Pierluigi Paganini
December 17, 2021
The Conti ransomware gang is the first ransomware operation exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability to target VMware vCenter Servers. Conti ransomware gang is the first professional race that leverages Log4Shell exploit to compromise VMware vCenter Server installs. The ransomware group used the exploit to target internal devices that are not protected. Conti operators run a private Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 16, 2021
Experts warn that threat actors are actively attempting to exploit a second bug disclosed in the popular Log4j logging library. American web infrastructure and website security company Cloudflare warns that threat actors are actively attempting to exploit a second vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-45046, disclosed in the Log4j library. The CVE-2021-45046 received a CVSS score of 3.7 and affects […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 16, 2021
Nation-state actors from China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey are attempting to exploit the Log4Shell vulnerability to in attacks in the wild. Microsoft researchers reported that Nation-state actors from China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey are now abusing the Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) in the Log4J library in their campaigns. Some of the groups exploiting the vulnerability are China-linked Hafnium and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 14, 2021
Bitdefender researchers discovered that threat actors are attempting to exploit the Log4Shell flaw to deliver the new Khonsari ransomware on Windows machines. Bitdefender researchers discovered that threat actors are attempting to exploit the Log4Shell vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) to deliver the new Khonsari ransomware on Windows machines. Experts warn that threat actors are attempting to exploit the Log4Shell flaw […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 14, 2021
US CISA ordered federal agencies to address the critical Log4Shell vulnerability in the Log4j library by December 24th, 2021. US CISA ordered federal agencies to address the critical Log4Shell vulnerability in the Log4j library by December 24th, 2021. The order aims at preventing threat actors could exploit the vulnerability in attacks against government systems. The CVE-2021-44228 flaw […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2021
Threat actors are already abusing Log4Shell vulnerability in the Log4j library for malicious purposes such as deploying malware. A few hours ago, researchers at NetLab 360 reported that their Anglerfish and Apacket honeypots were already hit by attacks attempting to trigger the Log4Shell flaw in the Log4j library. The attempts were carried out by Muhstik and Mirai botnets in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2021
Immediately after the disclosure of the Log4Shell flaw in Log4j library threat actors started including the exploit code in Linux botnets. Researchers at NetLab 360 reported that their Anglerfish and Apacket honeypots were already hit by attacks attempting to trigger the Log4Shell flaw in the Log4j library. The attempts were carried out by Muhstik and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2021
Quebec shut down nearly 4,000 of its sites in response to the discovery of the Log4Shell flaw in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library. Quebec shut down nearly 4,000 of its sites as a preventative measure after the disclosure of a PoC exploit for the Log4Shell flaw (CVE-2021-44228) in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library. On Friday, 10, 2021, Chinese […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 11, 2021
Cybereason researchers released a “vaccine” that mitigates the critical ‘Log4Shell’ Apache Log4j code execution vulnerability. Chinese security researcher p0rz9 publicly disclosed a Proof-of-concept exploit for a critical remote code execution zero-day vulnerability, tracked a CVE-2021-44228 (aka Log4Shell), in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library. p0rz9 revealed that the CVE-2021-44228 can only be exploited if the log4j2.formatMsgNoLookups option is set to false. The Log4j is widely […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2021
Experts publicly disclose Proof-of-concept exploits for a critical zero-day vulnerability in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library. Experts publicly disclose Proof-of-concept exploits for a critical remote code execution zero-day vulnerability, tracked a CVE-2021-44228 (aka Log4Shell), in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library. The Chinese security researcher p0rz9 who publicly disclosed the PoC exploit code revealed […]
