Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2022
Chinese LuoYu Hackers Using Man-on-the-Side Attacks to Deploy WinDealer Backdoor An “extremely sophisticated” China-linked APT tracked as LuoYu was delivering malware called WinDealer via man-on-the-side attacks. Researchers from Kaspersky have uncovered an “extremely sophisticated” China-linked APT group, tracked as LuoYu, that has been observed using a malicious Windows tool called WinDealer. LuoYu has been active since at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2022
Atlassian warned of an actively exploited critical unpatched remote code execution flaw (CVE-2022-26134) in Confluence Server and Data Center products. Atlassian is warning 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 wild. “Atlassian has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2022
Microsoft blocked an attack activity aimed at Israeli organizations attributed to a previously unknown Lebanon-based hacking group tracked as POLONIUM. Microsoft announced to have blocked a series of attacks targeting Israeli organizations that have been conducted by a previously unknown Lebanon-based hacking group tracked as POLONIUM. POLONIUM has targeted or compromised more than 20 Israeli […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 02, 2022
LockBit ransomware gang claimed responsibility for an attack against the electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn that impacted production in Mexico The electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn confirmed that its production plant in Tijuana (Mexico) has been impacted by a ransomware attack in late May. The LockBit ransomware gang claimed responsibility for an attack and announced that it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 02, 2022
An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries resulted in the takedown of the FluBot Android malware. An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries led to the takedown of the infamous FluBot Android malware. The investigation involved law enforcement authorities of Australia, Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 02, 2022
A remote code execution vulnerability in the open-source Horde Webmail client can allow to take over servers by sending a specially crafted email. Researchers from SonarSource discovered a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2022-30287) in the open-source Horde Webmail client. Horde Webmail allows users to manage contacts, the flaw could be exploited by an authenticated user […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 01, 2022
Researchers uncovered 3.6M accessible MySQL servers worldwide that represent a potential attack surface for their owners. Researchers from Shadow Server scanned the internet for publicly accessible MySQL server instances on port 3306/TCP and uncovered 3.6M installs worldwide responding to their queries. These publicly accessible MySQL server instances represent a potential attack surface for their owners. “These are instances that respond to our […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 01, 2022
A China-linked APT group is actively exploiting the recently disclosed Follina zero-day flaw in Microsoft Office in attacks in the wild. China-linked APT group TA413 has been observed exploiting the recently disclosed Follina zero-day flaw (tracked as CVE-2022-30190 and rated CVSS score 7.8) in Microsoft Office in attacks in the wild. This week, the cybersecurity researcher nao_sec discovered a malicious Word […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 31, 2022
Microsoft released workarounds for a recently discovered zero-day vulnerability, dubbed Follina, in the Microsoft Office productivity suite. Microsoft has released workarounds for a recently discovered zero-day vulnerability, dubbed Follina and tracked as CVE-2022-30190 (CVSS score 7.8), in the Microsoft Office productivity suite. “On Monday May 30, 2022, Microsoft issued CVE-2022-30190 regarding the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) in Windows […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 31, 2022
Cyber Research Labs reported a rise in ransomware attacks in the second quarter of 2022, small states are more exposed to these attacks. Cyber Research Labs observed a rise in ransomware attacks in the second quarter of 2022, some of them with a severe impact on the victims, such as the attack that hit the […]
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