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Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 385

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
Surge in Magento 2 template attacks exploiting the CVE-2022-24086 flaw

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
Atlassian Confluence bug CVE-2022-26134 exploited in cryptocurrency mining campaign

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 is the alleged source of the leak of the Lockbit 3.0 builder

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
Russian Sandworm APT impersonates Ukrainian telcos to deliver malware

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
Analyzing IP Addresses to Prevent Fraud for Enterprises

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
IT giants warn of ongoing Chromeloader malware campaigns

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2022
TeamTNT is back and targets servers to run Bitcoin encryption solvers

AquaSec researchers observed the cybercrime gang TeamTNT hijacking servers to run Bitcoin solver since early September. In the first week of September, AquaSec researchers identified at least three different attacks targeting their honeypots, the experts associated them with the cybercrime gang TeamTNT. The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2022
North Korea-linked APT spreads tainted versions of PuTTY via WhatsApp

North Korea-linked threat actor UNC4034 is spreading tainted versions of the PuTTY SSH and Telnet client. In July 2022, Mandiant identified a novel spear phish methodology that was employed by North Korea-linked threat actor UNC4034. The attackers are spreading tainted versions of the PuTTY SSH and Telnet client. The attack chain starts with a fake […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2022
Experts warn of self-spreading malware targeting gamers looking for cheats on YouTube

Threat actors target gamers looking for cheats on YouTube with the RedLine Stealer information-stealing malware and crypto miners Researchers from Kaspersky have spotted a self-extracting archive, served to gamers looking for cheats on YouTube, that was employed to deliver the RedLine Stealer information-stealing malware and crypto miners. The RedLine malware allows operators to steal several […]