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Pierluigi Paganini September 20, 2022
Russian Sandworm APT impersonates Ukrainian telcos to deliver malware

Russia-linked APT group Sandworm has been observed impersonating telecommunication providers to target Ukrainian entities with malware. Russia-linked cyberespionage group Sandworm has been observed impersonating telecommunication providers to target Ukrainian entities with malware. Multiple security firms have reported that the Sandworm APT continues to target Ukraine with multiple means, including custom malware and botnet like Cyclops […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 20, 2022
Uber believes that the LAPSUS$ gang is behind the recent attack

Uber disclosed additional details about the security breach, the company blames a threat actor allegedly affiliated with the LAPSUS$ hacking group. Uber revealed additional details about the recent security breach, the company believes that the threat actor behind the intrusion is affiliated with the LAPSUS$ hacking group. Over the last months, the Lapsus$ gang compromised […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 20, 2022
American Airlines disclosed a data breach

American Airlines disclosed a data breach, threat actors had access to an undisclosed number of employee email accounts. American Airlines recently suffered a data breach, threat actors compromised a limited number of employee email accounts. The intruders had access to sensitive personal information contained in the accounts, but the company’s data breach notification states that it is not aware […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 20, 2022
IT giants warn of ongoing Chromeloader malware campaigns

VMware and Microsoft are warning of a widespread Chromeloader malware campaign that distributes several malware families. ChromeLoader is a malicious Chrome browser extension, it is classified as a pervasive browser hijacker that modifies browser settings to redirect user traffic. The malware is able to redirect the user’s traffic and hijacking user search queries to popular […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2022
Revolut security breach: data of +50,000 users exposed

Revolut has suffered a cyberattack, threat actors have had access to personal information of tens of thousands of customers. The financial technology company Revolut suffered a ‘highly targeted’ cyberattack over the weekend, threat actors had access to the personal information of 0.16% of its customers (approximately 50,000 users). The company states that it has already contacted the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2022
TeamTNT is back and targets servers to run Bitcoin encryption solvers

AquaSec researchers observed the cybercrime gang TeamTNT hijacking servers to run Bitcoin solver since early September. In the first week of September, AquaSec researchers identified at least three different attacks targeting their honeypots, the experts associated them with the cybercrime gang TeamTNT. The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2022
Experts warn of critical flaws in Flexlan devices that provide WiFi on airplanes

Researchers discovered two critical vulnerabilities (CVE–2022–36158 and CVE–2022–36159) in Flexlan devices that provide WiFi on airplanes. Researchers from Necrum Security Labs discovered a couple of critical vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE–2022–36158 and CVE–2022–36159, impacting the Contec Flexlan FXA3000 and FXA2000 series LAN devices. The FXA3000 and FXA2000 Series are access points that are manufactured by Japan-based firm Contec […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2022
Netgear Routers impacted by FunJSQ Game Acceleration Module flaw

Multiple Netgear router models are impacted by an arbitrary code execution via FunJSQ, which is a third-party module for online game acceleration. Researchers at security and compliance assessment firm Onekey warns of an arbitrary code execution via FunJSQ, which is a third-party module developed by Xiamen Xunwang Network Technology for online game acceleration, that impacts […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2022
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A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. LastPass revealed that intruders had internal access for four days during the August hack CISA adds […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2022
LastPass revealed that intruders had internal access for four days during the August hack

The Password management solution LastPass revealed that the threat actors had access to its systems for four days during the August hack. Password management solution LastPass shared more details about the security breach that the company suffered in August 2022. The company revealed that the threat actor had access to its network for four days […]