Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2021
DoJ sentenced to 10 years Russian ‘King of Fraud’ behind the fraud scheme 3ve

The US DoJ sentenced a Russian man for operating a large-scale digital advertising fraud scheme called Methbot (‘3ve’). The US DoJ sentenced the Russian nation Aleksandr Zhukov, aka the ‘King of Fraud,’ for operating a large-scale digital advertising fraud scheme called Methbot (‘3ve‘) that stole at least $7 million from US organizations. DoJ sentenced Zhukov […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2021
Iranian threat actors attempt to buy stolen data of US organizations, FBI warns

The FBI warned private industry partners of attempts by an Iranian threat actor to buy stolen information belonging to US organizations. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a private industry notification (PIN) to warn private industry partners that Iran-linked threat actors are attempting to buy stolen information belonging to US businesses and organizations abroad. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2021
CVE-2021-3064: Easily exploitable RCE flaw in Palo Alto Networks in GlobalProtect VPN

Palo Alto Networks warns of an easy exploitable Remote Code Execution vulnerability in its GlobalProtect VPN product. Palo Alto Networks disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3064, in its GlobalProtect portal and gateway interfaces. The cybersecurity vendor warns that the vulnerability is easily exploitable by an unauthenticated network-based attacker. Successful exploitation can […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2021
VMware discloses a severe flaw in vCenter Server that has yet to fix

VMware announced it is working on patches for an important severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting vCenter Server. VMware announced it’s working on security patches to address an important severity privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-22048, in its vCenter Server. vCenter Server is the centralized management utility for VMware and is used to manage virtual machines, multiple […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2021
A flaw in WP Reset PRO WordPress plugin allows wiping the installation DB

A critical vulnerability in the WP Reset PRO WordPress plugin can allow an authenticated user to wipe the entire database of WordPress sites. Researchers from cybersecurity form Packstack have discovered a critical vulnerability in the WP Reset PRO WordPress plugin that could be exploited by an authenticated user to completely wipe the database of a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2021
TeamTNT group targets poorly configured Docker servers exposing REST APIs

TeamTNT hackers are targeting poorly configured Docker servers as part of an ongoing campaign that started in October. Trend Micro researchers reported that TeamTNT hackers are targeting poorly configured Docker servers exposing Docker REST APIs as part of an ongoing campaign that started in October. Threat actors execute malicious scripts to deploy Monero cryptocurrency miners, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2021
Robinhood data breach exposes 7 Million users’ information

Robinhood disclosed a security breach, an unidentified threat actor gained unauthorized access to approximately 7 million customer records. Robinhood Markets, Inc. is an American commission-free stock trading and investing platform, it had 18 million accounts as of March 2021, with over $80 billion in assets. The company disclosed a data breach, a threat actor gained […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2021
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for November 2021 fix 2 Zero-Days actively exploited

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for November 2021 address 55 vulnerabilities in multiple products and warn of two actively exploited issues. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for November 2021 addressed a total of 55 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Windows Components, Azure, Azure RTOS, Azure Sphere, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Exchange Server, Microsoft Office […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2021
Clop gang exploiting CVE-2021-35211 RCE in SolarWinds Serv-U in recent attack

The Clop ransomware gang is exploiting CVE-2021-35211 vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U to compromise corporate networks. Threat actors always look for new ways to compromise target networks, Clop ransomware gang (aka TA505, FIN11) is exploiting CVE-2021-35211 SolarWinds Serv-U vulnerability to breach businesses’ infrastructures and deploy its ransomware. The flaw is a remote code execution vulnerability that […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2021
International law enforcement arrested REvil ransomware affiliates in Romania and Kuwait

Romanian police arrested two alleged Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware affiliates accused to have orchestrated attacks against thousands of victims. Romanian law enforcement agencies have arrested two alleged Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware affiliates on November 4, that are accused of having conducted attacks against thousands of victims. The arrests are the result of an international operation carried out in cooperation […]