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Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2022
Beastmode Mirai botnet now includes exploits for Totolink routers

Operators behind the Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet Beastmode (aka B3astmode) added exploits for Totolink routers. The Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet Beastmode (aka B3astmode) now includes exploits for Totolink routers. Like most DDOS botnets, Beastmode attempt to infect other devices by launching brute-forcing attacks or exploiting multiple vulnerabilities. Between February and March 2022, researchers from the FortiGuard Labs […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2022
Ukraine intelligence leaks names of 620 alleged Russian FSB agents

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Intelligence leaked personal data belonging to 620 alleged Russian FSB agents. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Intelligence has leaked the alleged personal data of 620 Russian FSB officers. Personal details leaked by the Ukrainian body include names, phone numbers, addresses, vehicle license plates, SIM cards, date and location […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2022
Critical CVE-2022-1162 flaw in GitLab allowed threat actors to take over accounts

GitLab has addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-1162 (CVSS score of 9.1), that could allow remote attackers to take over user accounts. The CVE-2022-1162 vulnerability is related to the set of hardcoded static passwords during OmniAuth-based registration in GitLab CE/EE. “A hardcoded password was set for accounts registered using an OmniAuth provider (e.g. OAuth, LDAP, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2022
Anonymous targets oligarchs’ Russian businesses: Marathon Group hacked

Anonymous continues its operations against Russia, the group announced the hack of the Russian investment firm Marathon Group. Anonymous continues to target Russian firms owned by oligarchs, yesterday the collective announced the hack of the Thozis Corp, while today the group claimed the hack of Marathon Group. The Marathon Group is a Russian investment firm […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2022
Flaws in Wyze cam devices allow their complete takeover

Wyze Cam devices are affected by three security vulnerabilities that can allow attackers to takeover them and access camera feeds. Bitdefender researchers discovered three security vulnerabilities in the popular Wyze Cam devices that can be exploited by threat actors to execute arbitrary code and access camera feeds. The three flaws reported by the cybersecurity firm […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2022
Apple issues emergency patches to fix actively exploited zero-days

Apple released emergency patches to address two zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited to compromise iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Apple has released emergency security patches to address two zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited to hack iPhones, iPads, and Macs. The first zero-day, tracked as CVE-2022-22674, is an out-of-bounds read issue that resides in the Intel Graphics Driver that could […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2022
Google TAG details cyber activity with regard to the invasion of Ukraine

The Google TAG uses uncovered phishing attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine. The Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) provided an update about nation-state attacks related ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, the experts spotted phishing and malware attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine The researchers uncovered a phishing campaign conducted by a […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2022
Anonymous hacked Russian Thozis Corp, but denies attacks on Rosaviatsia

The Anonymous collective hacked the Russian investment firm Thozis Corp, but it’s a mystery the attack against the Russian Civil Aviation Authority Rosaviatsia. Anonymous continues to target Russian organizations and private foreign businesses the are still operating in the country. The popular collective claims to have hacked the Russian investment firm Thozis Corp, which is […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2022
Mysterious disclosure of a zero-day RCE flaw Spring4Shell in Spring

An unauthenticated zero-day RCE vulnerability in the Spring Core Java framework called ‘Spring4Shell’ has been publicly disclosed. Researchers disclosed a zero-day vulnerability, dubbed Spring4Shell, in the Spring Core Java framework called ‘Spring4Shell.’ An unauthenticated, remote attacker could trigger the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the target system. The framework is currently maintained by Spring.io […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2022
A critical RCE vulnerability affects SonicWall Firewall appliances

SonicWall released security updates to address a remote code execution vulnerability that affects multiple firewall appliances. SonicWall has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-22274) that impacts multiple firewall appliances that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The CVE-2022-22274 is a […]