Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2020
Microsoft warns of Human-Operated Ransomware as a growing threat to businesses

Microsoft is warning of human-operated ransomware, this kind of attack against businesses is becoming popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. Human-operated ransomware is a technique usually employed in nation-state attacks that is becoming very popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. In human-operated ransomware attack scenario, attackers use stolen credentials, exploit misconfiguration and vulnerabilities to access target networks, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2020
Former CIA employee Joshua Schulte was convicted of only minor charges

Joshua Schulte, the former CIA employee accused of leaking secret agency’s hacking tools to WikiLeaks was convicted of only minor charges Joshua Schulte, the former CIA software engineer that was accused of stealing the agency’s hacking tools and leaking them to WikiLeaks, was convicted of only minor charges. On November 2018, Joshua Adam Schulte was charged with 13 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2020
Revista Factum suffered week-long cyber attacks for denouncing corruption by the president of El Salvador

Revista Factum was under prolonged cyber attacks for denouncing corruption, the government of El Salvador had banned it. The government of El Salvador had banned Factum Magazine from attending its press conferences and was subjecting them to a smear campaign The alleged perpetrator of the attacks has been identified as a computer engineer acting, from […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2020
The City of Durham shut down its network after Ryuk Ransomware attack

The City of Durham, North Carolina, was the last victim in order of time of the infamous Ryuk ransomware that infected its systems. The City of Durham, North Carolina was forced to shut down its network after its systems have been infected with the Ryuk Ransomware during the weekend. According to the local media, the City […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2020
Netgear fixes a critical RCE that could allow to takeover Flagship Nighthawk routers

Netgear is warning users of a critical remote code execution flaw that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of its wireless routers. Netgear has addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability that could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to take over AC Router Nighthawk (R7800) hardware running firmware versions prior to 1.0.2.68. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2020
New Coronavirus-themed malspam campaign delivers FormBook Malware

Experts uncovered a new Coronavirus (COVID-19)-themed campaign that is distributing a malware downloader that delivers the FormBook information-stealing Trojan. Experts at MalwareHunterTeam uncovered a new malspam campaign exploiting the fear in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) to deliver malware. The campaign uses emails that pretend being sent by members of the World Health Organization (WHO), the messages […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2020
Travel leisure company Carnival Corporation discloses data breach

The world’s largest travel leisure company Carnival Corporation discloses a data breach that took place last year and which exposed the personal information of its customers. Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest travel leisure company, discloses a data breach that took place in 2019. The company is informing customers of the incident, a third-party gained unauthorized access […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2020
Expert publicly discloses Zoho ManageEngine zero-day on Twitter

A security researcher has disclosed details and PoC code for a zero-day vulnerability in the Zoho ManageEngine product via Twitter. A security expert has disclosed details about a zero-day vulnerability in a Zoho enterprise product via Twitter, a circumstance that could cause serious problems to customers of the company. The flaw affects Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2020
TrickBot targets Italy using fake WHO Coronavirus emails as bait

Crooks continue to exploit the attention on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, TrickBot operators target Italian users. A new spam campaign is targeting users in Italy by exploiting the interest on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the attempt of delivering the TrickBot information-stealing malware. Crooks are attempting to exploit the fear of users of becoming infected with the Coronavirus, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2020
Most of Linux distros affected by a critical RCE in PPP Daemon flaw

A critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting the PPP Daemon exposes most Linux systems to cyber attacks. A 17-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting the PPP Daemon software exposes most Linux systems to hack. The US-CERT issued a security advisory warning users of the RCE in the PPP daemon (pppd) software that is part of almost […]