IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2022
U.S. Treasury Department sanctions darkweb marketplace Hydra Market

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the Hydra Market, the world’s largest and longest-running dark web marketplace. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the darkweb marketplace Hydra Market, the same day Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office, the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), announced they have shut down the illegal platform. The seizure of the Hydra Market is the result of an international […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2022
A cyber attack forced the wind turbine manufacturer Nordex Group to shut down some of IT systems

Nordex Group, one of the largest manufacturers of wind turbines, was hit by a cyberattack that forced the company to shut down part of its infrastructure.  Nordex Group, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, was the victim of a cyberattack that forced the company to take down multiple systems. The attack was […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2022
Germany police shut down Hydra Market dark web marketplace

Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office shut down Hydra Market, the Russian-language darknet marketplace specialized in drug dealing. Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office, the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), announced they have shut down Hydra, one of the world’s largest dark web marketplace. The seizure of the Hydra Market is the result of an international investigation conducted by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2022
Russia-linked Armageddon APT targets Ukrainian state organizations, CERT-UA warns

Ukraine CERT-UA spotted a spear-phishing campaign conducted by Russia-linked Armageddon APT targeting local state organizations. Ukraine CERT-UA published a security advisory to warn of spear-phishing attacks conducted by Russia-linked Armageddon APT (aka Gamaredon, Primitive Bear, Armageddon, Winterflounder, or Iron Tilden) targeting local state organizations. The phishing messages have been sent from “vadim_melnik88@i[.]ua,” the campaign aims at […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2022
CISA adds Spring4Shell flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

The U.S. CISA added the recently disclosed remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability Spring4Shell to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the recently disclosed CVE-2022-22965 (aka Spring4Shell, CVSS score: 9.8) flaw in the Spring Framework, along with three other issues, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2022
MailChimp breached, intruders conducted phishing attacks against crypto customers

Threat actors gained access to internal tools of the email marketing giant MailChimp to conduct phishing attacks against crypto customers. During the weekend, multiple owners of Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallets reported having received fake data breach notifications from Trezor, BleepingComputer first reported. The fake data breach notification emails urged Trezort customers to reset the PIN of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2022
Brokenwire attack, how hackers can disrupt charging for electric vehicles

Boffins devised a new attack technique, dubbed Brokenwire, against the Combined Charging System (CCS) that could potentially disrupt charging for electric vehicles. A group of researchers from the University of Oxford and Armasuisse S+T has devised a new attack technique, dubbed Brokenwire, against the popular Combined Charging System (CCS) that could be exploited by remote […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2022
China-linked APT Deep Panda employs new Fire Chili Windows rootkit

The China-linked hacking group Deep Panda is targeting VMware Horizon servers with the Log4Shell exploit to install a new Fire Chili rootkit. Researchers from Fortinet have observed the Chinese APT group Deep Panda exploiting a Log4Shell exploit to compromise VMware Horizon servers and deploy previously undetected Fire Chili rootkit. The experts observed opportunistic attacks against organizations […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2022
Mar 27 – Apr 02 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Apr 02 – Anonymous leaked 15 GB of data allegedly stolen from the Russian Orthodox Church Anonymous claims to have hacked the Russian Orthodox Church ‘s charitable wing and leaked 15 GB of alleged stolen […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 359 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. Anonymous leaked 15 GB of data allegedly stolen from the Russian Orthodox Church UK […]