Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2019
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Experts warn of Greta Thunberg-themed Emotet malware campaign Former contractor sentenced to 10 months in prison for hacking airline Jet2 UK authorities sentenced hacker who blackmailed Apple for $100,000 Champagne Bakery Cafe and Islands burger chain disclose payment […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2019
Experts uncovered a new tool dubbed BIOLOAD used by the FIN7 cybercrime group used as a dropper for a new variant of the Carbanak backdoor. Security experts from Fortinet’s enSilo have discovered a new loader, dubbed BIOLOAD, associated with the financially-motivated group FIN7. The group that has been active since late 2015 targeted businesses worldwide […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2019
A Ryuk Ransomware attack has taken down the corporate IT network of a Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) regulated facility. Ryuk Ransomware continues to infect systems worldwide, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) announced that the malware took down the corporate IT network of a Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) regulated facility. “The purpose of this […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2019
In September Zynga, the American social game developer running social video game services suffered a data breach that 173 Million accounts. Zynga Inc is an American social game developer running social video game services founded in April 2007, it primarily focuses on mobile and social networking platforms. Among the online games developed by the company, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 27, 2019
A new ransomware attack made the headlines, Maastricht University (UM) confirmed that the malware encrypted all its Windows systems on December 23. Maastricht University (UM) announced ransomware infected almost all of its Windows systems on Monday, December 23. Maastricht University is an excellent university attended by over 18,000 students, roughly 4,400 employees, and 70,000 alumni. “Maastricht […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 27, 2019
Nepal police arrested more than 100 Chinese nationals over a suspected cyber scam, this is the largest-ever operation involving foreigners. Nepal authorities have arrested more than 100 Chinese nationals that were in the country on tourist visas, they are suspected to be involved in a cyber scam. The Nepal police conducted a coordinated operation that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 27, 2019
The 2020 Cybersecurity Landscape – Below Pierluigi Paganini’s cybersecurity predictions for the next twelve months. Here we are again for the annual prediction of the events that I believe will impact the cybersecurity landscape in the next year. Let’s try to imagine what threats and bad actors will influence the cyber arena in the next […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 26, 2019
Experts spotted a new strain of the Ryuk Ransomware that was developed to avoid encrypting folders commonly seen in *NIX operating systems. Recently the City of New Orleans was the victim of ransomware attack, researchers from the BleepingComputer community revealed that the malware that infected the City’s systems was the Ryuk Ransomware. The experts found on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 26, 2019
Google addressed a new set of vulnerabilities, dubbed Magellan 2.0, that could be exploited for remote code execution inside the Chrome browser. Google has fixed five SQLite vulnerabilities, dubbed Magellan 2.0, that could be exploited by an attacker to remotely execute malicious code inside the Chrome browser. The vulnerabilities were discovered by researchers from the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 25, 2019
A flaw in the Twitter app for Android could have been exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information or take over an account. Twitter has recently addressed a security vulnerability that affected the Android version of the app, it could have been exploited by hackers to access sensitive information of the users (direct messages, protected […]
