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Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2022
North Korea-linked APT targets Job Seekers with macOS malware

The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been observed targeting job seekers with macOS malware working also on Intel and M1 chipsets. ESET researchers continue to monitor a cyberespionage campaign, tracked as “Operation In(ter)ception,” that has been active at least since June 2020. The campaign targets employees working in the aerospace and military sectors and leverages […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2022
ÆPIC Leak is the first CPU flaw able to architecturally disclose sensitive data

Researchers uncovered a new flaw, dubbed ÆPIC, in Intel CPUs that enables attackers to obtain encryption keys and other secret information from the processors. The ÆPIC Leak (CVE-2022-21233) is the first architecturally CPU bug that could lead to the disclosure of sensitive data and impacts most 10th, 11th and 12th generation Intel CPUs. ÆPIC Leak works on […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2022
Zoom fixed two flaws in macOS App that were disclosed at DEF CONïżŒ

Zoom addressed two high-severity vulnerabilities in its macOS app that were disclosed at the DEF CON conference. Zoom last week released macOS updates to fix two high-severity flaws in its macOS app that were disclosed at the DEF CON conference. Technical details of the vulnerabilities were disclosed at the DEF CON conference by security researcher […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2022
Clop gang targeted UK drinking water supplier South Staffordshire Water

A cyber attack disrupted the IT operations of South Staffordshire Water, a company supplying drinking water to 1.6M consumers daily. South Staffordshire Water has issued a statement confirming the security breach, the company pointed out that the attack did not impact the safety and water distribution systems. South Staffordshire Water plc known as South Staffs […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2022
Russia-linked Gamaredon APT continues to target Ukraine

Russia-linked Gamaredon APT group targets Ukrainian entities with PowerShell info-stealer malware dubbed GammaLoad. Russia-linked Gamaredon APT group (aka Shuckworm, Actinium, Armageddon, Primitive Bear, and Trident Ursa) targets Ukrainian entities with PowerShell info-stealer malware dubbed GammaLoad, Symantec warns. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) confirmed the ongoing cyber espionage campaign. Symantec and TrendMicro first discovered the Gamaredon […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2022
Phone numbers of 1,900 Signal users exposed as a result of Twilio security breach

For about 1,900 users, Twilio hackers could have attempted to re-register their number to another device or learned that their number was registered to Signal. Communication company Twilio provides Signal with phone number verification services, and recent security breach it has suffered had also impacted some users of the popular instant-messaging app. Twilio hackers could […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2022
Microsoft disrupts SEABORGIUM ’s ongoing phishing operations

Microsoft disrupted a hacking operation linked conducted by Russia-linked APT SEABORGIUM aimed at NATO countries. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has disrupted activity by SEABORGIUM (aka ColdRiver, TA446), a Russia-linked threat actor that is behind a persistent hacking campaign targeting people and organizations in NATO countries. SEABORGIUM has been active since at least 2017, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2022
VNC instances exposed to Internet pose critical infrastructures at risk

Researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble reported a surge in attacks targeting virtual network computing (VNC). Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop-sharing system that leverages the Remote Frame Buffer (RFB) protocol to control another machine remotely. It transmits the keyboard and mouse input from one computer to another, relaying the graphical-screen updates, over a […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2022
SOVA Android malware now also encrypts victims’ files

Security researchers from Cleafy reported that the SOVA Android banking malware is back and is rapidly evolving. The SOVA Android banking trojan was improved, it has a new ransomware feature that encrypts files on Android devices, Cleafy researchers report. The malware has been active since 2021 and evolves over time. The latest version of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2022
Iron Tiger APT is behind a supply chain attack that employed messaging app MiMi

China-linked threat actors Iron Tiger backdoored a version of the cross-platform messaging app MiMi to infect systems. Trend Micro researchers uncovered a new campaign conducted by a China-linked threat actor Iron Tiger that employed a  backdoored version of the cross-platform messaging app MiMi Chat App to infect Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. The Iron Tiger APT (aka Panda Emissary, […]