Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2022
Cisco discloses a security breach, the Yanluowang ransomware group breached its corporate network in late May and stole internal data. Cisco disclosed a security breach, the Yanluowang ransomware group breached its corporate network in late May and stole internal data. The investigation conducted by Cisco Security Incident Response (CSIRT) and Cisco Talos revealed that threat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2022
70% of Large enterprises that previously addressed the Log4j flaw are still struggling to patch Log4j-vulnerable assets. INTRODUCTION In December 2021 security teams scrambled to find Log4j-vulnerable assets and patch them. Eight months later many Global 2000 firms are still fighting to mitigate the digital assets and business risks associated with Log4j. The ease of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2022
10 packages have been removed from the Python Package Index (PyPI) because they were found harvesting data. Check Point researchers have discovered ten malicious packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI). The packages install info-stealers that allow threat actors to steal the private data and personal credentials of the developers. The researchers provide details about […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2022
Cloudflare revealed that at least 76 employees and their family members were targeted by smishing attacks similar to the one that hit Twilio. The content delivery network and DDoS mitigation company Cloudflare revealed this week that at least 76 employees and their family members received text messages on their personal and work phones. According to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2022
VMware warns of the availability of a proof-of-concept exploit code for a critical authentication bypass flaw in multiple products. VMware warns its customers of the availability of a proof-of-concept exploit code for a critical authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-31656, in multiple products. The flaw was discovered by security researcher Petrus Viet from VNG Security, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2022
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2022 addressed a zero-day attack remote code execution vulnerability in Windows. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2022 addressed 118 CVEs in multiple products, including .NET Core, Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Batch Node Agent, Azure Real Time Operating System, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Sphere, Microsoft ATA […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2022
Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky linked the Maui ransomware to the North Korea-backed Andariel APT group. Kaspersky linked with medium confidence the Maui ransomware operation to the North Korea-backed APT group Andariel, which is considered a division of the Lazarus APT Group, North Korean nation-state actors used Maui ransomware to encrypt servers providing healthcare services, including electronic […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2022
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the crypto mixer service Tornado Cash used by North Korea. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned the crypto mixer service Tornado Cash used by North Korean-linked Lazarus APT Group. The mixers are essential components for cybercriminals that use […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2022
Cyber Security Specialist Zoziel Pinto Freire shows an example of malicious file analysis presented during his lecture on BSides-Vitória 2022. My objective with this series of articles is to show examples of malicious file analysis that I presented during my lecture on BSides-Vitória 2022. For this first one, I’ll briefly introduce some crucial topics to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2022
Experts spotted a new botnet named Orchard using Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s account information to generate malicious domains. 360 Netlab researchers recently discovered a new botnet named Orchard that uses Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin account (1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa) transaction information to generate DGA domain name. “Another change relates to the use of the DGA algorithm employed in the […]
APT / February 05, 2026
