Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2022
Black Basta ransomware now supports encrypting VMware ESXi servers

Black Basta ransomware gang implemented a new feature to encrypt VMware ESXi virtual machines (VMs) running on Linux servers. The Black Basta ransomware gang now supports encryption of VMware ESXi virtual machines (VMs) running on Linux servers. Researchers from Uptycs first reported the discovery of the new Black Basta ransomware variant that supports encryption of […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2022
Evil Corp gang starts using LockBit Ransomware to evade sanctions

Mandiant researchers associate multiple LockBit ransomware attacks with the notorious Evil Corp Cybercrime Group. Mandiant researchers have investigated multiple LOCKBIT ransomware attacks that have been attributed to the financially motivated threat actor UNC2165. The researchers also noticed that the group shares numerous overlaps with the cybercrime gang Evil Corp. The UNC2165 group has been active since at […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2022
Black Basta ransomware operators leverage QBot for lateral movements

The QBot malware operation has partnered with Black Basta ransomware group to target organizations worldwide. Researchers from NCC Group spotted a new partnership in the threat landscape between the Black Basta ransomware group and the QBot malware operation. Black Basta has been active since April 2022, like other ransomware operations, it implements a double-extortion attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2022
Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have hacked cybersecurity giant Mandiant

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the cybersecurity firm Mandiant, which is investigating the alleged security breach. Today the LockBit ransomware gang has added the cybersecurity firm Mandiant to the list of victims published on its darkweb leak site. Mandiant is investigating the claims of the ransomware gang, the cybercrime group declared to have […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2022
Red TIM Research discovers a Command Injection with a 9,8 score on Resi

During the bug hunting activity, Red Team Research (RTR) detected 2 zero-day bugs on GEMINI-NET, a RESI Informatica solution. It’s been detected an OS Command Injection, which has been identified from NIST as a Critical one, its score is 9,8.  This vulnerability comes from a failure to check the parameters sent as inputs into the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2022
Exclusive: Pro-Russia group ‘Cyber Spetsnaz’ is attacking government agencies

Resecurity, Inc. (USA) has identified an increase in activity within hacktivist groups conducted by a new group called “Cyber Spetsnaz”. Resecurity, Inc. (USA) has identified an increase in activity within hacktivist groups, they’re leveraging current geopolitical tensions between the Ukraine and Russia to perform cyber-attacks. Following the attacks of the Killnet Collective, the group responsible […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2022
PoC exploits for Atlassian CVE-2022-26134 RCE flaw released online

Proof-of-concept exploits for the critical CVE-2022-26134 vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence and Data Center servers are available online. Proof-of-concept exploits for the critical CVE-2022-26134 flaw, affecting Atlassian Confluence and Data Center servers, have been released. Bleeping Computer reported that starting from Friday afternoon, a proof-of-concept exploit for this issue was publicly shared. Researchers from cybersecurity firm […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2022
Hackers stole over $250,000 in Ethereum from Bored Ape Yacht Club

Hackers have stolen over $250,000 in Ethereum from Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), this is the third security breach it suffered this year. Threat actors compromised Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) for the third time this year, they have stolen and sold NFTs, making away with 142 ETH, equivalent to over $250,000. The hacker conducted […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2022
Atlassian rolled out fixes for Confluence zero-day actively exploited in the wild

Atlassian has addressed on Friday an actively exploited critical remote code execution flaw (CVE-2022-26134) in Confluence Server and Data Center products. Early this week, Atlassian warned of a critical unpatched remote code execution vulnerability affecting all Confluence Server and Data Center supported versions, tracked as CVE-2022-26134, that is being actively exploited in attacks in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2022
Anonymous: Operation Russia after 100 days of war

Operation Russia continues, albeit much more slowly than last month, RKPLaw, Vyberi Radio, and Metprom Group are the last victims. The #OpRussia launched by Anonymous on Russia after the criminal invasion of Ukraine continues, albeit much more slowly than last month. The collective recently leaked stolen data via DDoSecrets. This is my update on the […]