Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2019
A wave of cyber attacks hit 2,000 websites in Georgia, including the sites of the president, courts, and local media. A mysterious wave of cyber attacks hit some 2,000 websites in Georgia, including the websites of the president, courts, and media. The news was confirmed by a spokeswoman for the President Salome Zurabishvili’s that told […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2019
Italian bank UniCredit announced today that around three million of its customers in Italy have been affected by a data breach in 2015. The Italian bank UniCredit announced today that around three million of its Italian clients have been affected by a data breach that took place in 2015, The UniCredit cybersecurity team has determined […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2019
Security expert Marco Ramilli published a quick analysis of an interesting attack carried out by SWEED threat actor targeting precision engineering firms in Italy. Introduction Today Iâd like to share a quick analysis of an interesting attack targeting precision engineering companies based in Italy. Precision engineering is a very important business market in Europe, it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2019
A new information stealer, dubbed Raccoon, made the headlines infecting hundreds of millions of victims worldwide. Security experts at Cybereason have spotted a new information stealer, dubbed Raccoon, that is infecting hundreds of millions of victims worldwide. The malware was designed to steal victimsâ credit card data, email credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 27, 2019
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Fake UpdraftPlus WordPress Plugins used to backdoor sites TA505 cybercrime […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 27, 2019
NCSC Report: U.K. has neutralized more than 600 cyber attacks this year, most of them launched by threat actors from overseas The National Cyber Security Centre announced that the U.K. has neutralized more than 600 cyber attacks this year, most of them launched by threat actors from overseas. Hackers from overseas, many of which are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 26, 2019
asty PHP7 remote code execution bug exploited in the wild Experts warn of a remote code execution vulnerability in PHP7, tracked as CVE-2019-11043, has been exploited in attacks in the wild. A remote code execution vulnerability in PHP7, tracked as CVE-2019-11043, has been exploited in attacks in the wild. On October 22, the security expert […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 26, 2019
A new MageCart attack made the headlines, this time hackers planted a software skimmer in the Procter & Gamble’s site First Aid Beauty website. According to Willem de Groot, a researcher at Sanguine Security, threat actors planted a MageCart software skimmer on Procter & Gamble’s site First Aid Beauty on May 5, and the malicious […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2019
A new ransomware attack made the headlines, this time the victim is the City of Johannesburg municipality. A ransomware attack infected systems at the City of Johannesburg municipality shutting down the website, the e-services platform, and the billing system (SAP ISU and CRM). “The City of Johannesburg reported a breach of its network on Thursday night […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2019
Experts have uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign targeting the United Nations and NGOs, including UNICEF and UN World Food. Security firm Lookout uncovered an ongoing spear-phishing campaign aimed at NGOs, including human rights organizations such as the Red Cross, UNICEF, the UN World Food and the UN Development programs. The analysis of the server infrastructure […]
