Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2022
The Shangri-La hotel group disclosed a data breach, a database containing the personal information of its customers was compromised. The Shangri-La hotel group disclosed a data breach, threat actors had access to a database containing the personal information of customers at eight of its Asian properties between May and July. The incident impacted hotels in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 30, 2022
The US Department of Defense (DoD) shared the results of the Hack US bug bounty program that took place in July. On July 4, 2022, the US Department of Defense (DoD) and HackerOne started the Hack US, a one-week bug bounty challenge, which is considered part of DoDâs vulnerability disclosure program (VDP). The challenge was launched Chief […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 30, 2022
Security researchers are warning of a new Microsoft Exchange zero-day that are being exploited by malicious actors in the wild. Cybersecurity firm GTSC discovered two Microsoft Exchange zero-day vulnerabilities that are under active exploitation in attacks in the wild. Both flaws were discovered by the researchers as part of an incident response activity in August […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 30, 2022
Researchers from Mandiant have discovered a novel malware persistence technique within VMware ESXi Hypervisors. Mandiant detailed a novel technique used by malware authors to achieve administrative access within VMware ESXi Hypervisors and take over vCenter servers and virtual machines for Windows and Linux to perform the following actions: The highly targeted and evasive nature of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2022
Several hacker groups are assisting protestors in Iran using Telegram, Signal and other tools to bypass government censorship. Check Point Research (CPR) observed multiple hacker groups using Telegram, Signal and the darkweb to support protestors in Iran in bypassing regime censorship. The hackers are sharing tools and tips to bypass censorship, including opening VPN servers, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2022
The Brute Ratel post-exploitation toolkit has been cracked and now is available in the underground hacking and cybercrime communities. Threat actors have cracked the Brute Ratel C4Â (BRC4) post-exploitation toolkit and leaked it for free in the cybercrime underground. The availability of the cracked version of the tool was first reported by the cybersecurity researcher Will […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 28, 2022
The Russia-linked APT28Â group is using mouse movement in decoy Microsoft PowerPoint documents to distribute malware. The Russia-linked APT28 employed a technique relying on mouse movement in decoy Microsoft PowerPoint documents to deploy malware, researchers from Cluster25 reported. Cluster25 researchers were analyzing a lure PowerPoint document used to deliver a variant of Graphite malware, which is known to be used […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 28, 2022
The recently born Bl00Dy Ransomware gang has started using the recently leaked LockBit ransomware builder in attacks in the wild. The Bl00Dy Ransomware gang is the first group that started using the recently leaked LockBit ransomware builder in attacks in the wild. Last week, an alleged disgruntled developer leaked the builder for the latest encryptor […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 28, 2022
nuvola is the new open-source cloud security tool to address the privilege escalation in cloud environments. nuvola is the new open source security tool made by the Italian cyber security researcher Edoardo Rosa (@_notdodo_), Security Engineer at Prima Assicurazioni. The tool was released during the RomHack 2022 security conference in Rome. The tool helps the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 27, 2022
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is targeting macOS Users searching for jobs in the cryptocurrency industry. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group continues to target macOS with a malware campaign using job opportunities as a lure. The attackers aimed at stealing credentials for the victims’ wallets. Last week, SentinelOne researchers discovered a decoy documents advertising positions […]
