IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2020
FBI issued an alert on Ragnar Locker ransomware activity

The U.S. FBI is warning private industry partners of a surge in Ragnar Locker ransomware activity following a confirmed attack from April 2020. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a flash alert (MU-000140-MW) to warn private industry partners of an increase of the Ragnar Locker ransomware activity following a confirmed attack from April […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2020
Massive threat campaign strikes open-source repos, Sonatype spots new CursedGrabber malware

Sonatype’s deep dive research allowed to identify a new family of Discord malware called CursedGrabber. Sonatype has discovered more malware in the npm registry which, following our analysis and multiple cyber threat intelligence reports, has led to the discovery of a novel and large scale malware campaign leveraging the open-source ecosystem. The malware called “xpc.js” […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2020
Hundreds of female sports stars and celebrities have their naked photos and videos leaked online

Hackers have stolen naked photos and videos from hundreds of female sports stars and celebrities and leaked them online. Threat actors have stolen naked photos and videos from hundreds of female sports stars and celebrities and leaked them online. The attack took place in the same hours as hackers hit Manchester United and brings us back […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2020
Romanians arrested for running underground malware services

Two Romanians arrested for running three malware services Two Romanians have been arrested for running two malware crypter services called CyberSeal and DataProtector, and the CyberScan malware testing service. Romanian police forces have arrested this week two individuals suspected of running two malware crypter services called CyberSeal and DataProtector, and a malware testing service called […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 290

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Chilean-based retail giant Cencosud hit by Egregor Ransomware ShinyHunters hacked Pluto TV service, 3.2M accounts exposed The North Face website suffered a credential stuffing attack Crooks use software skimmer that […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2020
A cyberattack crippled the IT infrastructure of the City of Saint John

Officials confirm that the city of Saint John was hit by a massive cyberattack that has crippled the entire IT municipal infrastructure. The city of Saint John, Canada, was hit by a massive cyberattack that has crippled the entire IT municipal infrastructure, the incident was publicly disclosed on November 15. The cyberattack caused the shut […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2020
Dutch tech reporter gatecrashes EU defence secret video conference

A Dutch tech reporter gatecrashed a video conference of EU defence ministers after the Dutch minister shared an image on Twitter. Dutch journalist Daniel Verlaan of RTL Nieuws broke into a secret video conference of EU defence ministers after the Dutch defence minister Ank Bijleveld posted on Twitter an image of the call that accidentally […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2020
Experts warn of mass-scanning for ENV files left unsecured online

Threat actors are scanning the Internet for ENV files that usually contain API tokens, passwords, and database logins. Threat actors are scanning the internet for API tokens, passwords, and database logins that are usually used to store ENV files (Environment files) accidentally left exposed online. Environment files are configuration files that usually contain user environment […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2020
Manchester United hit by ‘sophisticated’ cyber attack

The Manchester United football club has been hit by a cyber attack on their systems, it is not aware of a breach of personal data for his fans. Manchester United disclosed a cyber attack, but according to the football club it is not “currently aware of any breach of personal data associated with our fans and customers”. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2020
UK reveals new National Cyber Force to improve offensive cyber capabilities

The new National Cyber Force (NCF) is working to improve UK’s offensive cyber capabilities to disrupt adversaries and keep the UK safe. UK Prime Minister, in a speech on defence spending, announced the GCHQ and Ministry of Defence (MoD) partnership aimed at conducting offensive cyber operations to disrupt hostile nation-state operations, terrorists, and cyber criminal […]