Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2023
CrowdStrike discovered the first-ever Dero cryptocurrency mining campaign

CrowdStrike researchers discovered the first-ever cryptocurrency mining campaign aimed at Dero mining since February 2023. CrowdStrike has discovered the first-ever Dero cryptojacking campaign aimed at Kubernetes infrastructure. Dero is a general-purpose, private, and decentralized application platform that allows developers to deploy powerful and unstoppable applications. It claims to offer improved privacy, anonymity and higher monetary rewards compared […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2023
Key aerospace player Safran Group leaks sensitive data

Top aviation company Safran Group left itself vulnerable to cyberattacks, likely for well over a year, underlining how vulnerable big aviation firms are to threat actors, according to research by Cybernews. Original post at https://cybernews.com/security/key-aerospace-player-leaks-sensitive-data/ The Cybernews research team recently discovered that the French-based multinational aviation company, the eighth largest aerospace supplier worldwide, was leaking […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2023
LockBit Ransomware gang claims to have stolen SpaceX confidential data from Maximum Industries

The LockBit ransomware group claims to have stolen confidential data belonging to SpaceX from the systems of Maximum Industries. The LockBit ransomware gang claims to have stolen confidential data of SpaceX after they hacked the systems of production company Maximum Industries. Maximum Industries is a full-service, piece-part production, and contract manufacturing facility. The ransomware gang […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2023
Microsoft Patch Tuesday fix Outlook zero-day actively exploited

Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2023 addressed 74 vulnerabilities, including a Windows zero-day exploited in ransomware attacks. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for March 2023 addressed 74 new vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components; Edge (Chromium-based); Microsoft Dynamics; Visual Studio; and Azure. Six of the fixed issues are rated […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2023
Adobe fixed ColdFusion flaw listed as under active exploit

Adobe is warning that a critical zero-day flaw in ColdFusion web app development platform was exploited in very limited attacks. Software giant Adobe released security updates for ColdFusion versions 2021 and 2018 to resolve a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-26360 (CVSS base score 8.6), that was exploited in very limited attacks. “Adobe is aware that CVE-2023-26360 has been […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2023
Advanced actor targets Fortinet FortiOS in attacks on govt entities

An unknown threat actor is targeting Government entities and large organizations by exploiting a security flaw in Fortinet FortiOS. Fortinet researchers are warning of an advanced threat actor that is targeting governmental or government-related entities. The unknown threat actor is exploiting a vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS software, tracked as CVE-2022-41328, that may allow a privileged […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2023
Dissecting the malicious arsenal of the Makop ransomware gang

Cyber security researcher Luca Mella analyzed the Makop ransomware employed in a recent intrusion. Executive summary Introduction The Makop ransomware operators started their infamous criminal business in 2020 leveraging a new variant of the notorious Phobos ransomware. During the last years, the gang maintained a solid presence in the criminal underground even if they did […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2023
Golang-Based Botnet GoBruteforcer targets web servers

A recently discovered Golang-based botnet, dubbed GoBruteforcer, is targeting web servers running FTP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, and Postgres services Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 recently discovered a Golang-based botnet, tracked as GoBruteforcer, which is targeting web servers running FTP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, and Postgres services. In order to compromise a target system, the samples require […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2023
CISA adds Plex Media Server bug, exploited in LastPass attack, to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

US CISA added remote code execution vulnerability in Plex Media Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Plex Media Server, tracked as CVE-2020-5741 (CVSS score: 7.2), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The three-year-old high-severity flaw is a deserialization of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2023
Dark Pink APT targets Govt entities in South Asia

Researchers reported that Dark Pink APT employed a malware dubbed KamiKakaBot against Southeast Asian targets. In February 2023, EclecticIQ researchers spotted multiple KamiKakaBot malware samples that were employed by the Dark Pink APT group (aka Saaiwc) in attacks against government entities in Southeast Asia countries. The activity of the group was first detailed by Group-IB […]