Pierluigi Paganini
October 27, 2024
Russian authorities sentenced four members of the REvil ransomware operation to several years in prison in Russia. Four former members of the REvil ransomware group were sentenced in Russia for hacking and money laundering, marking a rare case of Russian gang members being convicted in the country. The four men are Artem Zaets, Alexei Malozemov, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2024
The Change Healthcare data breach in the February 2024 impacted over 100 million, the largest-ever healthcare data breach in the US. UnitedHealth Group announced that the data breach suffered by Change Healthcare in February 2024 impacted more than 100 million individuals. On February 21, a cyber attack disrupted IT operation of the healthcare organization, more than […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 23, 2024
Threat actors are targeting Docker remote API servers to deploy SRBMiner crypto miners on compromised instances, Trend Micro warns. Trend Micro researchers observed attackers targeting Docker remote API servers to deploy SRBMiner crypto miners on compromised instances. The threat actors used the gRPC protocol over h2c to bypass security and execute crypto mining on Docker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 22, 2024
Experts warn of a new wave of attacks involving the Bumblebee malware, months after Europol’s ‘Operation Endgame‘ that disrupted its operations in May. The Bumblebee malware loader has resurfaced in new attacks, four months after Europol disrupted it during “Operation Endgame” in May. Bumblebee has been active since March 2022 when it was spotted by Google’s Threat Analysis Group […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 20, 2024
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Expanding the Investigation: Deep Dive into Latest TrickMo Samples HijackLoader evolution: abusing genuine signing certificates FASTCash for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 20, 2024
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. U.S. CISA adds Veeam Backup and Replication flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog North Korea-linked APT37 exploited IE […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 19, 2024
North Korea-linked group APT37 exploited an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability in a supply chain attack. A North Korea-linked threat actor, tracked as APT37 (also known as RedEyes, TA-RedAnt, Reaper, ScarCruft, Group123), exploited a recent Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38178 (CVSS score 7.5), in a supply chain attack. Threat intelligence firm AhnLab and South […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2024
Russia-linked threat actor RomCom targeted Ukrainian government agencies and Polish entities in cyber attacks since late 2023. Cisco Talos researchers observed Russia-linked threat actor RomCom (aka UAT-5647, Storm-0978, Tropical Scorpius, UAC-0180, UNC2596) targeting Ukrainian government agencies and Polish entities in a new wave of attacks since at least late 2023. In the recent attacks, RomCom […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2024
A critical flaw in Kubernetes Image Builder could allow attackers to gain root access if exploited under specific conditions. A critical, Kubernetes Image Builder vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9486 (CVSS score: 9.8), could allow attackers to gain root access if exploited under specific conditions. Only Kubernetes clusters with nodes using VM images from the Image Builder project and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 15, 2024
North Korea-linked actors deploy a new Linux variant of FASTCash malware to target financial systems, researcher HaxRob revealed. The cybersecurity researcher HaxRob analyzed a new variant of the FASTCash “payment switch” malware which targets Linux systems. The variant discovered by the researcher was previously unknown and targets Ubuntu 22.04 LTS distributions. In November 2018, Symantec […]
