IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2021
Nobelium APT targets French orgs, French ANSSI agency warns

The French cyber-security agency ANSSI said that the Russia-linked Nobelium APT group has been targeting French organizations since February 2021. The French national cybersecurity agency ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la SĂ©curitĂ© des SystĂšmes d’Information) revealed that the Russia-linked Nobelium APT group has been targeting French organizations since February 2021. The NOBELIUM APT (APT29, Cozy Bear, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2021
330 SPAR stores close or switch to cash-only payments after a cyberattack

A cyber attack hit the international supermarket franchise SPAR forcing 330 shops in North East England to shut down. A cyberattack hit the international supermarket franchise SPAR impacting the operations at 330 shops in North East England. Many stores were forced to close or switch to cash-only payments after the attack. SPAR operates 13,320 stores […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2021
DMEA Colorado electric utility hit by a disruptive cyberattack

A ransomware attack hit an electric utility in Colorado causing a significant disruption and damage. The Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) is a local electric cooperative located in Colorado, it is part of Touchstone Energy Cooperatives. The company has discovered a security breach on November 7, the attack disrupted phone, email, billing, and customer account systems. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2021
Threat actors stole more than $150 million worth of cryptocurrency tokens from BitMart platform

Threat actors stole more than $150 million in various cryptocurrencies from the cryptocurrency trading platform BitMart. Cryptocurrency trading platform BitMart has disclosed a security breach, threat actors stole than $150 million in various cryptocurrencies. “We have identified a large-scale security breach related to one of our ETH hot wallets and one of our BSC hot […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2021
Hackers are sending receipts with anti-work messages to businesses’ printers

Hackers are targeting printers of businesses around the world to print ‘anti-work’ slogans pushing workers to demand better pay. Multiple employees are sharing on Twitter and Reddit the images of anti-work messages sent to the printers of their organizations. The messages encourage workers to protect their rights and discuss their pay with coworkers and demand […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 343

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. Hundreds of vulnerabilities in common Wi-Fi routers affect millions of users German BSI agency […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2021
Hundreds of vulnerabilities in common Wi-Fi routers affect millions of users

Researchers discovered a total of 226 potential security vulnerabilities in nine Wi-Fi popular routers from known manufacturers. Security researchers and editors with the German IT magazine CHIP have discovered 226 potential security defects in nine Wi-Fi routers from known manufacturers (Asus, AVM, D-Link, Netgear, Edimax, TP-Link, Synology, and Linksys). Millions of users are potentially impacted […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2021
Cuba ransomware gang hacked 49 US critical infrastructure organizations

The FBI has revealed that the Cuba ransomware gang breached the networks of at least 49 US critical infrastructure organizations. A flash alert published by the FBI has reported that the Cuba ransomware gang breached the networks of at least 49 US critical infrastructure organizations. “The FBI has identified, as of early November 2021 that […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2021
CISA warns of vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy products

CISA has released six advisories to warn organizations about security vulnerabilities affecting Hitachi Energy products The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published six advisories to inform organizations about the availability of security patches and notifications for vulnerabilities impacting Hitachi Energy products. CISA’s advisories are related to RTU500 series bidirectional communication interface, Relion protection and control […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2021
NSO Group spyware used to compromise iPhones of 9 US State Dept officials

Apple warns that the mobile devices of at least nine US Department of State employees were compromised with NSO Group ‘s Pegasus spyware. The iPhones of at least nine US state department officials were compromised with the NSO Group’s spyware Pegasus. The US officials targeted by the surveillance software were either based in Uganda or focused […]