Pierluigi Paganini
July 10, 2022
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs for free in your email box. Apple Lockdown Mode will protect users against highly targeted cyberattacks Fortinet addressed multiple vulnerabilities in several products Rozena backdoor delivered by exploiting the Follina bug Ongoing Raspberry Robin campaign leverages […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 09, 2022
Apple plans to introduce a security feature, called Lockdown Mode, to protect its users against “highly targeted cyberattacks.” The recent wave of sophisticated attacks against Apple users (i.e. Pegasus, DevilsTongue, and Hermit) urged the tech giant to develop a new security feature, called Lockdown Mode, to protect its users against highly targeted cyberattacks. The new feature will be implemented in iOS 16, iPadOS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 09, 2022
Cybereason researchers are warning of a wave of attacks spreading the wormable Windows malware Raspberry Robin. Raspberry Robin is a Windows worm discovered by cybersecurity researchers from Red Canary, the malware propagates through removable USB devices. The malicious code uses Windows Installer to reach out to QNAP-associated domains and download a malicious DLL. The malware uses […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 09, 2022
Experts documented the evolution of the LockBit ransomware that leverages multiple techniques to infect targets and evade detection. The Cybereason Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) Team published the Cybereason Threat Analysis Reports that investigates the threat landscape and provides recommendations to mitigate their attacks. The researchers focused on the evolution of the Lockbit ransomware, they detailed two infections occurring […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 08, 2022
Cisco fixed a critical vulnerability in the Cisco Expressway series and TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) products. Cisco released security patches to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-20812 (CVSS score of 9.0), in the Expressway series and TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS). A remote attacker can trigger the flaw to overwrite files on the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 08, 2022
Emsisoft has released a free decryption tool that allows victims of the AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware to recover their files without paying a ransom. Cybersecurity firm Emsisoft released a free decryptor tool that allows victims of the AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware to recover their files without paying a ransom. The security firm states that the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 08, 2022
The operators behind the TrickBot malware are systematically targeting Ukraine since the beginning of the war in February 2022. IBM researchers collected evidence indicating that the Russia-based cybercriminal Trickbot group (aka Wizard Spider, DEV-0193, ITG23) has been systematically attacking Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion of the country. Since February, the Conti ransomware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 08, 2022
Taiwanese vendor QNAP wars of a new strain of ransomware, dubbed Checkmate, that is targeting its NAS devices. The Taiwanese vendor QNAP is warning of a new family of ransomware targeting its NAS devices using weak passwords. Threat actors are targeting devices exposed online with the SMB service enabled, they perform brute-force attacks against accounts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 07, 2022
Researchers uncovered a large-scale cryptocurrency mining campaign targeting the NPM JavaScript package repository. Checkmarx researchers spotted a new large-scale cryptocurrency mining campaign, tracked as CuteBoi, that is targeting the NPM JavaScript package repository. Threat actors behind the campaign published 1,283 malicious modules in the repository and used over 1,000 different user accounts. The researchers uncovered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 07, 2022
US authorities have issued a joint advisory warning of North Korea-linked APTs using Maui ransomware in attacks against the Healthcare sector. The FBI, CISA, and the U.S. Treasury Department issued a joint advisory that warn of North-Korea-linked threat actors using Maui ransomware in attacks aimed at organizations in the Healthcare sector. “The Federal Bureau of […]
