Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2021
A new ransomware dubbed ‘NitroRansomware’ has appeared in the threat landscape, it demands a Discord Nitro gift code to decrypt files. Researchers from BleepingComputer reported infections of a new singular ransomware dubbed NitroRansomware which demands a Discord Nitro gift code to the victims to decrypt their files. Discord is a free VoIP, instant messaging and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2021
The software company Codecov suffered a security breach, threat actors compromised the supply chain of one of its tools. A new supply chain attack made the headlines, the software company Codecov recently disclosed a major security breach after a threat actor compromised its infrastructure to inject a credentials harvester code to one of its tools […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2021
Threat actors targeted are exploiting the ProxyLogon vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange servers to deploy Monero cryptocurrency miners. Sophos researchers reported that threat actors targeted Microsoft Exchange by exploiting ProxyLogon vulnerabilities to deploy malicious Monero cryptominer in an unusual attack. The unknown attacker is attempting to deliver a payload which is being hosted on a compromised […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2021
Fedir Hladyr (35), a Ukrainian national was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his role in the financially motivated group FIN7, aka Carbanak. The Ukrainian national Fedir Hladyr (35), aka âdasâ or âAronaXus,â was sentenced to 10 years in prison for having served as a manager and systems administrator for the financially motivated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2021
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. Is the recent accident at Iran Natanz nuclear plant a cyber attack? Joker malware infected 538,000 Huawei Android devices Personal data of 1.3 million Clubhouse users leaked online Fitch Ratings: […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2021
Experts warn of malware campaigns delivering the BazarLoader malware abusing popular collaboration tools like Slack and BaseCamp. Since January, researchers observed malware campaigns delivering the BazarLoader malware abusing popular collaboration tools like Slack and BaseCamp. The campaigns aimed at employees of large organizations, the messages attempt to trick the victims that they contain important information […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2021
Google Project Zero security team has updated its vulnerability disclosure policy, it gives users 30 days to patch flaws before disclosing associated technical details. The Google Project Zero security team announced an update to its vulnerability disclosure policy, it could include additional 30 days to the disclosure process for some bugs to give end-users enough […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2021
SolarWinds supply chain attack also impacted six European Union institutions, European Commissioner for Budget and Administration confirmed. European Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn confirmed the hack of some EU agencies as result of the SolarWinds supply chain attack in a response to a question filed by an EU Parliament member in February 2021. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2021
Cybersecurity provider Juniper Networks addressed a critical vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to remotely hijack or disrupt vulnerable devices. Cybersecurity vendor Juniper Networks addressed a critical vulnerability in Junos OS, tracked as CVE-2021-0254, that could allow an attacker to remotely hijack or disrupt affected devices. This flaw stems from the improper buffer size […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2021
The US government warned that Russian cyber espionage group SVR is exploiting five known vulnerabilities in enterprise infrastructure products. The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have published a joint advisory that warns that Russia-linked APT group SVR (aka APT29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes). […]
