IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2022
Hundreds of thousands of routers exposed to Eternal Silence campaign via UPnP

A hacking campaign, tracked as Eternal Silence, is abusing UPnP to compromise routers and use them to carry out malicious activities. Researchers from Akamai have spotted a malicious campaign, tracked as ‘Eternal Silence,’ that is abusing Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) to turn routers into a proxy server used to carry out a broad range […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2022
Hackers stole $80M worth of cryptocurrency from the Qubit DeFi platform

Threat actors stole $80M worth of cryptocurrency from the Qubit DeFi platform by exploiting a flaw in the smart contract code used in an Ethereum bridge. The DeFi platform Qubit Finance was victim of a cyber heist, threat actors stole around $80 million in cryptocurrency last week. The hack took place at around 5PM ET […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2022
DeepDotWeb admin sentenced to 97 months in prison for money laundering scheme

The administrator of the DeepDotWeb (DDW) has received a sentence of 97 months in prison for money laundering. Tal Prihar (37), an Israeli national who operated DeepDotWeb (DDW), was sentenced to 97 months in prison and was ordered to forfeit $8,414,173. DeepDotWeb (DDW) was a website that connected internet users with Darknet marketplaces, where they […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2022
Expert earned $100,500 bounty to hack Apple MacBook webcam and microphone

Apple paid +$100K bounty for a macOS series of flaws that can allow threat actors to take over the microphone and camera. Apple last year addressed multiple macOS vulnerabilities discovered by the security researcher Ryan Pickren in the Safari browser that could allow threat actors to access users’ online accounts, microphone, and webcam. Pickren received […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2022
Hybrid cloud campaign OiVaVoii targets company executives

A new hacking campaign, tracked as ‘OiVaVoii’, is targeting company executives with malicious OAuth apps. Researchers from Proofpoint have uncovered a new campaign named ‘OiVaVoii’ that is targeting company executives, former board members, Presidents and managers with bogus OAuth apps and cleverly-crafted lures sent from compromised Office 365 accounts. Microsoft has blocked many of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 351

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. QNAP force-installs update against the recent wave of DeadBolt ransomware infections US FCC bans […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2022
Novel device registration trick enhances multi-stage phishing attacks

Microsoft has disclosed details of a large-scale phishing campaign using a novel device registration technique to target other enterprises. Microsoft has shared details of a large-scale phishing campaign that leverages stolen credentials to register devices on a target’s network to extend the attack to other enterprises. The attack exploits the concept of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) by […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2022
NCSC warns UK entities of potential destructive cyberattacks from Russia

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) urges organizations to improve cybersecurity due to the risk of imminent destructive cyberattacks from Russia-linked APT groups. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging organizations to improve their cybersecurity posture due to the imminent risk of destructive cyber-attacks from Russian state-sponsored threat actors after recent attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2022
Finnish diplomats’ devices infected with Pegasus spyware

Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs revealed that devices of Finnish diplomats have been infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs revealed that the devices of some Finnish diplomats have been compromised with the infamous NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The diplomats were targeted with the popular surveillance software as part of a […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2022
Zerodium offers $400,000 for Microsoft Outlook RCE zero-day exploits

Zero-day exploit broker Zerodium announced it will pay $400,000 for zero-day RCE in Microsoft Outlook email client. The zero-day exploit broker Zerodium has announced it will pay $400,000 for zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Outlook email client. The company pointed out that the increased payout for this specific vulnerability exploit is […]