Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2023
Cyber criminals are targeting law firms with GootLoader and FakeUpdates (aka SocGholish) malware families. Researchers from eSentire have foiled 10 cyberattacks targeting six different law firms throughout January and February of 2023. The firms were targeted as part of two distinct campaigns aimed at distributing GootLoader and FakeUpdates (aka SocGholish) malware. “The attacks emanated from two separate threat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2023
The Canadian government announced it will ban the video app TikTok from all government-issued devices over security concerns. Canada is going to ban the popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok from the mobile devices of its employees over security concerns. The app will be removed from government devices this week. The app “presents an unacceptable level […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2023
ESET discovered a stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit dubbed BlackLotus that is able to bypass the Secure Boot on Windows 11. Researchers from ESET discovered a new stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit, named BlackLotus, that is able to bypass Secure Boot on Windows 11. Secure Boot is a security feature of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2023
Satellite TV giant Dish Network has confirmed that the recent outage was caused by a ransomware attack, it also disclosed a data breach. Satellite TV giant Dish Network finally admitted that the recent outage was caused by a ransomware attack. The American satellite broadcast provider went offline on February 24, 2023, the outage impacted Dish.com, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2023
Experts warn of a new wave of attacks against cryptocurrency entities, threat actors are using a RAT dubbed Parallax RAT for Infiltration. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Uptycs warns of attacks targeting cryptocurrency organizations with the Parallax remote access Trojan (RAT). Parallax RAT has been distributed through malvertising and phishing campaigns since December 2019. The malware supports […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2023
Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) is now available for Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers. Google announced that Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) is now available for all Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers. In December, Google announced end-to-end encryption for Gmail (E2EE), with Gmail client-side encryption beta users can […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2023
Antivirus company Bitdefender has released a free decryptor for the recently discovered ransomware family MortalKombat. Good news for the victims of the recently discovered MortalKombat ransomware, the antivirus firm Bitdefender has released a free decryptor that will allow them to recover their file without paying the ransom. Since December 2022, Cisco Talos researchers have been observing an unidentified financially […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2023
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) was the victim of a ransomware attack, it is investigating the theft of sensitive information. The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) announced that a ransomware attack has impacted “a stand-alone USMS system.” The US bureau is investigating the theft of sensitive information following the security breach. The infection occurred on February […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2023
US CISA added an actively exploited vulnerability in the ZK Java Web Framework to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-36537 (CVSS score: 7.5), in the ZK Java Web open-source framework to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. An attacker can exploit the flaw to retrieve […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2023
Resecurity identified one of the largest investment fraud networks, tracked as Digital Smoke, by size and volume of operations. Resecurity identified one of the largest investment fraud networks by size and volume of operations created to defraud Internet users from Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, the European Union, India, Singapore, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, […]
