IT Information Security

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2023
US govt offers $10 million bounty for info linking Clop ransomware gang to a foreign government.

The U.S. government announced up to a $10 million bounty for information linking the Clop ransomware gang to a foreign government. The US goverment is offering up to a $10 million bounty for information linking CL0P Ransomware Gang or any other threat actors targeting U.S. critical infrastructure to a foreign government. The bounty is covered […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2023
Law enforcement shutdown a long-standing DDoS-for-hire service

Polish police, as part of the international law enforcement operation PowerOFF, dismantled a DDoS-for-hire service that has been active since at least 2013. An international operation codenamed PowerOff led to the shutdown of a DDoS-for-hire service that has been active since at least 2013. The operation was conducted by the Polish Central Bureau for Combating […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2023
A Russian national charged for committing LockBit Ransomware attacks

DoJ charged a Russian national with conspiring to carry out LockBit ransomware attacks against U.S. and foreign businesses. The Justice Department announced charges against the Russian national Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov (20) for his role in numerous LockBit ransomware attacks against systems in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Africa. The US authorities arrested the man […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2023
Oil and gas giant Shell is another victim of Clop ransomware attacks

British multinational oil and gas company Shell has confirmed that it has suffered a ransomware attack conducted by the Clop group. Oil and Gas giant Shell has confirmed that it is one of the victims of the recent large-scale ransomware campaign conducted by the Clop gang exploiting a MOVEit zero-day vulnerability Threat actors are actively exploiting the zero-day vulnerability, tracked […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2023
Updated Android spyware GravityRAT steals WhatsApp Backups

An updated version of the Android remote access trojan GravityRAT can steal WhatsApp backup files and can delete files ESET researchers discovered an updated version of Android GravityRAT spyware that steals WhatsApp backup files and can delete files. The malware is distributed as the messaging apps BingeChat and Chatico. MalwareHunterTeam researchers first shared the hash for […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2023
Barracuda ESG zero-day exploited by China-linked APT

Experts linked the UNC4841 threat actor behind the attacks exploiting the recently patched Barracuda ESG zero-day to China. Mandiant researchers linked the threat actor UNC4841 to the attacks that exploited the recently patched Barracuda ESG zero-day vulnerability to China. “Through the investigation, Mandiant identified a suspected China-nexus actor, currently tracked as UNC4841, targeting a subset […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2023
Russia-linked APT Gamaredon update TTPs in recent attacks against Ukraine

Russia-linked APT group Gamaredon is using a new toolset in attacks aimed at critical organizations in Ukraine. The Gamaredon APT group (aka Shuckworm, Actinium, Armageddon, Primitive Bear, UAC-0010, and Trident Ursa) continues to carry out attacks against entities in Ukraine, including security services, military, and government organizations. Symantec researchers reported that in some cases, the cyberespionage group remained undetected in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2023
Cybersecurity agencies published a joint LockBit ransomware advisory

The LockBit ransomware group successfully extorted roughly $91 million from approximately 1,700 U.S. organizations since 2020. According to a joint advisory published by cybersecurity agencies, the LockBit ransomware group has successfully extorted roughly $91 million in about 1,700 attacks against U.S. organizations since 2020. The advisory was published by Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), […]