IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2022
May 01 – May 07 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

This post provides a timeline of the events related to Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Below is the timeline of the events related to the ongoing Russia invasion that occurred in the previous weeks: May 06 – Anonymous and Ukraine IT Army continue to target Russian entities The Anonymous collective and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2022
NIST published updated guidance for supply chain risks

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released updated guidance for defending against supply-chain attacks. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released updated guidance for defending against supply chain attacks. NIST has published the “Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organizations” in response to the Executive Order […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2022
US agricultural machinery manufacturer AGCO suffered a ransomware attack

The American agricultural machinery manufacturer AGCO announced that has suffered a ransomware attack that impacted its production facilities. AGCO, one of the most important agricultural machinery manufacturers, announced that a ransomware attack impacted some of its production facilities. The company was forced to shut down portions of its IT systems in response to the incident. AGCO did […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 364 by Pierluigi Paganini

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. Raspberry Robin spreads via removable USB devices Malware campaign hides a shellcode into Windows […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2022
US DoS offers a reward of up to $15M for info on Conti ransomware gang

The US Government offers up to $15 million for information that helps identify and locate leadership and co-conspirators of the Conti ransomware gang. The US Department of State offers up to $15 million for information that helps identify and locate leadership and co-conspirators of the Conti ransomware gang. The reward is offered under the Department […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2022
Raspberry Robin spreads via removable USB devices

Researchers discovered a new Windows malware, dubbed Raspberry Robin, with worm-like capabilities that spreads via removable USB devices. Cybersecurity researchers from Red Canary have spotted a new Windows malware, dubbed Raspberry Robin, with worm-like capabilities that propagates through removable USB devices. “Raspberry Robin is Red Canary’s name for a cluster of activity we first observed […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2022
Malware campaign hides a shellcode into Windows event logs

Experts spotted a malware campaign that is the first one using a technique of hiding a shellcode into Windows event logs. In February 2022 researchers from Kaspersky spotted a malicious campaign using a novel technique that consists of hiding the shellcode in Windows event logs. The technique allows hiding a fileless Trojan, the experts also […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2022
US gov sanctions cryptocurrency mixer Blender also used by North Korea-linked Lazarus APT

The U.S. Department of Treasury sanctioned cryptocurrency mixer Blender.io used by North Korea-linked Lazarus APT. The U.S. Department of Treasury sanctioned the cryptocurrency mixer Blender.io used by the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT to launder the funds stolen from Axie Infinity’s Ronin bridge. This is the first time ever, Treasury is sanctioning a virtual currency mixer. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2022
How the thriving fraud industry within Facebook attacks independent media

Experts investigate how stolen Facebook accounts are used as part of a well-established fraud industry inside Facebook. No eyebrows were raised in Quriums security operation center when the independent Philippine media outlet Bulatlat once again got DDoSed, as they are a frequent target of such digital attacks. However, when we noticed that the attack traffic came from […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2022
QNAP fixes multiple flaws, including a QVR RCE vulnerability

QNAP addressed multiple vulnerabilities, including a critical remote execution flaw affecting the QVR video surveillance solution. QNAP has addressed multiple vulnerabilities, including a critical security issue, tracked as CVE-2022-27588 (CVSS score of 9.8), that could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable QVR systems. QNAP QVR is a video surveillance […]