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Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2023
Ukraine CERT-UA warns of phishing attacks employing Remcos software

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns of a new wave of attacks against state authorities to deploy the Remcos software. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of a phishing campaign aimed at state authorities that involves the use of the legitimate remote access software Remcos. The phishing emails, […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2023
US CISA releases a script to recover servers infected with ESXiArgs ransomware

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a script to recover VMware ESXi servers infected with ESXiArgs ransomware. Good news for the victims of the recent wave of ESXiArgs ransomware attacks, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a script to allow them to recover encrypted VMware ESXi servers. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2023
New Linux variant of Clop Ransomware uses a flawed encryption algorithm

A new Linux variant of the Clop ransomware has been observed in the wild, the good news is that its encryption algorithm is flawed. SentinelLabs researchers have observed the first Linux variant of the Clop ransomware. The researchers noticed that the encryption algorithm implemented in the ELF executable is flawed and can allow victims to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2023
VMware has no evidence of zero-day exploitation in ESXiArgs ransomware attacks

VMware said there is no evidence that threat actors are exploiting a zero-day flaw in its software as part of an ongoing ESXiArgs ransomware campaign. VMware said that it found no evidence that the threat actors behind the ongoing ESXiArgs ransomware attacks are leveraging a zero-day vulnerability in VMware ESXi servers. “VMware has not found evidence […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2023
OpenSSH addressed a new pre-auth double free vulnerability

The maintainers of OpenSSH address multiple security issues, including a memory safety bug in the OpenSSH server (sshd). The maintainers of OpenSSH have addressed a number of security vulnerabilities with the release of version 9.2. One of the issues addressed by the maintainers is a memory safety bug in the OpenSSH server (sshd) tracked as […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2023
Anonymous leaked 128GB of data stolen from Russian ISP Convex revealing FSB’s warrantless surveillance

The popular collective Anonymous has leaked 128 GB of data allegedly stolen from the Russian Internet Service Provider Convex. The collective Anonymous released last week 128 gigabytes of documents that were allegedly stolen from the Russian Internet Service Provider Convex. The huge trove of data was leased by an affiliate of Anonymous’s affiliate group called […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2023
Italy, France and Singapore Warn of a Spike in ESXI Ransomware

ESXi ransomware targeted thousands of VMware servers in a global-scale campaign, security experts and international CERTs warn. Thousands of computer servers have been targeted by a global ransomware hacking attack targeting VMware (VMW.N) ESXi servers. ESXi is VMware’s hypervisor, a technology that allows organizations to host several virtualized computers running multiple operating systems on a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2023
Royal Ransomware adds support for encrypting Linux, VMware ESXi systems

Royal Ransomware operators added support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. The Royal Ransomware gang is the latest extortion group in order of time to add support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. Other ransomware operators already support Linux encrypting, including AvosLocker, Black Basta, BlackMatter, HelloKitty, Hive, […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2023
Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) warns of massive ransomware campaign targeting VMware ESXi servers

The Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) warns of an ongoing massive ransomware campaign targeting VMware ESXi servers. The Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) warns of an ongoing massive ransomware campaign targeting VMware ESXi servers worldwide, including Italian systems. The attackers are attempting to exploit the CVE-2021–21974 vulnerability. According to the ACN, most of the attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2023
Microsoft attributes Charlie Hebdo data leak to Iran-linked NEPTUNIUM APT

Microsoft attributes a recent cyber attack against the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo to an Iran-linked NEPTUNIUM APT group.  Microsoft’s Digital Threat Analysis Center (DTAC) attributes a recent cyberattacks against the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo to an Iran-linked threat actor tracked as NEPTUNIUM (aka Emennet Pasargad, Holy Souls). The attack is a retaliation for […]