Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2022
Threat actors target poorly protected Microsoft SQL Servers

Threat actors install Cobalt Strike beacons on vulnerable Microsoft SQL Servers to achieve a foothold in the target network. Researchers from Ahn Lab’s ASEC spotted a new wave of attacks deploying Cobalt Strike beacons on vulnerable Microsoft SQL Servers to achieve initial access to target networks and deploy malicious payloads. The threat actors behind the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2022
Cookware giant Meyer Corporation discloses cyberattack

US cookware distributor giant Meyer Corporation discloses a data breach that affected thousands of its employees. Meyer Corporation, the second-largest cookware distributor globally, has disclosed a data breach that affects thousands of its employees. The attack took place on October 25, 2021, as reported by the data breach notification letter shared with the U.S. Attorney […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2022
Police dismantled a gang that used phishing sites to steal credit cards

The Ukrainian police arrested a gang specialized in the sale of stolen payment card data through phishing attacks. The cybercrime unit of the Ukrainian police has arrested a group of cybercriminals who managed to steal payment card data from at least 70,000 people by setting up mobile fake top-up services. The police arrested five that created and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2022
China-linked APT10 Target Taiwan’s financial trading industry

China-linked APT group APT10 (aka Stone Panda, Bronze Riverside) targets Taiwan’s financial trading sector with a supply chain attack. The campaign was launched by the APT10 group started in November 2021, but it hit a peak between 10 and 13 2022, Taiwanese cybersecurity firm CyCraft reported. The group (also known as Cicada, Stone Panda, MenuPass group, […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2022
A cyber attack heavily impacted operations of Expeditors International

American worldwide logistics and freight forwarding company Expeditors International shuts down global operations after cyber attack American logistics and freight forwarding company Expeditors International was hit by a cyberattack over the weekend that paralyzed most of its operations worldwide. Expeditors company has over 18,000 employees worldwide and has annual gross revenue of around $10 billion. The company discovered the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 21, 2022
Xenomorph Android banking trojan distributed via Google Play Store

Xenomorph Android trojan has been observed distributed via the official Google Play Store targeting 56 European banks. Researchers from ThreatFabric have spotted a new Android banking trojan, dubbed Xenomorph, distributed via the official Google Play Store that has over 50,000 installations. The banking Trojan was used to target 56 European banks and steal sensitive information from […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 21, 2022
A flaw in the encryption algorithm of Hive Ransomware allows retrieving encrypted files

Researchers discovered a flaw in the encryption algorithm used by Hive ransomware that allowed them to decrypt data. Researchers discovered a flaw in the encryption algorithm used by Hive ransomware that allowed them to decrypt data without knowing the private key used by the gang to encrypt files. The Hive ransomware operation has been active […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 21, 2022
Threat Report Portugal: Q4 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q4 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from October to December, Q4, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-InformĂĄtica. This feed is based on automatic searches and is also supported […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2022
BEC scammers impersonate CEOs on virtual meeting platforms

The FBI warned US organizations and individuals are being increasingly targeted in BECattacks on virtual meeting platforms The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned this week that US organizations and individuals are being increasingly targeted in BEC (business email compromise) attacks on virtual meeting platforms. Business Email Compromise/Email Account Compromise (BEC/EAC) is a sophisticated scam that […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2022
Threat actors stole at least $1.7M worth of NFTs from tens of OpenSea users

Threat actors have stolen and flipped high-valued NFTs from the users of the world’s largest NFT exchange, OpenSea. The world’s largest NFT exchange, OpenSea on Sunday confirmed that tens of some of its users have been hit by a phishing attack and had lost valuable NFTs worth $1.7 million. The phishing attack was confirmed by […]