Pierluigi Paganini
March 31, 2020
For the third time in a few weeks, the FBI has issued an alert about supply chain attacks carried out by nation-state actors using the Kwampirs malware. The FBI has issued an alert about supply chain attacks using the Kwampirs malware as part of a hacking campaign carried out on a global scale by state-sponsored […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 30, 2020
Online communication platforms such as Zoom are essential instruments at the time of Coronavirus outbreak, and crooks are attempting to exploit their popularity. The Coronavirus outbreak is changing our habits and crooks are attempting to take advantage of the popularity of online communication platforms such as Zoom that are used by businesses, school classrooms and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 30, 2020
Voter information for 4,934,863 Georgians has been published on a hacker forum over the weekend. According to the data breach notification service Under the Breach, on Saturday a file containing voter information for more than 4.9 million Georgians, including deceased citizens, has been published on a hacking forum. Georgia has 3.7 million citizens, but the voting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 30, 2020
Security experts uncovered a new Coronavirus-themed phishing campaign, the messages inform recipients that they have been exposed to the virus. Experts continue to spot Coronavirus-themed attack, a new phishing campaign uses messages that pretend to be from a local hospital informing the victims they have been exposed to the virus and that they need urgently […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2020
The source code of the infamous Dharma ransomware is now available for sale on two Russian-language hacking forums. The source code of one of the most profitable ransomware families, the Dharma ransomware, is up for sale on two Russian-language hacking forums. The Dharma ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in February 2016, at the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2020
In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from March 22 to March 28, 2020. Threat actors exploit the interest in the COVID19 outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily bases. Below a list of attacks detected this week. March 23 – COVID19-themed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2020
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Coronavirus-themed attacks March 15 – March 21, 2020 Google addresses high severity bugs in Chrome Keepnet Labs accidentally exposed an unprotected database with 5 Billion previously leaked records Security firm accidentally exposed an unprotected database with 5 Billion […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2020
The FIN7 APT group has been targeting businesses with malicious USB drives and Teddy Bears sent to the victims, the FBI warns. The FBI is warning of a new wave of attacks carried out by the FIN7 APT group that is sending to the victims devices acting as a keyboard (HID Emulator USB) when plugged […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2020
Experts from Qihoo 360’s NetLab recently spotted two zero-day campaigns targeting DrayTek enterprise-grade networking devices. Since December 2019, researchers from Qihoo 360 observed two different attack groups that are employing two zero-days exploits to take over DrayTek enterprise routers to eavesdrop on FTP and email traffic inside corporate networks. While Netlab360 has found about ~100,000 devices […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2020
AMD admitted that a hacker has stolen files related to some of its graphics products, but it downplayed the potential impact of the hack. AMD admitted that a hacker that goes online with the moniker “Palesa” has stolen source code files related to some of its graphics products, but it downplayed the potential impact of […]
