Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2021
FlyTrap, a new Android Trojan compromised thousands of Facebook accounts

Experts spotted a new Android trojan, dubbed FlyTrap, that compromised Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021. Zimperium’s zLabs researchers spotted a new Android trojan, dubbed FlyTrap, that already compromised Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021. The malware was spreading […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2021
City of Joplin paid a 320K ransom after a ransomware Attack

A ransomware attack hit City of Joplin forcing the IT staff to shutdown the City computer. Finally the insurer for Joplin paid $320,000 to threat actors. A ransomware attack last month hit the City of Joplin forcing the IT staff to shut down the city’s government’s computer system to prevent the threat from spreading. While […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2021
Australian Cyber Security Centre warns of a surge of LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of a surge of LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks against Australian organizations starting July 2021. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of an escalation in LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks against Australian organizations in multiple industry sectors starting July 2021. The Australian agency also published 2021-006: ACSC Ransomware Profile – Lockbit 2.0 which includes info […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2021
1M compromised cards available for free in the underground market

Group-IB detected an unconventional post on several carding forums containing links to a file containing 1 million compromised cards. On August 2, Group-IB Threat Intelligence & Attribution system detected an unconventional post on several carding forums. A user, nicknamed AW_cards posted links to a file containing 1 million pieces of stolen payment records. The file […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2021
A zero-day RCE in Cisco ASDM has yet to be fixed

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) Launcher disclosed in July has yet to be addressed. Cisco provided an update on a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability (CVE-2021-1585) in the Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) Launcher, the IT giant confirmed that the flaw has yet to be addressed. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2021
CVE-2021-20090 actively exploited to target millions of IoT devices worldwide

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass issue (CVE-2021-20090) affecting home routers with Arcadyan firmware. Threat actors actively exploit a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20090, impacting home routers with Arcadyan firmware to deploy a Mirai bot. “A path traversal vulnerability in the web interfaces of Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2 firmware version <= 1.02 and […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2021
RansomEXX ransomware hit computer manufacturer and distributor GIGABYTE

Taiwanese manufacturer and distributor of computer hardware GIGABYTE was a victim of the RansomEXX ransomware gang. RansomEXX ransomware gang hit the Taiwanese manufacturer and distributor of computer hardware GIGABYTE and claims to have stolen 112GB of data. At the time of this writing, the leak site of the RansomEXX gang dosn’t include the company name, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2021
Ivanti fixed a critical code execution issue in Pulse Connect Secure VPN

Security firm Ivanti addressed a critical vulnerability in its Pulse Connect Secure VPN appliances that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. IT firm Ivanti released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in its Pulse Connect Secure VPN appliances. The most severe flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-22937 is a high-severity remote code execution […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2021
Conti Leak Indicators – What to block, in your SOC….

Security expert provided leak indicators for Conti ransomware operations that were recently disclosed by a disgruntled affiliate. An affiliate of the Conti RaaS has leaked the training material provided by the group to the customers of its RaaS, he also published the info about one of the operators. The Conti Ransomware operators offer their services to their […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2021
VMware addresses critical flaws in its products

VMware has addressed a critical vulnerability that affects multiple products that could be exploited to gain access to confidential information. VMware has released security updates to address multiple flaws in its products, including a critical issue that could allow an attacker to access confidential information. A couple of vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2021-22002 and CVE-2021-22003, impact Workspace […]