Pierluigi Paganini
May 10, 2023
Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos revealed that a ransomware group attempted to breach its infrastructure and extort it. Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos revealed that on May 8, 2023, a known ransomware group attempted and failed to breach the company systems. The cybercriminals compromised the personal email address of a new sales employee prior to his/her start […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 10, 2023
A new sophisticated malware strain, dubbed DownEx, was involved in attacks aimed at Government organizations in Central Asia. In late 2022, Bitdefender Labs researchers first observed a highly targeted cyberattack targeting foreign government institutions in Kazakhstan that involved a new sophisticated strain of malware dubbed DownEx. Later the researchers detected another attack in Afghanistan that allowed them to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 10, 2023
The frontman of the American alternative rock band Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan, has revealed he paid hackers who stole the band’s songs The frontman of the alternative rock band Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan, revealed he paid a ransom after a hacker stole the band’s songs and threatened to leak them. The hacker stole some of the most important songs from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 10, 2023
The US government announced to have disrupted the peer-to-peer (P2P) network of computers compromised by the Snake malware. The Snake implant is one of the most sophisticated implants used by Russia-linked threat actors for cyberespionage purposes. The malware has been designed and used by Center 16 of Russiaâs Federal Security Service (FSB) in cyber espionage […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 10, 2023
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Security updates for May 2023 address a total of 40 vulnerabilities, including two zero-day actively exploited in attacks. Microsoftâs May 2023 security updates address 40 vulnerabilities, including two zero-day flaws actively exploited in attacks. The flaws affect Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components; Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based); SharePoint Server; Visual […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2023
Sysco, the global food distribution giant, disclosed a data breach, the compromised data includes customer and employee data. Sysco Corporation is an American multinational corporation involved in marketing and distributing food products, smallwares, kitchen equipment and tabletop items. BleepingComputer, who has seen an internal memo sent to employees on May 3, first reported that threat actors may have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2023
A Linux NetFilter kernel flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-32233, can be exploited by unprivileged local users to escalate their privileges to root. Netfilter is a framework provided by the Linux kernel that allows various networking-related operations to be implemented in the form of customized handlers. Netfilter offers various functions and operations for packet filtering, network address translation, and port translation, which provide the functionality required […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2023
A DDoS botnet dubbed AndoryuBot has been observed exploiting an RCE, tracked as CVE-2023-25717, in Ruckus access points. FortiGuard Labs researchers have recently observed a spike in attacks attempting to exploit the Ruckus Wireless Admin remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-25717. The activity is associated with a known DDoS botnet tracked as AndoryuBot that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2023
The U.S. DoJ announced the seizure of 13 new domains associated with DDoS-for-hire platforms as part of Operation PowerOFF. The U.S. Justice Department announced the seizure of 13 domains linked to DDoS-for-hire services as part of a coordinated international law enforcement effort known as Operation PowerOFF. DDoS-for-hire or âbooterâ services allows registered users to launch order DDoS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2023
Researchers warn of a new ransomware family called CACTUS that exploits known vulnerabilities in VPN appliances to gain initial access to victims’ networks. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Kroll have analyzed on a new ransomware family called CACTUS that has been spotted exploiting known flaws in VPN appliances to achieve initial access to targeted networks. The […]
