information security news

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2022
A cyber attack forced the wind turbine manufacturer Nordex Group to shut down some of IT systems

Nordex Group, one of the largest manufacturers of wind turbines, was hit by a cyberattack that forced the company to shut down part of its infrastructure.  Nordex Group, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, was the victim of a cyberattack that forced the company to take down multiple systems. The attack was […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2022
Germany police shut down Hydra Market dark web marketplace

Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office shut down Hydra Market, the Russian-language darknet marketplace specialized in drug dealing. Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office, the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), announced they have shut down Hydra, one of the world’s largest dark web marketplace. The seizure of the Hydra Market is the result of an international investigation conducted by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2022
Russia-linked Armageddon APT targets Ukrainian state organizations, CERT-UA warns

Ukraine CERT-UA spotted a spear-phishing campaign conducted by Russia-linked Armageddon APT targeting local state organizations. Ukraine CERT-UA published a security advisory to warn of spear-phishing attacks conducted by Russia-linked Armageddon APT (aka Gamaredon, Primitive Bear, Armageddon, Winterflounder, or Iron Tilden) targeting local state organizations. The phishing messages have been sent from “vadim_melnik88@i[.]ua,” the campaign aims at […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2022
Anonymous targets the Russian Military and State Television and Radio propaganda

Anonymous continues to support Ukraine against the Russian criminal invasion targeting the Russian military and propaganda. Anonymous leaked personal details of the Russian military stationed in Bucha where the Russian military carried out a massacre of civilians that are accused of having raped and shot local women and children. Leaked data include names, ranks and […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2022
MailChimp breached, intruders conducted phishing attacks against crypto customers

Threat actors gained access to internal tools of the email marketing giant MailChimp to conduct phishing attacks against crypto customers. During the weekend, multiple owners of Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallets reported having received fake data breach notifications from Trezor, BleepingComputer first reported. The fake data breach notification emails urged Trezort customers to reset the PIN of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2022
VMware released updates to fix the Spring4Shell vulnerability in multiple products

VMware released security updates to address the critical remote code execution vulnerability known as Spring4Shell. VMware has published security updates to address the critical remote code execution vulnerability known as Spring4Shell (CVE-2022-22965). According to the virtualization giant, the flaw impacts many of its cloud computing and virtualization products. The Spring4Shell issue was disclosed last week, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2022
Brokenwire attack, how hackers can disrupt charging for electric vehicles

Boffins devised a new attack technique, dubbed Brokenwire, against the Combined Charging System (CCS) that could potentially disrupt charging for electric vehicles. A group of researchers from the University of Oxford and Armasuisse S+T has devised a new attack technique, dubbed Brokenwire, against the popular Combined Charging System (CCS) that could be exploited by remote […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2022
Borat RAT, a new RAT that performs ransomware and DDoS attacks

Cyble researchers discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) named Borat capable of conducting DDoS and ransomware attacks. Researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble discovered a new RAT, named Borat, that enables operators to gain full access and remote control of an infected system. Unlike other RATs, the Borat RAT provides Ransomware and DDOS services […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2022
Experts discovered 15-Year-Old vulnerabilities in the PEAR PHP repository

SonarSource discovered a 15-year-old flaw in the PEAR PHP repository that could have enabled supply chain attacks. Researchers from SonarSource discovered two 15-year-old security flaws in the PEAR (PHP Extension and Application Repository) repository that could have enabled supply chain attacks. PEAR is a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components.  According to the expert, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2022
China-linked APT Deep Panda employs new Fire Chili Windows rootkit

The China-linked hacking group Deep Panda is targeting VMware Horizon servers with the Log4Shell exploit to install a new Fire Chili rootkit. Researchers from Fortinet have observed the Chinese APT group Deep Panda exploiting a Log4Shell exploit to compromise VMware Horizon servers and deploy previously undetected Fire Chili rootkit. The experts observed opportunistic attacks against organizations […]