Pierluigi Paganini
October 20, 2021
China-linked cyberespionage group LightBasin hacked mobile telephone networks around the world and used specialized tools to access calling records. A China-linked hacking group, tracked as LightBasin (aka UNC1945), hacked mobile telephone networks around the globe and used specialized tools to access calling records and text messages from telecommunications companies. The cyberespionage group has been active […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 20, 2021
Zero-day exploit broker Zerodium announced it is looking for zero-day vulnerabilities in the Windows clients of ExpressVPN, NordVPN, and Surfshark. Zerodium is looking to pay for zero-day exploits for vulnerabilities in the Windows clients of three virtual private network (VPN) service providers, ExpressVPN, NordVPN, and Surfshark. The company announced with a message posted on Twitter: […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 19, 2021
FBI, CISA, NSA have published a joint advisory about the operation of the BlackMatter ransomware gang and provides defense recommendations. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) have published an advisory that provides details about the BlackMatter ransomware operations and defense recommendations. This advisory provides […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2021
The Uptycs Threat Research Team spotted a campaign in which the TeamTNT threat actors deployed a malicious container image on Docker hub. The Uptycs Threat Research Team recently identified a campaign in which the TeamTNT threat actors deployed a malicious container image (hosted on Docker Hub) with an embedded script to download Zgrab scanner and masscanner—penetration testing tools […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2021
Experts discovered several unprotected installs of open source event monitoring solution Prometheus that may expose sensitive data. JFrog researchers have discovered multiple unprotected instances of open source event monitoring solution Prometheus that may leak sensitive data. The solution scrapes real-time metrics from multiple endpoints, it is used by several major organizations such as Uber. Prometheus’ […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2021
A ransomware attack is likely the cause of the recent downtime for TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group broadcast television company. TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group went down over the weekend officially due to technical issues, but some media [1,2] reported that it was a victim of a ransomware attack. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2021
It seems that the REvil ransomware operation has shut down once again after a threat actor has hijacked their Tor hidden service. The REvil ransomware gang has shut down its operation once again after a threat actor has hijacked their Tor leak site and payment portal. The news of the hack was shared by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2021
Researchers warn of an Ad-Blocking Chrome extension that was abused by threat actors to Injecting Ads in Google search pages. Researchers from Imperva have spotted a new deceptive ad injection campaign that is targeting users of some large websites leveraging an AD-blocking extension, named AllBlock, that is available on both Chrome and Opera browsers. Ad […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2021
White hat hackers earned $1.88 million at the Tianfu Cup hacking contest by finding vulnerabilities in popular software. The Tianfu Cup is the most important hacking contest held in China, this year white hat hackers earned $1.88 Million demonstrating vulnerabilities in popular software. The edition of this year took place on October 16 and 17 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2021
Twitch provided an update for the recent security breach, the company confirmed that it only had a limited impact on a small number of users. Twitch downplayed the recent security breach in an update, the company said it only impacted a small number of users. According to the update, login credentials or full payment card […]
