security fixes to address three vulnerabilities that impact the UEFI firmware shipped with over 70 product models. The multinational technology company Lenovo released security fixes to address three vulnerabilities that reside in the UEFI firmware shipped with over 70 product models, including several ThinkBook models. A remote attacker can trigger these […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2022
Large-scale AiTM phishing campaign targeted +10,000 orgs since 2021

A large-scale phishing campaign used adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing sites to hit more than 10,000 organizations Microsoft observed a large-scale phishing campaign that used adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing sites to steal passwords, hijack a user’s sign-in session, and bypass the authentication process even when the victim has enabled the MFA. In AiTM phishing, threat actors set up a proxy […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2022
Flaws in the ExpressLRS Protocol allow the takeover of drones

The protocol for radio-controlled (RC) drones, named ExpressLRS, is affected by vulnerabilities that can allow device takeover. Researchers warn of vulnerabilities that affect the protocol for radio-controlled (RC) drones, named ExpressLRS, which can be exploited to take over unmanned vehicles. ExpressLRS is a high-performance open-source radio control link that provides a low latency radio control […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2022
Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Autopatch feature

Microsoft announced the general availability of a feature called Autopatch that automatically updates Windows and Office software. Microsoft announced the general availability of a service called Autopatch that automates the process of managing and rolling out updates to Windows and Office software. The feature is available for Windows Enterprise E3 and E5 licenses, but Windows Education (A3) or Windows […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2022
Cloud-Based Cryptocurrency mining attacks abuse GitHub Actions and Azure VM

Researchers investigated cloud-based cryptocurrency mining attacks targeting GitHub Actions and Azure VMs. Researchers from Trend Micro published a report that details cloud-based cryptocurrency mining attacks targeting GitHub Actions and Azure VMs and the threat actors behind them. Threat actors are attempting to compromise a large number of cloud-based systems to mine cryptocurrency with a significant […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2022
A fake job offer via LinkedIn allowed to steal $540M from Axie Infinity

Threat actors used a fake job offer on LinkedIn to target an employee at Axie Infinity that resulted in the theft of $540 Million. In March, threat actors stole almost $625 million in Ethereum and USDC (a U.S. dollar pegged stablecoin) tokens from Axie Infinity’s Ronin network bridge. The attack took place on March 23rd, but […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2022
Anubis Networks is back with new C2 server

A large-scale phishing campaign leveraging the Anubis Network is targeting Brazil and Portugal since March 2022. A large-scale phishing campaign is targeting Internet-end users in Brazil and Portugal since March 2022. Anubis Network is a C2 portal developed to control fake portals and aims to steal credentials to fully access the real systems. This C2 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2022
Experts warn of the new 0mega ransomware operation

BleepingComputer reported a new ransomware operation named 0mega that is targeting organizations worldwide. 0mega is a new ransomware operation that is targeting organizations worldwide using a double-extortion model, BleepingComputer reported. The ransomware operation has been active at least since May 2022 and already claimed to have breached multiple organizations. Victims of the ransomware reported that […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2022
Experts demonstrate how to unlock several Honda models via Rolling-PWN attack

Bad news for the owners of several Honda models, the Rolling-PWN Attack vulnerability can allow unlocking their vehicles. A team of security Researchers Kevin2600 and Wesley Li from Star-V Lab independently discovered a flaw in Honda models, named the Rolling-PWN Attack vulnerability (CVE-2021-46145), that can allow unlocking their vehicles- A remote keyless entry system (RKE) […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2022
French telephone operator La Poste Mobile suffered a ransomware attack

French virtual mobile telephone operator La Poste Mobile was hit by a ransomware attack that impacted administrative and management services.  The ransomware attack hit the virtual mobile telephone operator La Poste Mobile on July 4 and paralyzed administrative and management services.  The company pointed out that threat actors may have accessed data of its customers, […]