Security News

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2023
OCR Labs exposes its systems, jeopardizing major banking clients

A digital identification tool provided by OCR Labs to major banks and government agencies leaked sensitive credentials, putting clients at severe risk. The Cybernews research team discovered a misconfiguration in the OCR Labs system that exposed sensitive data. The company is a leading provider of digital ID verification tools, with its IDkit tool being used […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2023
Threat Report Portugal: Q3 & Q4 2022

The Threat Report Portugal: H2 2022 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to December, H2, 2022. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open-sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-InformĂĄtica. This feed is based on automatic searches and is supported by a healthy […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2023
Analyzing attacks conducted by North Korea-linked ARCHIPELAGO APT group

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns of a North Korea-linked cyberespionage group tracked as ARCHIPELAGO. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) is warning of the North Korea-linked ARCHIPELAGO group that is targeting government and military personnel, think tanks, policy makers, academics, and researchers in South Korea, the US and elsewhere. Google experts are tracking ARCHIPELAGO since […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2023
Nexx bugs allow to open garage doors, and take control of alarms and plugs

A series of vulnerabilities in multiple smart devices manufactured by Nexx can be exploited to remotely open garage doors, and take control of alarms and plugs. In late 2022, the researcher Sam Sabetan discovered a series of critical vulnerabilities in several smart devices manufactured by Nexx, including Smart Garage Door Openers, Alarms, and Plugs. A […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2023
Tax preparation and e-file service eFile.com compromised to serve malware

The eFile.com online service, which is authorized by the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), was spotted serving malicious malware to visitors. eFile.com, the personal online tax preparation and e-file service authorized by the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), was spotted serving malware to visitors. The service helps taxpayers to file tax returns, experts reported that […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2023
HP would take up to 90 days to fix a critical bug in some business-grade printers

HP would take up to 90 days to address a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-1707, that resides in the firmware of some business-grade printers. HP is aware of a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-1707 (CVSS v3.1 score 9.1), that affects tens of HP Enterprise LaserJet and HP LaserJet Managed Printers models. The exploitation of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2023
CISA JCDC Will Focus on Energy Sector

The CISA ‘s Joint Cyber Defense Collective (JCDC) initiative is going to build operation plans for protecting and responding to cyber threats. What comes to mind when you think of cyber criminals? Depending on who you ask, you’ll get a variety of answers. For some, a cyber criminal matches some of the Hollywood tropes: a […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2023
Law enforcement seized the Genesis Market cybercrime marketplace

Law enforcement seized the Genesis Market black marketplace, a platform focused on the sale of stolen credentials, as part of Operation Cookie Monster. The FBI seized the Genesis Market, a black marketplace for stolen credentials that was launched in 2017. Genesis Market was an invite-only marketplace, but it was not complex to find invite codes online. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2023
STYX Marketplace emerged in Dark Web focused on Financial Fraud

Resecurity has recently identified the STYX Marketplace, a new cybercriminal e-commerce platform with a specialized focus on financial fraud and money laundering. The STYX marketplace was launched at the beginning of 2023. This platform is specifically designed to facilitate financial crime, providing cybercriminals with a range of services, including stolen financial data, credit card information, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2023
ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware affiliate targets Veritas Backup solution bugs

An ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware affiliate was spotted exploiting vulnerabilities in the Veritas Backup solution. An affiliate of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang, tracked as UNC4466, was observed exploiting three vulnerabilities in the Veritas Backup solution to gain initial access to the target network. Unlike other ALPHV affiliates, UNC4466 doesn’t rely on stolen credentials for initial access to victim environments. Mandiant […]