IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2022
CISA orders federal agencies to fix actively exploited CVE-2022-21882 Windows flaw

US CISA ordered federal agencies to patch their systems against actively exploited CVE-2022-21882  Windows flaw. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered federal agencies to address their systems against an actively exploited Windows vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-21882. “CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence that threat […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2022
Over 500,000 people were impacted by a ransomware attack that hit Morley

Business services firm Morley was hit by a ransomware attack that may have exposed data of +500,000 individuals. Business services company Morley was victim of a ransomware attack that may have resulted in a data breach impacting more than 500,000 individuals. Morley Companies is a United States corporation that provides business services to Fortune 500 and Global 100 clients; contact […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2022
Ransomware attack hit Swissport International causing delays in flights

Aviation services company Swissport International was hit by a ransomware attack that impacted its operations. Swissport International Ltd. is an aviation services company providing airport ground,lounge hospitality and cargo handling services owned by an international group of investors. The company handles around 282 million passengers and 4.8 million tonnes of cargo annually, on behalf of […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2022
A nation-state actor hacked media and publishing giant News Corp

American media and publishing giant News Corp revealed it was victim of a cyber attack from an advanced persistent threat actor. American media and publishing giant News Corp revealed it was victim of a cyber attack from an advanced persistent threat actor that took place in January. The attackers compromised one of the systems of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2022
Retail giant Target open sources Merry Maker e-skimmer detection tool

Retail giant Target is going to open-source an internal tool, dubbed Merry Maker, designed to detect e-skimming attacks. Retail giant Target announced the release in open-source of an internal tool, dubbed Merry Maker, designed to detect e-skimming attacks. Merry Maker is a tool designed by Target security developers Eric Brandel and Caleb Walch (@ebrandel and @cawalch) to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2022
Russia-linked Gamaredon APT targeted a western government entity in Ukraine

The Russia-linked Gamaredon APT group attempted to compromise an unnamed Western government entity in Ukraine. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 reported that the Russia-linked Gamaredon APT group attempted to compromise an unnamed Western government entity operating in Ukraine in January, while geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine have escalated dramatically. In Mid January the Ukrainian […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2022
Zimbra zero-day vulnerability actively exploited by an alleged Chinese threat actor

An alleged Chinese threat actor is actively attempting to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in the Zimbra open-source email platform. An alleged Chinese threat actor, tracked as TEMP_Heretic, is actively attempting to exploit a zero-day XSS vulnerability in the Zimbra open-source email platform. The zero-day vulnerability impacts almost any Zimbra install running version 8.8.15. Researchers from […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2022
Microsoft blocked tens of billions of brute-force and phishing attacks in 2021

Office 365 and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) customers were the targets of billions of brute-force and phishing attacks last year. Microsoft revealed that Office 365 and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) customers were the targets of billions of phishing emails and brute force attacks last year. The IT giant added has blocked more than 25.6 billion Azure AD […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2022
Cisco fixes critical flaws in its Small Business Routers

Cisco released security patches to address multiple flaws in its Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 series routers. Cisco announced patches for multiple issue affecting its Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 series routers. Some of the bugs fixed by the IT giant could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with root […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2022
Antlion APT group used a custom backdoor that allowed them to fly under the radar for months

A China-linked APT group tracked as Antlion used a custom backdoor called xPack that was undetected for months. A China-linked APT group tracked as Antlion is using a custom backdoor called xPack in attacks aimed at financial organizations and manufacturing companies, Symantec researchers reported. The backdoor was undetected for at least 18 months in a […]