Pierluigi Paganini
July 31, 2022
North Korea-linked threat actor SharpTongue is using a malicious extension on Chromium-based web browsers to spy on victims’ email accounts. North Korea-linked actor SharpTongue has been using a malicious extension on Chromium-based web browsers to spy on victims’ Gmail and AOL email accounts. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Volexity tracked the threat actors as SharpTongue, but […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2022
Microsoft linked the recently discovered Raspberry Robin Windows malware to the notorious Evil Corp operation. On July 26, 2022, Microsoft researchers discovered that the FakeUpdates malware was being distributed via Raspberry Robin malware. Raspberry Robin is a Windows worm discovered by cybersecurity researchers from Red Canary, the malware propagates through removable USB devices. The malicious code […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2022
Threat actors are actively exploiting the recently patched critical flaw in Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center Recenlty Atlassian released security updates to address a critical hardcoded credentials vulnerability in Confluence Server and Data Center tracked as CVE-2022-26138. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability to log into unpatched servers. Once installed the Questions […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2022
This month Akamai blocked the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that hit an organization in Europe. On July 21, 2022, Akamai mitigated the largest DDoS attack that ever hit one of its European customers. The attack hit an Akamai customer in Eastern Europe that was targeted 75 times in the past 30 days with multiple […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2022
ENISA published a report that includes anonymised and aggregated information about major telecom security incidents in 2021. ENISA published a report that provides anonymized and aggregated information about major telecom security incidents in 2021. Every European telecom operator that suffers a security incident, notifies its national authorities which share a summary of these reports to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2022
Microsoft linked a private-sector offensive actor (PSOA) to attacks using multiple zero-day exploits for its Subzero malware. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) researchers linked a threat group known as Knotweed to an Austrian surveillance firm named DSIRF, known for using multiple Windows and Adobe zero-day exploits. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2022
Researchers found similarities between LockBit 3.0 ransomware and BlackMatter, which is a rebranded variant of the DarkSide ransomware. Cybersecurity researchers have found similarities between the latest version of the LockBit ransomware, LockBit 3.0, and the BlackMatter ransomware. The Lockbit 3.0 ransomware was released in June with important novelties such as a bug bounty program, Zcash payment, and new extortion […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2022
Kaspersky uncovered a new UEFI firmware rootkit, tracked as CosmicStrand, which it attributes to an unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor. Researchers from Kaspersky have spotted a UEFI firmware rootkit, named CosmicStrand, which has been attributed to an unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor. This malware was first spotted by Chinese firm Qihoo360 in 2017. The researchers were not […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2022
Multiple flaws in FileWave mobile device management (MDM) product exposed organizations to cyberattacks. Claroty researchers discovered two vulnerabilities in the FileWave MDM product that exposed more than one thousand organizations to cyber attacks. FIleWave MDM is used by organizations to view and manage device configurations, locations, security settings, and other device data. An organization may […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2022
The ransomware group Lockbit claims to have stolen 78 GB of files from the Italian Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate). The ransomware gang Lockbit claims to have hacked the Italian Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) and added the government agency to the list of victims reported on its dark web leak site. “The Revenue Agency, operational since 1 January […]
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