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Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2022
Black Basta ransomware now supports encrypting VMware ESXi servers

Black Basta ransomware gang implemented a new feature to encrypt VMware ESXi virtual machines (VMs) running on Linux servers. The Black Basta ransomware gang now supports encryption of VMware ESXi virtual machines (VMs) running on Linux servers. Researchers from Uptycs first reported the discovery of the new Black Basta ransomware variant that supports encryption of […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2022
Evil Corp gang starts using LockBit Ransomware to evade sanctions

Mandiant researchers associate multiple LockBit ransomware attacks with the notorious Evil Corp Cybercrime Group. Mandiant researchers have investigated multiple LOCKBIT ransomware attacks that have been attributed to the financially motivated threat actor UNC2165. The researchers also noticed that the group shares numerous overlaps with the cybercrime gang Evil Corp. The UNC2165 group has been active since at […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2022
Black Basta ransomware operators leverage QBot for lateral movements

The QBot malware operation has partnered with Black Basta ransomware group to target organizations worldwide. Researchers from NCC Group spotted a new partnership in the threat landscape between the Black Basta ransomware group and the QBot malware operation. Black Basta has been active since April 2022, like other ransomware operations, it implements a double-extortion attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2022
Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have hacked cybersecurity giant Mandiant

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the cybersecurity firm Mandiant, which is investigating the alleged security breach. Today the LockBit ransomware gang has added the cybersecurity firm Mandiant to the list of victims published on its darkweb leak site. Mandiant is investigating the claims of the ransomware gang, the cybercrime group declared to have […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2022
Microsoft seized 41 domains used by Iran-linked Bohrium APT

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) announced the seizure of domains used by Iran-linked APT Bohrium in spear-phishing campaigns. Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) announced to have taken legal action to disrupt a spear-phishing operation linked to Iran-linked APT Bohrium. The IT giant has seized the domains used by the threat actors employed in its attacks aimed […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2022
Red TIM Research discovers a Command Injection with a 9,8 score on Resi

During the bug hunting activity, Red Team Research (RTR) detected 2 zero-day bugs on GEMINI-NET, a RESI Informatica solution. It’s been detected an OS Command Injection, which has been identified from NIST as a Critical one, its score is 9,8.  This vulnerability comes from a failure to check the parameters sent as inputs into the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2022
PoC exploits for Atlassian CVE-2022-26134 RCE flaw released online

Proof-of-concept exploits for the critical CVE-2022-26134 vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence and Data Center servers are available online. Proof-of-concept exploits for the critical CVE-2022-26134 flaw, affecting Atlassian Confluence and Data Center servers, have been released. Bleeping Computer reported that starting from Friday afternoon, a proof-of-concept exploit for this issue was publicly shared. Researchers from cybersecurity firm […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 368 by Pierluigi Paganini

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. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Anonymous: Operation Russia after 100 days of war GitLab addressed critical account take over via […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2022
Atlassian rolled out fixes for Confluence zero-day actively exploited in the wild

Atlassian has addressed on Friday an actively exploited critical remote code execution flaw (CVE-2022-26134) in Confluence Server and Data Center products. Early this week, Atlassian warned of a critical unpatched remote code execution vulnerability affecting all Confluence Server and Data Center supported versions, tracked as CVE-2022-26134, that is being actively exploited in attacks in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2022
Anonymous: Operation Russia after 100 days of war

Operation Russia continues, albeit much more slowly than last month, RKPLaw, Vyberi Radio, and Metprom Group are the last victims. The #OpRussia launched by Anonymous on Russia after the criminal invasion of Ukraine continues, albeit much more slowly than last month. The collective recently leaked stolen data via DDoSecrets. This is my update on the […]