Pierluigi Paganini
March 12, 2022
Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram in Russia to prevent the spreading of info related to the Ukraine invasion. Russia will ban Instagram, the decision was announced by Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor. Officially the Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor explained that the decision is the response of Meta that the posting of information […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 12, 2022
Video game company Ubisoft has suffered a ‘cyber security incident’ that had a severe impact on games, systems, and services. The rumors of a cyber attack against Ubisoft circulated online in the last few days, while data extortion group LAPSUS$ claimed to have hacked the company. Over the last few days, multiple users reported problems accessing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2022
The Anonymous collective continues to launch attacks against Russian entities, this is a summary of recent offensives. Anonymous announced to have hacked the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, also known as Roskomnadzor. The agency is responsible for monitoring, controlling and censoring Russian mass media and according to Anonymous, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2022
The freight logs of two major Chinese shipping ports have been leaking data, a problem which if left unresolved could disrupt the supply chain of up to 70,000 tonnes of cargo a day, with potentially serious consequences for international shipping. The cybernews® research team identified an open ElasticSearch database, which contained more than 243GB of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2022
Lapsus$ Ransomware gang is looking for insiders willing to sell remote access to major technology corporations and ISPs. Thursday, March 10, Lapsus$ ransomware gang announced they’re starting to recruit insiders employed within major technology giants and ISPs, such companies include Microsoft, Apple, EA Games and IBM. Their scope of interests include – major telecommunications companies […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2022
Vodafone is investigating a recently suffered cyberattack, after a ransomware gang Lapsus$ claimed to have stolen its source code. Vodafone announced to have launched an investigation after the Lapsus$ cybercrime group claimed to have stolen its source code. The Lapsus$ gang claims to have stolen approximately 200 GB of source code files, allegedly contained in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2022
Threat actors are spreading password-stealing malware disguised as a security tool to target Ukraine’s IT Army. Cisco Talos researchers have uncovered a malware campaign targeting Ukraine’s IT Army, threat actors are using infostealer malware mimicking a DDoS tool called the “Liberator.” The Liberator tool is circulating among pro-Ukraina hackers that use it to target Russian […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2022
A few months after its return the Emotet botnet has already infected over 130,000 unique bots spread across 179 countries. The Emotet botnet continues to grow and has infected approximately 130,000 hosts since its resurrection in November 2021. Early 2021, law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide conducted a joint operation, named Operation Ladybird, which disrupted the EMOTET […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2022
Google has blocked a phishing campaign conducted by China-linked group APT31 aimed at Gmail users associated with the U.S. government. Google announced to have blocked a phishing campaign originating conducted by China-linked cybereaspionage group APT31 (aka Zirconium, Judgment Panda, and Red Keres) and aimed at Gmail users associated with the U.S. government. The campaign took […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2022
Threat actors hacked Russian federal agencies’ websites in a supply chain attack involving the compromise of a stats widget. Some Russian federal agencies’ websites were compromised in a supply chain attack, threat actors compromised the stats widget used to track the number of visitors by several government agencies. Threat actors were able to deface the […]
