Pierluigi Paganini
February 05, 2022
US CISA ordered federal agencies to patch their systems against actively exploited CVE-2022-21882 Windows flaw. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered federal agencies to address their systems against an actively exploited Windows vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-21882. “CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence that threat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2022
Aviation services company Swissport International was hit by a ransomware attack that impacted its operations. Swissport International Ltd. is an aviation services company providing airport ground,lounge hospitality and cargo handling services owned by an international group of investors. The company handles around 282 million passengers and 4.8 million tonnes of cargo annually, on behalf of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2022
American media and publishing giant News Corp revealed it was victim of a cyber attack from an advanced persistent threat actor. American media and publishing giant News Corp revealed it was victim of a cyber attack from an advanced persistent threat actor that took place in January. The attackers compromised one of the systems of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2022
Retail giant Target is going to open-source an internal tool, dubbed Merry Maker, designed to detect e-skimming attacks. Retail giant Target announced the release in open-source of an internal tool, dubbed Merry Maker, designed to detect e-skimming attacks. Merry Maker is a tool designed by Target security developers Eric Brandel and Caleb Walch (@ebrandel and @cawalch) to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2022
The Russia-linked Gamaredon APT group attempted to compromise an unnamed Western government entity in Ukraine. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 reported that the Russia-linked Gamaredon APT group attempted to compromise an unnamed Western government entity operating in Ukraine in January, while geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine have escalated dramatically. In Mid January the Ukrainian […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2022
An alleged Chinese threat actor is actively attempting to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in the Zimbra open-source email platform. An alleged Chinese threat actor, tracked as TEMP_Heretic, is actively attempting to exploit a zero-day XSS vulnerability in the Zimbra open-source email platform. The zero-day vulnerability impacts almost any Zimbra install running version 8.8.15. Researchers from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2022
Six years ago the Powerful Greek Army (PGA) appeared in the threat landscape. After a long breach the hacker collective is back. I have interviewed them in exclusive … enjoy it! Tell me about your hacker team, which is the motivation behind the attacks? We have many motivations and reasons. First of all, we started […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2022
Cisco released security patches to address multiple flaws in its Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 series routers. Cisco announced patches for multiple issue affecting its Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 series routers. Some of the bugs fixed by the IT giant could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with root […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2022
A China-linked APT group tracked as Antlion used a custom backdoor called xPack that was undetected for months. A China-linked APT group tracked as Antlion is using a custom backdoor called xPack in attacks aimed at financial organizations and manufacturing companies, Symantec researchers reported. The backdoor was undetected for at least 18 months in a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2022
A cyber attack hit the oil terminals of some of the biggest European ports impacting their operations. Some of the major oil terminals in Western Europe’s biggest ports have been targeted with a cyberattack. Threat actors have hit multiple oil facilities in Belgium’s ports, including Antwerp, which is the second biggest port in Europe after […]
