Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2023
Researchers discovered a new Linux malware developed with the shell script compiler (shc) that was used to deliver a cryptocurrency miner. The ASEC analysis team recently discovered that a Linux malware developed with shell script compiler (shc) that threat actors used to install a CoinMiner. The experts believe attackers initially compromised targeted devices through a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2023
US. rail and locomotive company Wabtec Corporation disclosed a data breach after it was hit with Lockbit ransomware attack. Wabtec Corporation is an American company formed by the merger of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) and MotivePower Industries Corporation in 1999. It manufactures products for locomotives, freight cars and passenger transit vehicles, and builds new locomotives up to 6,000 horsepower. The company employs […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2023
The Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) was hit with a ransomware attack that impacted its operations. The Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) announced to have suffered a ransomware attack late on December 27, 2022, which impacted its operation. Copper Mountain’s flagship asset is the 75% owned Copper Mountain mine located in southern British Columbia near […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2023
Experts warn of a new malware campaign using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure to spread the remote access trojan BitRAT. Qualys experts spotted a new malware campaign spreading a remote access trojan called BitRAT using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure in phishing messages. BitRAT is a relatively new […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2023
A post published on a popular hacking forum claims Volvo Cars has suffered a new data breach, alleging stolen data available for sale. French cybersecurity Anis Haboubi yesterday first noticed that a threat actor was attempting to sell data allegedly stolen from Volvo Cars on a popular hacking forum. A member of the forum, who […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2023
These are the most-read cybersecurity articles that have been published by SecurtiyAffairs in 2022. 1 – Russia-linked actors may be behind an explosion at a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas Russian threat actors may be behind the explosion at a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas, the incident took place on June 8. 2 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2023
Threat actors compromised the PyTorch Machine Learning Framework by adding a malicious dependency. The maintainers of the PyTorch package warn of a supply chain attack. Users who have installed PyTorch-nightly on Linux via pip between December 25, 2022 and December 30, 2022, to uninstall it and use the latest binaries. “If you installed PyTorch-nightly on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2023
Poland security agency warns pro-Russian hackers that are continuously targeting the state since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Poland has been a constant target of cyber attacks conducted by pro-Russian hackers, Poland’s security agency warns. The attacks aimed at almost any entity in Poland, including […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 01, 2023
The LockBit ransomware group formally apologized for the attack on the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and gave to the victim a decryptor for free. The LockBit ransomware gang formally apologized for the attack on the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and has released a free decryptor for the Hospital. The group is known to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 01, 2023
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. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Personal health information of 42M Americans leaked between 2016 and 2021 Malvertising campaign MasquerAds abuses Google […]
