Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2025
Another American hospital falls victim to a ransomware attack; the RansomHouse gang announced the hack of Loretto Hospital in Chicago.” The RansomHouse gang announced the hack of Loretto Hospital in Chicago, the groups claims to have stolen 1.5TB of sensitive data. The Loretto Hospital is a not-for-profit, community-focused health care provider. They provide healthcare services […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2025
Experts warn of a large-scale cryptocurrency miner campaign targeting Russian users with SilentCryptoMiner. Kaspersky researchers discovered a mass malware campaign spreading SilentCryptoMiner by disguising it as a tool to bypass internet restrictions. While investigating the increased use of Windows Packet Divert (WPD) tools by crooks to distribute malware under this pretense, the researchers spotted the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2025
U.S. authorities seized $23M in crypto linked to a $150M Ripple wallet theft, experts believe the incident is linked to the 2022 LastPass breach. U.S. authorities seized $23M in crypto tied to a $150M Ripple hack, suspected to have been carried out by hackers from the 2022 LastPass breach. Security researcher ZachXBT identified the victim […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2025
Experts discovered an undocumented hidden feature in the ESP32 microchip manufactured by Espressif, which is used in over 1 billion devices. At the RootedCON, researchers at Tarlogic Innovation presented their findings on undocumented commands in the ESP32 microchip designed by the Chinese manufacturer Espressif. The hidden functionality could act as a backdoor, enabling impersonation attacks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2025
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Cellebrite zero-day exploit used to target phone of Serbian student activist One in Four Cyberattacks in 2024 Traced to Infostealers, Huntress Reports Uncovering .NET Malware Obfuscated by Encryption and Virtualization Black Basta and Cactus Ransomware Groups […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2025
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Akira ransomware gang used an unsecured webcam to bypass EDR Japanese telecom giant NTT suffered a data breach […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2025
The Akira ransomware gang exploited an unsecured webcam to bypass EDR and launch encryption attacks on a victim’s network. Cybersecurity researchers at S-RM team discovered a novel attack technique used by the Akira ransomware gang. The ransomware group used an unsecured webcam to encrypt systems within a target’s network, bypassing Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR). The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2025
A data breach suffered by the Japanese telecom giant NTT exposed information of nearly 18,000 corporate customers. Japanese telecom giant NTT suffered a data breach that exposed information of nearly 18,000 corporate customers. On February 5th, the security team detected suspicious activity in its ‘Order Information Distribution System,’ and immediately restricted access to device A. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2025
Mirai-based botnets are exploiting a zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-1316, in Edimax IP cameras, to achieve remote command execution. US CISA warns that multiple botnets are exploiting a recently disclosed vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-1316 (CVSS score of 9.8), in Edimax IC-7100 IP cameras. The issue is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2025
Differential privacy (DP) protects data by adding noise to queries, preventing re-identification while maintaining utility, addressing Artificial Intelligence -era privacy challenges. In the era of Artificial Intelligence, confidentiality and security are becoming significant challenges. Traditional anonymization techniques, such as pseudonymization and k-anonymity, have proven inadequate against sophisticated re-identification attacks. A robust privacy-preserving mechanism called differential […]
