Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2021
The popular cyber security expert Luca Bongiorni demonstrated how to hack an X-Ray Machine using his WHIDelite tool. Recently I bought a X-RAY machine from China to have some ghetto-style desktop setup in order to inspect/reverse engineer some PCBs and hardware implants. The first thing striked my curiosity, even before purchasing it, was its remote. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2021
Researchers from security firm Group-IB have detected a large-scale scam campaign targeting Facebook Messenger users all over the world. Group-IB has detected a large-scale scam campaign targeting Facebook Messenger users all over the world. Group-IB Digital Risk Protection (DRP) analysts have found evidence proving that users in over 80 countries in Europe, Asia, the MEA region, North […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2021
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is abusing bitmap (.BMP) image files in a recent spear-phishing campaign targeting entities in South Korea. Experts from Malwarebytes have uncovered a spear-phishing attack conducted by a North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group that obfuscated a malicious code within a bitmap (.BMP) image file. The malicious code within the bitmap image […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2021
Watch out, hackers could breach into your house by exploiting two remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in the Cosori Smart Air Fryer. Security experts from Cisco Talos have found two remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in the Cosori Smart Air Fryer. The Cosori Smart Air Fryer is an appliance with smart capabilities that cooks food […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2021
Threat actors used the Chrome exploit publicly disclosed last week in attacks aimed at WeChat users in China, researchers warn. China-based firm Qingteng Cloud Security, reported that threat actors weaponized the recently disclosed Chrome exploit to target WeChat users in China. According to the researchers, the attacks only targeted users of the WeChat Windows app. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2021
Car insurance provider Geico has suffered a data breach, attackers have stolen the driver’s licenses for policyholders for several weeks. Geico, the second-largest auto insurer in the U.S., has suffered a data breach, threat actors exploited a now-fixed bug in their website to steal the driver’s licenses for policyholders for several weeks. Geico provided coverage for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2021
Researchers from the FireEye’s Mandiant team have breached the network of a North American utility and turn off one of its smart meters. Over the years, the number of attacks against ICS/SCADA systems used by industrial organizations worldwide has rapidly increased. Many security firms highlighted the risks related to attacks targeting OT networks used in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2021
Avast researchers analyzed the activity of a simple cryptocurrency malware dubbed HackBoss that allowed its operators to earn over $560K. While the value of major cryptocurrencies continues to increase, cybercriminals and malware authors focus their efforts on cryptocurrency miners and malicious code that could empty the wallets of the victims. The antivirus company Avast analyzed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2021
XCSSET, a Mac malware targeting Xcode developers, was now re-engineered and employed in a campaign aimed at Apple’s new M1 chips. Experts from Trend Micro have uncovered a Mac malware campaign targeting Xcode developers that employed a re-engineered version of the XCSSET malware to support Apple’s new M1 chips. The new variant also implements new […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2021
A new ransomware dubbed ‘NitroRansomware’ has appeared in the threat landscape, it demands a Discord Nitro gift code to decrypt files. Researchers from BleepingComputer reported infections of a new singular ransomware dubbed NitroRansomware which demands a Discord Nitro gift code to the victims to decrypt their files. Discord is a free VoIP, instant messaging and […]
