IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2023
3CX data exposed, third-party to blame

A third-party vendor of 3CX, a popular Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) comms provider, left an open server and exposed sensitive 3CX data. The issue went under the company’s radar, even though it was recently targeted by North Korean hackers. While victims of cyberattacks should not be ridiculed, there’s a reason that sayings like “fool […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2023
New Tsunami botnet targets Linux SSH servers

Researchers warn of an ongoing Tsunami DDoS botnet campaign targeting inadequately protected Linux SSH servers. Researchers from AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) have uncovered an ongoing hacking campaign, aimed at poorly protected Linux SSH servers, to install the Tsunami DDoS botnet (aka Kaiten). The threat actors behind these attacks were also observed installing other […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2023
Zyxel addressed critical flaw CVE-2023-27992 in NAS Devices

Zyxel released security updates to address a critical vulnerability affecting its network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Zyxel released security updates to address a critical security flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-27992 (CVSS score: 9.8), affecting its network-attached storage (NAS) devices. The vulnerability is a pre-authentication command injection issue that impacts the Zyxel NAS326 firmware versions prior to V5.21(AAZF.14)C0, NAS540 firmware […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2023
Tackling Data Sovereignty with DDR

Data-centric distributed resilience (DDR) offers a compelling approach to addressing data sovereignty in cybersecurity. As much of our modern life relies upon the cloud, the question of data protection is front of mind for many organizations. Those who fail to take a proactive approach to secure their data often learn the hard way how vulnerable […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2023
ASUS addressed critical flaws in some router models

ASUS addressed critical vulnerabilities in multiple router models, urging customers to immediately install firmware updates. ASUS is warning customers to update some router models to the latest firmware to address critical vulnerabilities. The impacted models are GT6, GT-AXE16000, GT-AX11000 PRO, GT-AX6000, GT-AX11000, GS-AX5400, GS-AX3000, XT9, XT8, XT8 V2, RT-AX86U PRO, RT-AX86U, RT-AX86S, RT-AX82U, RT-AX58U, RT-AX3000, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2023
Experts found components of a complex toolkit employed in macOS attacks

Researchers uncovered a set of malicious files with backdoor capabilities that they believe is part of a toolkit targeting Apple macOS systems. Bitdefender researchers discovered a set of malicious files with backdoor capabilities that are suspected to be part of a sophisticated toolkit designed to target Apple macOS systems. The investigation is still ongoing, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2023
EU member states are urged to restrict without delay 5G equipment from risky suppliers

The European Commission urges member states to limit “without delay” equipment from Chinese suppliers from their 5G networks, specifically Huawei and ZTE. The European Commission told member states to impose restrictions on high-risk suppliers for 5G networks without delay, with a specific focus on the dependency on high-risk suppliers, specifically Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2023
Diicot cybercrime gang expands its attack capabilities

Researchers found evidence that Diicot threat actors are expanding their capabilities with new payloads and the Cayosin Botnet. Cado researchers recently detected an interesting attack pattern linked to an emerging cybercrime group tracked as Diicot (formerly, “Mexals”) and described in analyses published by Akamai and Bitdefender. The experts discovered several payloads, some of which were not publicly known, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2023
Microsoft: June Outlook and cloud platform outages were caused by DDoS

Microsoft confirmed that the recent outages to the Azure, Outlook, and OneDrive services were caused by cyber attacks. In early June, Microsoft suffered severe outages for some of its services, including Outlook email, OneDrive file-sharing apps, and the cloud computing infrastructure Azure. A collective known as Anonymous Sudan (aka Storm-1359) claimed responsibility for the DDoS […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2023
Reddit Files: BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang claims to have stolen 80GB of data from Reddit

The BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang claims to have stolen 80GB of data from the Reddit in February cyberattack. In February, the social news aggregation platform Reddit suffered a security breach, attackers gained unauthorized access to internal documents, code, and some business systems. The company announced it was hit by a sophisticated and highly-targeted attack that took […]