Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2021
T-Mobile suffered a new data breach

T-Mobile discloses a new data breach that impacted a “very small number of customers” who were victim of SIM swap attacks. T-Mobile has suffered another security breach, threat actors gained access to the accounts of “a small number of” customers.’ According to The T-Mo Report, which viewed T-Mobile internal documents, there was “unauthorized activity” on […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2021
Apache Log4j 2.17.1 fixes new remote code execution flaw (CVE-2021-44832)

The Apache Software Foundation released Log4j 2.17.1 version to address recently discovered arbitrary code execution flaw tracked as CVE-2021-44832. The Apache Software Foundation released Log4j 2.17.1 version to address a recently discovered arbitrary code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-44832, affecting Log4j 2.17.0. CVE-2021-44832 is the fifth vulnerability discovered in the popular library in the last […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2021
A cyber attack against Norwegian Media firm Amedia blocked newspaper publishing

A cyber attack hit Norwegian media company Amedia on Tuesday and forced it to shut down multiple systems. Amedia, one of the largest media companies in Norway, was hit by a “serious” cyber attack and was forced to shut down its computer systems. The company is whole or partial owner of 50 local and regional newspaper with online […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2021
China-linked BlackTech APT uses new Flagpro malware in recent attacks

China-linked BlackTech cyberespionage group was targeting Japanese companies using new malware tracked as ‘Flagpro’. Researchers from NTT Security reported that China-linked BlackTech cyberespionage group targeted Japanese companies using new malware tracked as ‘Flagpro’. Attacks using Flagpro targeted multiple companies in Defense, Media, and Communications industries several times.  According to a report by NTT Security, Flagpro has […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2021
LastPass investigated recent reports of blocked login attempts

Password manager app LastPass confirmed that threat actors have launched a credential stuffing attack against its users. While LastPass says that it is not aware that some of its accounts were compromised in the recent credential stuffing attacks that started on Monday, numerous LastPass users claim that their master passwords have been compromised after receiving […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2021
Threat actors are abusing MSBuild to implant Cobalt Strike Beacons

Experts warn of malicious campaigns abusing Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) to execute a Cobalt Strike payload on compromised systems. Security expert from Morphus Labs recently observed several malicious campaigns abusing Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) to execute a Cobalt Strike payload on compromised machines. MSBuild is a free and open-source build toolset for managed code as well […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2021
Shutterfly hit by a Conti ransomware attack

Shutterfly, an online platform for photography and personalized products, has been affected by a ransomware attack. Shutterfly, is American photography, photography products, and image sharing company that owns multiple brands such as BorrowLenses, GrooveBook, Lifetouch, Shutterfly, Snapfish, Spoonflower, and Tiny Prints. The service allows users to create personalized photo gifts such as smartphone cases, photo books, wall art, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2021
DoubleFeature, post-exploitation dashboard used by Equation Group APT

Researchers analyzed the DoubleFeature logging tool of DanderSpritz Framework that was used by the Equation Group APT group. Check Point researchers have published a detailed analysis of the DoubleFeature tool used to log post-exploitation activities in attacks conducted by the Equation Group and involving the DanderSpritz malware framework. DanderSpritz made the headlines on April 14, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2021
Logistics giant D.W. Morgan exposed 100 GB worth of clients’ data, including Fortune 500 Clients

The Website Planet security team discovered a data breach suffered by the multinational logistics giant D.W. Morgan. The Website Planet security team discovered an Amazon S3 bucket owned by logistics giant D.W. Morgan that was left unsecured online. The S3 bucket contained more than 100 GB of sensitive data relating to shipments and the company’s clients, including some Fortune 500 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2021
A new wave of ech0raix ransomware attacks targets QNAP NAS devices

A new wave of ech0raix ransomware attacks is targeting QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices. The threat actors behind the ech0raix ransomware are targeting NAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Users reported numerous compromises of their devices a few days before Christmas. According to BleepingComputer, forum users reported an intensification of the attacks since December 20, the […]