IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2023
Idaho Hospitals hit by a cyberattack that impacted their operations

Last week two eastern Idaho hospitals and their clinics were hit by a cyberattack that temporarily impacted their operations. Last week the Idaho Falls Community Hospital was hit by a cyber attack that impacted its operations. Officials at the hospital confirmed that some clinics closed due to the cyber attack and some ambulances have been […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2023
Experts warn of a surge of TrueBot activity in May 2023

VMware’s Carbon Black Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team observed a surge of TrueBot activity in May 2023. Researchers at VMware’s Carbon Black Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team warn of a surge of TrueBot activity in May 2023. Truebot has been active since 2017 and some researchers linked it to the Silence Group, while a […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2023
Magecart campaign abuses legitimate sites to host web skimmers and act as C2

A new ongoing Magecart web skimmer campaign abuse legitimate websites to act as makeshift command and control (C2) servers. Akamai researchers discovered a new ongoing Magecart web skimmer campaign aimed at stealing personally identifiable information (PII) and credit card information from users in North America, Latin America, and Europe. Magecart attacks target e-commerce websites, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2023
Spanish bank Globalcaja confirms Play ransomware attack

Play ransomware group claims responsibility for a ransomware attack that hit Globalcaja, one of the major banks in Spain. Globalcaja is a financial institution in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, it has more than 300 offices across Spain and provides banking services to more than half a million clients. Globalcaja was the victim of […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 422 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Xplain hack impacted the Swiss cantonal police and Fedpol Zyxel published guidance for protecting devices from […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2023
Xplain hack impacted the Swiss cantonal police and Fedpol

Several Swiss cantonal police, the army, customs and the Federal Office of Police (Fedpol) were impacted by the attack against IT firm Xplain.  Swiss police launched an investigation into the cyber attack that hit the Bernese IT company Xplain, which provides its services to several federal and cantonal government departments, the army, customs, and the Federal […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2023
Zyxel published guidance for protecting devices from ongoing attacks

Zyxel has published guidance for protecting firewall and VPN devices from the ongoing attacks recently discovered. Zyxel has published guidance for protecting firewall and VPN devices from ongoing attacks exploiting  CVE-2023-28771, CVE-2023-33009, and CVE-2023-33010 vulnerabilities. “Simultaneously, Zyxel has been urging users to install the patches through multiple channels, including issuing several security advisory newsletters to registered users […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2023
Kimsuky APT poses as journalists and broadcast writers in its attacks

North Korea-linked APT group Kimsuky is posing as journalists to gather intelligence, a joint advisory from NSA and FBI warns. A joint advisory from the FBI, the U.S. Department of State, the National Security Agency (NSA), South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), National Police Agency (NPA), and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), warns that North-Korea-linked Kimsuky APT […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2023
New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware

Experts noticed that the new Linux ransomware BlackSuit has significant similarities with the Royal ransomware family. Royal ransomware is one of the most notable ransomware families of 2022, it made the headlines in early May 2023 with the attack against the IT systems in Dallas, Texas. The human-operated Royal ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2022, it has […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2023
CISA adds Progress MOVEit Transfer zero-day to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

US CISA added actively exploited Progress MOVEit Transfer zero-day vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Progress MOVEit Transfer SQL injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-34362, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Threat actors are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the Progress MOVEit Transfer file transfer product […]