Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2022
Pro-Ukraine attackers compromise Docker images to launch DDoS attacks on Russian sites

Pro-Ukraine hackers are using Docker images to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a dozen Russian and Belarusian websites. Pro-Ukraine hackers, likely linked to Ukraine IT Army, are using Docker images to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a dozen websites belonging to government, military, and media. The DDoS attacks also targeted three Lithuanian media websites. The attacks were monitored by […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2022
Experts linked multiple ransomware strains North Korea-backed APT38 group

Researchers from Trellix linked multiple ransomware strains to the North Korea-backed APT38 group. The ransomware was employed in attacks on financial institutions, experts estimated that APT38 (Unit 180 of North Korea’s cyber-army Bureau 121) has stolen at hundreds of million dollars from banks worldwide. APT38 appears to be a North Korea-linked group separate from the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2022
China-linked APT Curious Gorge targeted Russian govt agencies

China-linked Curious Gorge APT is targeting Russian government agencies, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that an APT group linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA SSF), tracked as Curious Gorge, is targeting Russian government agencies. The Google TAG team published a report focused on cybersecurity […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2022
A DNS flaw impacts a library used by millions of IoT devices

A vulnerability in the domain name system (DNS) component of the uClibc library impacts millions of IoT products. Nozomi Networks warns of a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-05-02, in the domain name system (DNS) component of the uClibc library which is used by a large number of IoT products. The flaw also affects DNS implementation of all versions of the uClibc-ng […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2022
China-linked Moshen Dragon abuses security software to sideload malware

A China-linked APT group, tracked as Moshen Dragon, is exploiting antivirus products to target the telecom sector in Asia. A China-linked APT group, tracked as Moshen Dragon, has been observed targeting the telecommunication sector in Central Asia with ShadowPad and PlugX malware, SentinelOne warns. Both PlugX and ShadowPad malware are very common among China-linked cyberespionage […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2022
The mystery behind the samples of the new REvil ransomware operation

The REvil ransomware gang has resumed its operations, experts found a new encryptor and a new attack infrastructure. The REvil ransomware operation shut down in October 2021, in January the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced to have shut down the REvil ransomware gang, the group that is behind a long string of attacks against large organizations, such as Kaseya and JBS […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2022
Group-IB CEO remains in prison

The latest executive order from the Italian ACN agency recommends government agencies to replace Group IB solutions with alternatives as a diversification measure. The latest executive order from the Italian ACN agency advised to replace solutions from Group-IB, a Russian-led cybersecurity firm, on alternatives in the government sector, including 2 other companies – Kaspersky Labs […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2022
Russia-linked APT29 targets diplomatic and government organizations

Russia-linked APT29 (Cozy Bear or Nobelium) launched a spear-phishing campaign targeting diplomats and government entities. In mid-January 2022, security researchers from Mandiant have spotted a spear-phishing campaign, launched by the Russia-linked APT29 group, on targeting diplomats and government entities. The Russia-linked APT29 group (aka SVR, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes) has been active since at least 2014, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2022
Synology and QNAP warn of critical Netatalk flaws in some of their products

Synology warns customers that some of its NAS devices are affected by multiple critical Netatalk vulnerabilities. Synology has warned customers that multiple critical Netatalk vulnerabilities affect some of its network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Netatalk is a free, open-source implementation of the Apple Filing Protocol that allows Unix-like operating systems to serve as a file server for macOS computers. QNAP NAS devices support the AFP protocol to […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2022
Apr 24 – Apr 30 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Below is the timeline of the events related to the ongoing invasion that occurred in the previous weeks: April 30 – Pro-Russian group Killnet launched DDoS attacks on Romanian govt sites A series of DDoS […]