Pierluigi Paganini
February 27, 2022
Ukraine is recruiting a volunteer IT army composed of white hat hackers to launch attacks on a list of Russian entities. Ukraine is recruiting a volunteer IT army of cyber security experts and white hat hackers to launch cyberattacks on a list of Russian entities. The list is composed of 31 targets including Russian critical […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 27, 2022
The chipmaker giant Nvidia was the victim of a ransomware attack that took down some of its systems for two days. The chipmaker giant Nvidia was victim of a ransomware attack that impacted some of its systems for two days. The security breach is not connected to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, according to a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 26, 2022
Researchers provided details about a stealthy custom malware dubbed SockDetour that targeted U.S.-based defense contractors. Cybersecurity researchers from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have analyzed a previously undocumented and custom backdoor tracked as SockDetour that targeted U.S.-based defense contractors. According to the experts, the SockDetour backdoor has been in the wild since at least July 2019. Unit 42 attributes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 26, 2022
Global internet monitor working group NetBlocks reported that Twitter has been restricted in Russia amid conflict with Ukraine. Global internet monitor working organization NetBlocks shared its metrics confirming the restriction of Twitter in Russia from early morning amid conflict with Ukraine. Multiple local providers (Rostelecom, MTS, Beeline and MegaFon) were blocking access to the popular […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 26, 2022
The UK’s NHS Digital agency warns of an RCE in the Windows client for the Okta Advanced Server Access authentication management platform. The UK’s NHS Digital agency published a security advisory to warn organizations of a remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-24295, impacting the Windows client for the Okta Advanced Server Access authentication management […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 25, 2022
While Ukraine calls for hacker underground to defend against Russia, ransomware gangs make their moves. Ukraine’s government is asking for volunteers from the hacker underground to provide their support in protecting critical infrastructure and carry out offensive operations against Russian state-sponsored hackers, reported Reuters which cited two e experts involved in the project. The call […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 25, 2022
The CERT of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of a spear-phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian armed forces personnel. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of an ongoing spear-phishing campaign targeting private email accounts belonging to Ukrainian armed forces personnel. The Ukrainian agency attributes the campaign to the Belarus-linked cyberespionage group tracked as UNC1151. In […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 25, 2022
The popular collective Anonymous declared war on Russia for the illegitimate invasion of Ukraine and announced a series of cyber attacks calling to action its members The Anonymous collective is calling to action against Russia following the illegitimate invasion of Ukraine. The famous groups of hackivists is also calling for action Russian citizens inviting them […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 25, 2022
US and UK cybersecurity agencies provided details of a new malware used by Iran-linked MuddyWater APT. CISA, the FBI, the US Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK), and the NSA, and law enforcement agencies have published a joint advisory on new malware used by Iran-linked MuddyWater APT group […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 24, 2022
Experts reported that the wiper attacks that yesterday hit hundreds of systems in Ukraine used a GoLang-based ransomware decoy. Yesterday, researchers from cybersecurity firms ESET and Broadcom’s Symantec discovered a new data wiper malware that was employed in a recent wave of attacks that hit hundreds of machines in Ukraine. A tweet from ESET revealed that the company’s telemetry shows […]
