Pierluigi Paganini
January 16, 2022
Threat actors hacked the hot wallet of the NFT platform Lympo and managed to steal 165.2 Million LMT (worth $18.7 million). NFT and DeFi platforms are privileged targets for cybercriminals, and the NFT platform Lympo was the last platform in order of time to suffer a security breach. Lympo is building a sports NFTs ecosystem […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2022
One of the biggest underground carding marketplaces, UniCC, announced itâs shutting down its operations. UniCC, one of the biggest underground carding marketplaces announced it is shutting down. The site was launched in 2013 and according to the Elliptic Threat Intel about $358 million (across Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether and Dash) in purchases were made through the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2022
A senior Biden administration official said that the one of the Russian hacker arrested by FSB was behind the Colonial Pipeline attack. Yesterday, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced to have dismantled the REvil ransomware operation and arrested 14 alleged members of the gang. The group that is behind a long string of attacks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2022
Threat actors defaced multiple Ukrainian government websites after talks between Ukrainian, US, and Russian officials hit a dead this week. Threat actors have defaced multiple websites of the Ukrainian government on the night between January 13 and January 14. The attacks were launched after talks between Ukrainian, US, and Russian officials hit a dead end on Thursday. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2022
German multinational defense contractor Hensoldt confirmed to that some of its systems were infected by Lorenz ransomware. Hensoldt, a multinational defense contractor, confirmed that some of its UK subsidiary’s systems were infected with Lorenz ransomware. This week a Hensholdt spokesperson confirmed the security breach to BleepingComputer explaining that a small number of mobile devices in its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2022
Russia’s FSB announced to have dismantled the REvil ransomware gang, the infamous group behind Kaseya and JBS USA. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced to have shut down the REvil ransomware gang, the group that is behind a long string of attacks against large organizations, such as Kaseya and JBS USA. The FSB claims to have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2022
The North Korea-linked APT group BlueNoroff has been spotted targeting cryptocurrency startups with fake MetaMask browser extensions. The North Korea-linked APT group BlueNoroff has been spotted targeting cryptocurrency startups with fake MetaMask browser extensions. The nation-state actor is considered a group that operates under the control of the notorious North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2022
Ukrainian police arrested members of a ransomware gang that targeted at least 50 companies in the U.S. and Europe. Ukrainian police arrested members of a ransomware affiliate group that is responsible for attacking at least 50 companies in the U.S. and Europe. The operation was conducted by the SBU Cyber ââDepartment together with the Cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2022
A weakness in the Microsoft Defender antivirus can allow attackers to retrieve information to use to avoid detection. Threat actors can leverage a weakness in Microsoft Defender antivirus to determine in which folders plant malware to avoid the AV scanning. Microsoft Defender allows users to exclude locations on their machines that should be excluded from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 13, 2022
Cisco fixed a critical privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-20658, in Unified CCMP and Unified CCDM. Cisco released security patches to address a critical privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-20658, in Unified Contact Center Management Portal (Unified CCMP) and Unified Contact Center Domain Manager (Unified CCDM). A remote attacker could exploit the flaw to elevate […]
