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Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2022
May 08 – May 14 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

This post provides a timeline of the events related to Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Below is the timeline of the events related to the ongoing Russia invasion that occurred in the previous weeks: May 14 – The LEGION collective calls to action to attack the final of the Eurovision song […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2022
Ukraine CERT-UA warns of new attacks launched by Russia-linked Armageddon APT

Ukraine Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) reported a phishing campaign conducted by Armageddon APT using GammaLoad.PS1_v2 malware. Ukraine Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) reported a phishing campaign using messages with subject “On revenge in Kherson!” and containing the “Plan Kherson.htm” attachment. The HTM-file will decode and create an archive named “Herson.rar”, which contains a file-shortcut […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2022
Sysrv-K, a new variant of the Sysrv botnet includes new exploits

Microsoft reported that the Sysrv botnet is targeting Windows and Linux servers exploiting flaws in the Spring Framework and WordPress. Microsoft Security Intelligence team Microsoft reported that a new variant of the Sysrv botnet, tracked as Sysrv-K, now includes exploits for vulnerabilities in the Spring Framework and WordPress. Threat actors use the botnet in a cryptomining campaign targeting Windows […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2022
OpRussia update: Anonymous breached other organizations

Another week has passed and Anonymous has hacked other Russian companies and leaked their data via DDoSecrets. The #OpRussia launched by Anonymous on Russia after the criminal invasion of Ukraine continues, the collective claims to have hacked multiple organizations and government entities. The hacktivists leaked the stolen data via DDoSecrets. Below is the list of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2022
Pro-Russian hacktivists target Italy government websites

Pro-Russian hacker group Killnet targeted the websites of several Italian institutions, including the senate and the National Institute of Health. A group of Pro-Russian hackers known as “Killnet” launched an attack against multiple websites of several Italian institutions, including the senate, the National Institute of Health, and the Automobile Club d’Italia (ACI), the national drivers’ […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2022
SonicWall urges customers to fix SMA 1000 vulnerabilities

SonicWall warns customers to address several high-risk security flaws impacting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 Series line of products. SonicWall urges customers to address several high-risk security vulnerabilities affecting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 Series line of products. An attacker can exploit the vulnerabilities to bypass authorization and, potentially, compromise vulnerable devices. The first issue, tracked as […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2022
New Nerbian RAT spreads via malspam campaigns using COVID-19

Researchers spotted a new remote access trojan, named Nerbian RAT, which implements sophisticated evasion and anti-analysis techniques. Researchers from Proofpoint discovered a new remote access trojan called Nerbian RAT that implements sophisticated anti-analysis and anti-reversing capabilities. The malware spreads via malspam campaigns using COVID-19 and World Health Organization (WHO) themes. The name of the RAT […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2022
Red TIM Research (RTR) founds 2 bugs affecting F5 Traffix SDC

Experts at TIM research laboratory, Red Team Research (RTR), have disclosed a couple of bugs affecting F5 Traffix SDC. Among these 45 bugs fixed by the well-known manufacturer of computer security systems, 2 were detected by TIM research laboratory, Red Team Research (RTR), as part of the bug hunting activities, on the F5® Traffix® Signaling […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2022
Five Eyes agencies warn of attacks on MSPs

Cybersecurity authorities from Five Eye warn of threats targeting managed service providers (MSPs) and potential supply chain attacks through them. Multiple cybersecurity authorities from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S. this week released a joint advisory warning of threats targeting managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers. “The cybersecurity authorities of the United Kingdom, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2022
CISA adds CVE-2022-1388 flaw in F5 BIG-IP to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

US Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds critical CVE-2022-1388 flaw in F5 BIG-IP products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added critical CVE-2022-1388 flaw in F5 BIG-IP products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known […]