Pierluigi Paganini
January 28, 2021
Clearsky researchers linked the Lebanese Cedar APT group to a cyber espionage campaign that targeted companies around the world. Clearsky researchers linked the Lebanese Cedar group (aka Volatile Cedar) to a cyber espionage campaign that targeted companies around the world. The APT group has been active since 2012, experts linked the group to the Hezbollah […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 28, 2021
The TeamTNT cybercrime group has improved its Linux cryptocurrency miner by implementing open-source detection evasion capabilities. The TeamTNT cybercrime group has upgraded their Linux cryptocurrency miner by adding open-source detection evasion capabilities, AT&T Alien Labs researchers warn. Early this year, researchers from Trend Micro discovered that the TeamTNT botnet was improved with the ability to steal Docker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 28, 2021
Researchers from RiskIQ have discovered a new phishing kit dubbed LogoKit that dynamically compose phishing content. Researchers from RiskIQ discovered a new phishing kit that outstands for its ability to dynamically create phishing messages to target specific users. LogoKit has a modular structure that makes it easy to implement a phishing-as-as-Service model. This toolkit, unlike […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 28, 2021
The U.S. CISA published a security advisory for High-Severity flaws in some SCADA/HMI products made by Japanese company Fuji Electric. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a security advisory to warn industrial organizations of some high severity flaws in SCADA/HMI products made by Japanese electrical equipment company Fuji Electric. The vulnerabilities affect […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2021
A joint operation of U.S. and EU law enforcement authorities allowed the seizure of the leak sites used by NetWalker ransomware operators. Law enforcement authorities in the U.S. and Europe have seized the dark web sites used by NetWalker ransomware operators. The authorities also charged a Canadian national involved in the NetWalker ransomware operations. “The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2021
A global operation of law enforcement has dismantled the infrastructure of the infamous Emotet botnet. A global operation of law enforcement, lead by Europol, has dismantled the infrastructure of the infamous Emotet botnet. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by a threat actor tracked as TA542. In the middle-August, the malware was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2021
Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative announced the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2021 hacking competition that will also cover Zoom, MS Teams Exploits. Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) on this week announced the forthcoming Pwn2Own Vancouver 2021 hacking competition that will take place on April 6-8. The organizers provided information about the targets, prizes and rules for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2021
Let’s talk about cyber risk in the maritime and port setting to better understand Maritime Port cybersecurity. In order to better understand the evolutionary trend of worldwide shipping and port facilities from 2007 to present, it is necessary to talk again about cyber risk in the maritime and port setting. It is not the purpose […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2021
Apple has addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities in its iOS operating system that have been exploited in the wild. Apple has addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities in iOS that have been exploited in the wild with the release of security updates (iOS 14.4). The first zero-day issue, tracked as CVE-2021-1782, is a race condition that resides in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2021
CVE-2021-3156 Sudo vulnerability has allowed any local user to gain root privileges on Unix-like operating systems without authentication. Sudo is one of the most important, powerful, and commonly used utilities that comes as a core command pre-installed on macOS and almost every UNIX or Linux-based operating system. sudo is a program for Unix-like computer operating systems that allows […]
