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Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2022
Anomaly Six, a US surveillance firm that tracks roughly 3 billion devices in real-time

An interesting article published by The Intercept reveals the secretive business of a US surveillance firm named Anomaly Six. When we speak about the secretive business of surveillance businesses we often refer to the powerful tools developed by Israeli firms like NSO Group and Candiru, but many other firms operates in the shadow like the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2022
Iran announced to have foiled massive cyberattacks on public services

State television announced that Iran has foiled massive cyberattacks that targeted public services operated by both government and private organizations. According to the Iran state television, the attack attempts took place in recent days and aimed at the infrastructure of more than 100 public sector agencies. The report did not name entities that were targeted […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2022
BlackCat Ransomware gang breached over 60 orgs worldwide

At least 60 entities worldwide have been breached by BlackCat ransomware, warns a flash report published by the U.S. FBI. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a flash report that states that at least 60 entities worldwide have been breached by BlackCat ransomware (aka ALPHV and Noberus) since it started its operations in November. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2022
Experts warn of a surge in zero-day flaws observed and exploited in 2021

The number of zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in cyberattacks in the wild exploded in the last years, security firm report. Google and Mandiant have published two reports that highlight a surge in the discovery of zero-day flaws exploited by threat actors in attacks in the wild. Google’s Project Zero researchers reported that 58 zero-day were discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2022
Atlassian addresses a critical Jira authentication bypass flaw

Atlassian fixed a critical flaw in its Jira software, tracked as CVE-2022-0540, that could be exploited to bypass authentication. Atlassian has addressed a critical vulnerability in its Jira Seraph software, tracked as CVE-2022-0540 (CVSS score 9.9), that can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication. A threat actor could trigger the vulnerability by […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2022
Since declaring cyber war on Russia Anonymous leaked 5.8 TB of Russian data

OpRussia continues unabated, since declaring ‘cyber war’ on Russia Anonymous has now published approximately 5.8 TB of Russian data. The #OpRussia launched by Anonymous on Russia after the criminal invasion of Ukraine continues to collect successes, the collective claims to have published approximately 5.8 TB of Russian data via DDoSecrets. The collective vows to release […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2022
Apr 17 – Apr 23 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Below is the timeline of the events related to the ongoing invasion that occurred in the previous weeks: April 23 – Phishing attacks using the topic “Azovstal” targets Ukrainian entities Ukrainian CERT-UA warns of phishing […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 362 by Pierluigi Paganini

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. T-Mobile confirms Lapsus$ had access its systems Are you using Java 15/16/17 or 18 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2022
Phishing attacks using the topic “Azovstal” targets entities in Ukraine

Ukraine CERT-UA warns of phishing attacks on state organizations of Ukraine using the topic “Azovstal” and Cobalt Strike Beacon. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns of phishing attacks aimed at organizations in the country using the topic “Azovstal”. The phishing message use the subject “Azovstal” and a weaponized office document. Upon opening […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2022
Conti ransomware claims responsibility for the attack on Costa Rica

Conti ransomware gang claimed responsibility for a ransomware attack that hit the government infrastructure of Costa Rica. Last week a ransomware attack has crippled the government infrastructure of Costa Rica causing chaos. The Conti ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack, while the Costa Rican government refused to pay a ransom. “The Costa Rican state […]