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Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2022
Bumblebee attacks, from initial access to the compromise of Active Directory Services

Threat actors are using the Bumblebee loader to compromise Active Directory services as part of post-exploitation activities. The Cybereason Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) Team analyzed a cyberattack that involved the Bumblebee Loader and detailed how the attackers were able to compromise the entire network. Most Bumblebee infections started by users executing LNK files which use a system binary to […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2022
Estonia blocked cyberattacks claimed by Pro-Russia Killnet group

Estonia announced to have blocked a wave of cyber attacks conducted by Russian hackers against local institutions. Undersecretary for Digital Transformation Luukas Ilves announced that Estonia was hit by the most extensive wave of DDoS attacks it has faced since 2007. The DDoS attacks targeted both public institutions and the private sector. The Pro-Russia hacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2022
Safari 15.6.1 addresses a zero-day flaw actively exploited in the wild

Apple released Safari 15.6.1 for macOS Big Sur and Catalina to address a zero-day vulnerability actively exploited in the wild. Safari 15.6.1 for macOS Big Sur and Catalina addressed an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-32893. The flaw is an out-of-bounds write issue in WebKit and the IT giant fixed it with improved bounds […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2022
Google blocked the largest Layer 7 DDoS reported to date

Google announced to have blocked the largest ever HTTPs DDoS attack, which reached 46 million requests per second (RPS). Google announced to have blocked the largest ever HTTPs DDoS attack that hit one of its Cloud Armor customers. The IT giant revealed that the attack reached 46 million requests per second (RPS). The attack took […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2022
BlackByte ransomware v2 is out with new extortion novelties

A new version of the BlackByte ransomware appeared in the threat landscape, version 2.0 uses extortion techniques similar to LockBit ones. BlackByte ransomware Version 2.0 appeared in the threat landscape after a short break, the latest version has a new data leak site. It is interesting to note that the group introduced some novelties in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2022
Apple fixed two new zero-day flaws exploited by threat actors

Apple addressed two zero-day vulnerabilities, exploited by threat actors, affecting iOS, iPadOS, and macOS devices. Apple this week released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS platforms to address two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited by threat actors. Apple did not share details about these attacks. The two flaws are: CVE-2022-32893 – An out-of-bounds issue in WebKit. An attacker can trigger the flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2022
PoC exploit code for critical Realtek RCE flaw released online

Exploit code for a critical vulnerability affecting networking devices using Realtek RTL819x system on a chip released online. The PoC exploit code for a critical stack-based buffer overflow issue, tracked as CVE-2022-27255 (CVSS 9.8), affecting networking devices using Realtek’s RTL819x system on a chip was released online. The issue resides in the Realtek’s SDK for […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2022
China-linked RedAlpha behind multi-year credential theft campaign

A China-linked APT group named RedAlpha is behind a long-running mass credential theft campaign aimed at organizations worldwide. Recorded Future researchers attributed a long-running mass credential theft campaign to a Chinese nation-state actor tracked RedAlpha. The campaign targeted global humanitarian, think tank, and government organizations. Experts believe RedAlpha is a group of contractors conducting cyber-espionage activity on behalf of […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2022
Bugdrop dropper includes features to circumvent Google’s security Controls

Researchers have discovered a previously undocumented Android dropper, dubbed BugDrop, that’s still under development. Recently, researchers from ThreatFabric discovered a previously undetected Android dropper, dubbed BugDrop, which is under active development and was designed to bypass security features that will be implemented in the next release of the Google OS. The experts noticed something unusual in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2022
North Korea-linked APT targets Job Seekers with macOS malware

The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been observed targeting job seekers with macOS malware working also on Intel and M1 chipsets. ESET researchers continue to monitor a cyberespionage campaign, tracked as “Operation In(ter)ception,” that has been active at least since June 2020. The campaign targets employees working in the aerospace and military sectors and leverages […]