Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2022
Experts spotted over 200 Android apps on the Play Store distributing spyware called Facestealer used to steal sensitive data. Trend Micro researchers spotted over 200 Android apps on the Play Store distributing spyware called Facestealer used to steal sensitive data from infected devices. The malicious apps are able to steal credentials, Facebook cookies, and other personally identifiable information. Some […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2022
US Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds critical CVE-2022-30525 RCE flaw in Zyxel Firewalls to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added the recently disclosed remote code execution bug, tracked as CVE-2022-30525, affecting Zyxel firewalls, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2022
Researchers spotted a threat actor using a custom PowerShell RAT targeting German users to gain intelligence on the Ukraine crisis. Malwarebytes experts uncovered a campaign that targets German users with custom PowerShell RAT targeting. The threat actors attempt to trick victims into opening weaponized documents by using the current situation in Ukraine as bait. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 16, 2022
Apple released security updates to address a zero-day bug actively exploited in attacks against Macs and Apple Watch devices. Apple has addressed a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-22675, actively exploited in attacks aimed at Macs and Apple Watch devices. The flaw is an out-of-bounds write issue that resides in the AppleAVD, it can lead to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 16, 2022
A 28-year-old Ukrainian national has been sentenced to four years in prison for selling access to hacked servers. Glib Oleksandr Ivanov-Tolpintsev, a 28-year-old Ukrainian national, has been sentenced to four years in prison for selling access to comprised servers on the dark web. The man was arrested in Poland in October 2020 and pleaded guilty […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 16, 2022
Researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble analyzed the Eternity Project Tor website which offers any kind of malicious code. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Cyble analyzed a Tor website named named ‘Eternity Project’ that offers for sale a broad range of malware, including stealers, miners, ransomware, and DDoS Bots. The experts discovered the marketplace during a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 15, 2022
This post provides a timeline of the events related to Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Below is the timeline of the events related to the ongoing Russia invasion that occurred in the previous weeks: May 14 – The LEGION collective calls to action to attack the final of the Eurovision song […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 15, 2022
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs for free in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. The LEGION collective calls to action to attack the final of the Eurovision song contest […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 15, 2022
Ukraine Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) reported a phishing campaign conducted by Armageddon APT using GammaLoad.PS1_v2 malware. Ukraine Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) reported a phishing campaign using messages with subject “On revenge in Kherson!” and containing the “Plan Kherson.htm” attachment. The HTM-file will decode and create an archive named “Herson.rar”, which contains a file-shortcut […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 15, 2022
Microsoft reported that the Sysrv botnet is targeting Windows and Linux servers exploiting flaws in the Spring Framework and WordPress. Microsoft Security Intelligence team Microsoft reported that a new variant of the Sysrv botnet, tracked as Sysrv-K, now includes exploits for vulnerabilities in the Spring Framework and WordPress. Threat actors use the botnet in a cryptomining campaign targeting Windows […]
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