Pierluigi Paganini
September 27, 2022
The recently discovered Erbium information-stealer is being distributed as fake cracks and cheats for popular video games. Threat actors behind the new ‘Erbium’ information-stealing malware are distributing it as fake cracks and cheats for popular video games to steal victims’ credentials and cryptocurrency wallets. The Erbium info-stealing malware was first spotted by researchers at threat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 26, 2022
China-linked cyberespionage group TA413 exploits employ a never-before-undetected backdoor called LOWZERO in attacks aimed at Tibetan entities. A China-linked cyberespionage group, tracked as TA413 (aka LuckyCat), is exploiting recently disclosed flaws in Sophos Firewall (CVE-2022-1040) and Microsoft Office (CVE-2022-30190) to deploy a never-before-detected backdoor called LOWZERO in attacks aimed at Tibetan entities. The TA413 APT group is known to be focused […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 26, 2022
Ransomware operators switch to new extortion tactics by using the Exmatter malware and adding new data corruption functionality. The data extortion landscape is constantly evolving and threat actors are devising new extortion techniques, this is the case of threat actors using the Exmatter malware. Cyderes Special Operations and Stairwell Threat Research researchers spotted a sample […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 25, 2022
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. ISC fixed high-severity flaws in the BIND DNS software Ukraine: SSU dismantled cyber gang that stole […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 23, 2022
Sansec researchers warn of a surge in hacking attempts targeting a critical Magento 2 vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-24086. Sansec researchers are warning of a hacking campaign targeting the CVE-2022-24086 Magento 2 vulnerability. Magento is a popular open-source e-commerce platform owned by Adobe, which is used by hundreds of thousands of e-stores worldwide. In February, Adobe […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 22, 2022
Threat actors are targeting unpatched Atlassian Confluence servers as part of an ongoing crypto mining campaign. Trend Micro researchers warn of an ongoing crypto mining campaign targeting Atlassian Confluence servers affected by the CVE-2022-26134 vulnerability. The now-patched critical security flaw was disclosed by Atlassian in early June, at the time the company warned of a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 22, 2022
A disgruntled developer seems to be responsible for the leak of the builder for the latest encryptor of the LockBit ransomware gang. The leak of the builder for the latest encryptor of the LockBit ransomware gang made the headlines, it seems that the person who published it is a disgruntled developer. The latest version of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 20, 2022
Russia-linked APT group Sandworm has been observed impersonating telecommunication providers to target Ukrainian entities with malware. Russia-linked cyberespionage group Sandworm has been observed impersonating telecommunication providers to target Ukrainian entities with malware. Multiple security firms have reported that the Sandworm APT continues to target Ukraine with multiple means, including custom malware and botnet like Cyclops […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 20, 2022
How can businesses protect themselves from fraudulent activities by examining IP addresses? The police would track burglars if they left calling cards at the attacked properties. Internet fraudsters usually leave a trail of breadcrumbs whenever they visit websites through specific IP addresses. They reveal their physical location and the device they used to connect to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 20, 2022
VMware and Microsoft are warning of a widespread Chromeloader malware campaign that distributes several malware families. ChromeLoader is a malicious Chrome browser extension, it is classified as a pervasive browser hijacker that modifies browser settings to redirect user traffic. The malware is able to redirect the user’s traffic and hijacking user search queries to popular […]
