Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2020
SourMint SDK used by 1200 iOS apps shows malicious behavior

Experts at security firm Snyk discovered a malicious behavior in an advertising SDK that is used in more than 1,200 iOS apps available in the Apple App Store. Experts at security firm Snyk discovered a malicious behavior in the advertising SDK SourMint developed by Mintegral, a China-based mobile advertising platform provider. The Mintegral SDK is […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2020
Canadian delivery company Canpar Express suffered a ransomware attack

A ransomware attack hit TFI International’s four Canadian courier divisions last week, Canpar Express, ICS Courier, Loomis Express and TForce Integrated Solutions. A couple of days after the transportation and logistics TFI International company raised millions of dollars in a share offering, the news of a ransomware attack against its four Canadian courier divisions (Canpar Express, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2020
Cybercriminal greeners from Iran attack companies worldwide for financial gain

Group-IB has detected financially motivated attacks carried out in June by newbie threat actors from Iran. The attackers used Dharma ransomware and a mix of publicly available tools to target companies in Russia, Japan, China, and India. All the affected organizations had hosts with Internet-facing RDP and weak credentials. The hackers typically demanded a ransom between 1-5 […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2020
Grandoreiro campaign impersonates Spanish Agencia Tributaria

Operators of Grandoreiro Latin American banking trojan have launched a new campaign using emails posing as the Agencia Tributaria in order to infect new victims. Operators behind the Grandoreiro banking trojan, which is popular in Latin America, have been using emails posing as the Agencia Tributaria to trick victims into installing the malware. The campaign began […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2020
Transparent Tribe APT hit 1000+ victims in 27 countries in the last 12 months

The Transparent Tribe cyber-espionage group continues to improve its arsenal while targets Military and Government entities. The Transparent Tribe APT group is carrying out an ongoing cyberespionage campaign aimed at military and diplomatic targets worldwide. The group upgraded its Crimson RAT by adding a management console and implementing a USB worming capability that allows it […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2020
A Google Drive weakness could allow attackers to serve malware

A bug in Google Drive could be exploited by threat actors to distribute malicious files disguised as legitimate documents or images. An unpatched weakness in Google Drive could be exploited by threat actors to distribute weaponized files disguised as legitimate documents or images. enabling bad actors to perform spear-phishing attacks comparatively with a high success […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 278

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Ritz hotel diners were victims of a sophisticated scam Sodinokibi ransomware gang stole 1TB of data from Brown-Forman Texas man sentenced to 57 months for the hacking of a major […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2020
ATM vendors Diebold and NCR fixed deposit forgery bugs

The ATM manufacturer giants, Diebold Nixdorf and NCR, have released software updates to fix a flaw that could have been exploited for ‘deposit forgery’ attacks The ATM manufacturers Diebold Nixdorf and NCR have addressed a bug that could have been exploited for ‘deposit forgery’ attacks The flaws that could have allowed crooks to modify the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2020
Thousands of WordPress WooCommerce stores potentially exposed to hack

Hackers are attempting to exploit multiple vulnerabilities in the Discount Rules for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, which has 30,000+ installations. Researchers from security firm WebArx reported that Hackers are actively attempting to exploit numerous flaws in the Discount Rules for WooCommerce WordPress plugin. The list of vulnerabilities includes SQL injection, authorization flaws, and unauthenticated stored cross-site scripting (XSS) security vulnerabilities. Discount […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2020
Popular Freepik site discloses data breach impacting 8.3M users

Freepik, one of the most popular online graphic resources sites online has disclosed a security breach that impacted 8.3 Million users. Freepik, the popular website that provides high-quality free photos and design graphics, has disclosed a major security breach that impacted 8.3 Million users. Freepik says that hackers were able to steal emails and password hashes for […]