malware

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2024
Large-scale Sign1 malware campaign already infected 39,000+ WordPress sites

A large-scale malware campaign, tracked as Sign1, has already compromised 39,000 WordPress sites in the last six months. Sucurity researchers at Sucuri spotted a malware campaign, tracked as Sign1, which has already compromised 39,000 WordPress sites in the last six months. The experts discovered that threat actors compromised the websites implanting malicious JavaScript injections that […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2024
Threat actors actively exploit JetBrains TeamCity flaws to deliver malware

Multiple threat actors are exploiting the recently disclosed JetBrains TeamCity flaw CVE-2024-27198 in attacks in the wild. Trend Micro researchers are exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerabilities CVE-2024-27198 (CVSS score: 9.8) and CVE-2024-27199 (CVSS score 7.3) security flaws in JetBrains TeamCity to deploy multiple malware families and gain administrative control over impacted systems. In early March, Rapid7 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2024
BunnyLoader 3.0 surfaces in the threat landscape

Researchers found a new variant of the BunnyLoader malware with a modular structure and new evasion capabilities. In October 2023, Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) called BunnyLoader, which was advertised for sale in multiple cybercrime forums since September 4, 2023. The BunnyLoader malware loader is written in C/C++ and is sold on various forums for […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2024
Earth Krahang APT breached tens of government organizations worldwide

Trend Micro uncovered a sophisticated campaign conducted by Earth Krahang APT group that breached 70 organizations worldwide. Trend Micro researchers uncovered a sophisticated campaign conducted by a threat actor tracked as Earth Krahang while investigating the activity of China-linked APT Earth Lusca.  The campaign seems active since at least early 2022 and focuses primarily on […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2024
Fujitsu suffered a malware attack and probably a data breach

Technology giant Fujitsu announced it had suffered a cyberattack that may have resulted in the theft of customer information. Japanese technology giant Fujitsu on Friday announced it had suffered a malware attack, threat actors may have stolen personal and customer information. The company revealed that multiple work computers were infected with malware, in response to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2024
“gitgub” malware campaign targets Github users with RisePro info-stealer

Cybersecurity researchers discovered multiple GitHub repositories hosting cracked software that are used to drop the RisePro info-stealer. G-Data researchers found at least 13 such Github repositories hosting cracked software designed to deliver the RisePro info-stealer. The experts noticed that this campaign was named “gitgub” by its operators. The researchers started the investigation following Arstechnica’s story about […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2024
Security Affairs newsletter Round 463 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. France Travail data breach impacted 43 Million people Scranton School District in Pennsylvania suffered a ransomware […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2024
France Travail data breach impacted 43 Million people

Unemployment agency France Travail (Pôle Emploi) recently suffered a data breach that could impact 43 million people. On August 2023, the French government employment agency Pôle emploi suffered a data breach and notified 10 million individuals impacted by the security breach. The press release published by the agency states that its information systems are not […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2024
Scranton School District in Pennsylvania suffered a ransomware attack

School districts continue to be under attack, schools in Scranton, Pennsylvania, are suffering a ransomware attack. This week, schools in Scranton, Pennsylvania, experienced a ransomware attack, resulting in IT outages. The Scranton School District is working with third-party forensic specialists to investigate the security breach and restore impacted systems. “The attack is causing a temporary […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2024
Recent DarkGate campaign exploited Microsoft Windows zero-day

Researchers recently uncovered a DarkGate campaign in mid-January 2024, which exploited Microsoft zero-day vulnerability. Researchers at the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) recently uncovered a DarkGate campaign in mid-January 2024, which exploited the Windows zero-day flaw CVE-2024-21412 using fake software installers. CVE-2024-21412 (CVSS score 8.1) is an Internet Shortcut Files Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker […]