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Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2023
BlackCat Ransomware gang stole secret military data from an industrial explosives manufacturer

The BlackCat Ransomware group claims to have hacked SOLAR INDUSTRIES INDIA and to have stolen 2TB of “secret military data.” The BlackCat Ransomware gang added SOLAR INDUSTRIES INDIA to the list of victims published on its Tor leak site. The company is a globally recognised industrial explosives manufacturer, it provides complete blasting solutions, including packaged, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2023
Hive Ransomware Tor leak site apparently seized by law enforcement

The leak site of the Hive ransomware gang was seized due to an international operation conducted by law enforcement in ten countries. The Tor leak site used by Hive ransomware operators has been seized as part of an international operation conducted by law enforcement in 10 countries. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation seized this site […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2023
North Korea-linked TA444 group turns to credential harvesting activity

North Korea-linked TA444 group is behind a credential harvesting campaign targeting a number of industry verticals. Proofpoint researchers reported that North Korea-linked TA444 APT group (aka APT38, BlueNoroff, Copernicium, and Stardust Chollima) is behind a credential harvesting campaign targeting a number of industry verticals. APT38 appears to be a North Korea-linked group separate from the infamous Lazarus group, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2023
DragonSpark threat actor avoids detection using Golang source code Interpretation

Chinese threat actor tracked as DragonSpark targets organizations in East Asia with a Golang malware to evade detection. SentinelOne researchers spotted a Chinese-speaking actor, tracked as DragonSpark, that is targeting organizations in East Asia. The attackers employed an open source tool SparkRAT along with Golang malware that implements an uncommon technique to evade detection. “The threat […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2023
Massive Ad fraud scheme VASTFLUX targeted over 11 million devices

Researchers dismantled a sophisticated ad fraud scheme, dubbed VASTFLUX, that targeted more than 11 million devices. HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team dismantled a sophisticated ad fraud operation dubbed VASTFLUX. The name VASTFLUX comes from the evasion technique “fast flux” and VAST, the Digital Video Ad Serving Template that was abused by threat actors in this fraudulent scheme. The researchers […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2023
Roaming Mantis uses new DNS changer in its Wroba mobile malware

Roaming Mantis threat actors were observed using a new variant of their mobile malware Wroba to hijack DNS settings of Wi-Fi routers. Researchers from Kaspersky observed Roaming Mantis threat actors using an updated variant of their mobile malware Wroba to compromise Wi-Fi routers and hijack DNS settings. Roaming Mantis surfaced in March 2018 when hacked routers in Japan to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 403 by Pierluigi Paganini

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. The Irish DPC fined WhatsApp €5.5M for violating GDPR Around 19,500 end-of-life Cisco routers are exposed […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2023
Chinese hackers used recently patched FortiOS SSL-VPN flaw as a zero-day in October

An alleged Chinese threat actor was observed exploiting the recently patched CVE-2022-42475 vulnerability in FortiOS SSL-VPN. Researchers from Mandiant reported that suspected Chinese threat actors exploited the recently patched CVE-2022-42475 vulnerability in FortiOS SSL-VPN as a zero-day. According to the security firm, the vulnerability was exploited in attacks against a series of targets, including a […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2023
A couple of bugs can be chained to hack Netcomm routers

A couple of critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in Netcomm rourers, experts warn of their potential exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities discovered in the Netcomm routers are a a stack based buffer overflow and an authentication bypass, respectively tracked as CVE-2022-4873 and CVE-2022-4874. Both issues impact the Netcomm router models NF20MESH, NF20, and NL1902 running software versions […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2023
1,000 ships impacted by a ransomware attack on maritime software supplier DNV

A ransomware attack against the maritime software supplier DNV impacted approximately 1,000 vessels. About 1,000 vessels have been impacted by a ransomware attack against DNV, one of the major maritime software suppliers.  DNV GL provides solutions and services throughout the life cycle of any vessel, from design and engineering to risk assessment and ship management. […]