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Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2022
Marriott International suffered a new data breach, attackers stole 20GB of data

Hotel chain Marriott International suffered a new data breach, a threat actor has stolen 20GB from the company. Hotel chain Marriott International confirmed it has suffered a new data breach after a threat actor stole 20GB of files from one of its properties. The attacker compromised the network at the BWI Airport Marriott Maryland  (BWIA), […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2022
Less popular, but very effective, Red-Teaming Tool BRc4 used in attacks in the wild

Threat actors are abusing legitimate adversary simulation software BRc4 in their campaigns to evade detection. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 discovered that a sample uploaded to the VirusTotal database on May 19, 2022 and considered benign by almost all the antivirus, was containing a payload associated with Brute Ratel C4 (BRc4), a new red-teaming and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2022
New Hive ransomware variant is written in Rust and use improved encryption method

Hive ransomware operators have improved their file-encrypting module by migrating to Rust language and adopting a more sophisticated encryption method. The operators of the Hive ransomware upgraded their malware by migrating the malware to the Rust language and implementing a more sophisticated encryption method, Microsoft researchers warn. “The upgrades in the latest variant are effectively […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2022
Iranian Fars News Agency claims cyberattack on a company involved in the construction of Tel Aviv metro

Iran’s Fars News Agency reported that a massive cyberattack hit operating systems and servers of the Tel Aviv Metro. Iran’s Fars News Agency reported on Monday that operating systems and servers of the Tel Aviv Metro were hit by a massive cyberattack. The rail system is still under construction and according to The Jerusalem Post, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2022
Cyber Police of Ukraine arrested 9 men behind phishing attacks on Ukrainians attempting to capitalize on the ongoing conflict

The Cyber Police of Ukraine arrested nine members of a cybercriminal gang that has stolen 100 million hryvnias via phishing attacks. The Cyber Police of Ukraine arrested nine members of a cybercriminal organization that stole 100 million hryvnias via phishing attacks. The crooks created more than 400 phishing sites for obtaining the banking data of […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2022
Threat actors compromised British Army ’s Twitter, YouTube accounts to promote crypto scams

Threat actors compromised the Twitter and YouTube accounts of the British Army to promote online crypto scams. The Twitter and YouTube accounts of the British Army were used to promote NFT and other crypto scams. The YouTube account was used to transmit an older Elon Musk clip that attempts to trick users into visiting cryptocurrency scam […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2022
AstraLocker ransomware operators shut down their operations

AstraLocker ransomware operators told BleepingComputer they’re shutting down their operations and are releasing decryptors. AstraLocker ransomware operators told BleepingComputer they’re shutting down the operation and provided decryptors to the VirusTotal malware analysis platform. AstraLocker is based on the source code of the Babuk Locker (Babyk) ransomware that was leaked online on June 2021. BleepingComputer tested the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2022
Google fixes the fourth Chrome zero-day in 2022

Google addressed a high-severity zero-day Chrome vulnerability actively exploited in the wild, it is the fourth zero-day patched in 2022. Google has released Chrome 103.0.5060.114 for Windows to fix a high-severity zero-day Chrome vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-2294, which is actively exploited in the wild. The flaw is a heap buffer overflow that resides in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2022
Popular Django web framework affected by a SQL Injection flaw. Upgrade it now!

The development team behind the Django Project has addressed a high-severity SQL Injection flaw in its framework. Django is a free and open-source, Python-based web framework that follows the model–template–views (MTV) architectural pattern. Django is maintained by the independent organization Django Software Foundation. The latest releases of the framework, Django 4.0.6 and 3.2.14, addressed a high-severity SQL […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2022
Unfaithful HackerOne employee steals bug reports to claim additional bounties

Bug bounty platform HackerOne disclosed that a former employee improperly accessed security reports submitted to claim additional bounties The vulnerability coordination and bug bounty platform HackerOne disclosed that a former employee improperly accessed security reports submitted by white-hat hackers to claim additional bounties. The investigation started on June 22nd, 2022, when a customer asked the […]