Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2020
Hackers have stolen O2 customers’ data from a database run by Aerial Direct, one of the largest UK partners of the telecommunications services provider. Hackers have stolen the data of O2 customers from a database operated by Aerial Direct, which is O2’s largest direct business partner in the UK and has more than 130,000 customers. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2020
Organizations are delaying in patching Microsoft Exchange Server flaw (CVE-2020-0688) that Microsoft fixed with February 2020 Patch Day updates. Organizations are delaying in patching Microsoft Exchange Server flaw (CVE-2020-0688) that Microsoft fixed with February 2020 Patch Day updates. The CVE-2020-0688 flaw resides in the Exchange Control Panel (ECP) component, the root cause of the problem is that Exchange servers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2020
Security experts spotted a new stalkerware, dubbed MonitorMinor, that can track Gmail, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook user activity. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab spotted a new stalkerware, dubbed MonitorMinor (Monitor.AndroidOS.MonitorMinor.c), that can track Gmail, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook user activity. Stalkerware is commercial monitoring software or spyware that is used for stalking, it is usually […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2020
Last week, Open Exchange Rates disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information and hashed passwords for customers of its API service. Last week, the currency data provider Open Exchange Rates has disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information and salted and hashed passwords for customers of its API service. Open Exchange […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2020
A cybercrime gang focused on Business Email Compromise (BEC) has started using coronavirus-themed scam emails in its attacks. While the Coronavirus is spreading worldwide cybercriminals and nation-state actors are launching COVID19-themed attacks on a global scale. Most of the attacks aimed at spreading malware to control victims’ computers and stealing sensitive data, but now a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2020
While the Coronavirus is spreading worldwide, a massive cyber attack hit the town hall of Marseille and the metropolis. Ahead of the 2020 municipal elections in Marseille that will take place on 15 and March 22, a ‘massive and widespread’ cyber attack hit the city of Marseille as well as the metropolis Aix-Marseille-Provence The 2020 municipal elections in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2020
Crooks continue to abuse the interest in Coronavirus outbreak, now experts found a new backdoor called BlackWater that pretends to provide information about COVID-19. Experts found a new backdoor malware called BlackWater that pretends to provide information about the COVID-19 outbreak while abusing Cloudflare Workers as an interface to the C2 server. Cloudflare Workers provide a serverless execution […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2020
Slack addressed a critical flaw within 24 hours from its disclosure, the issue allowed attackers to carry out automate account takeover. The researcher Evan Custodio discovered a critical vulnerability in Slack that could have allowed attackers to launch automate account takeover. Slack addressed the vulnerability within 24 hours it was reported by the researcher, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2020
A cyber attack hit one of the major COVID-19 testing laboratories in Czech, the Brno University Hospital in the city of Brno. While the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading on a global scale, crooks and nation-state actors are launching Coronavirus-themed attacks against targets worldwide. The healthcare systems of any country are under pressure, for this reason, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2020
European authorities dismantled two cybercrime organizations responsible for stealing millions through SIM hijacking. European authorities managed to dismantle the operations of two cybercrime gangs responsible for stealing millions through SIM hijacking. In SIM hijacking attacks (aka SIM swapping attacks) crooks are able to port the phone number of the victims to a new SIM card […]
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