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Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2022

Ukraine: Belarusian APT group UNC1151 targets military personnel with spear phishing

The CERT of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of a spear-phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian armed forces personnel. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of an ongoing spear-phishing campaign targeting private email accounts belonging to Ukrainian armed forces personnel. The Ukrainian agency attributes the campaign to the Belarus-linked cyberespionage group tracked as UNC1151. In […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2022

Anonymous launched its offensive on Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine

The popular collective Anonymous declared war on Russia for the illegitimate invasion of Ukraine and announced a series of cyber attacks calling to action its members The Anonymous collective is calling to action against Russia following the illegitimate invasion of Ukraine. The famous groups of hackivists is also calling for action Russian citizens inviting them […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2022

CISA adds two Zabbix flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

US CISA added two flaws impacting Zabbix infrastructure monitoring tool to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two new vulnerabilities impacting the Zabbix infrastructure monitoring tool to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Threat actors are actively exploiting the two vulnerabilities that are reported in the following table: CVE ID Vulnerability Name Due […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2022

Data wiper attacks on Ukraine were planned at least in November and used ransomware as decoy

Experts reported that the wiper attacks that yesterday hit hundreds of systems in Ukraine used a GoLang-based ransomware decoy. Yesterday, researchers from cybersecurity firms ESET and Broadcom’s Symantec discovered a new data wiper malware that was employed in a recent wave of attacks that hit hundreds of machines in Ukraine. A tweet from ESET revealed that the company’s telemetry shows […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2022

Deadbolt Ransomware targets Asustor and QNap NAS Devices

Deadbolt ransomware operators are targeting Asustor NAS (network-attached storage) appliances. Storage solutions provider Asustor is warning its customers of a wave of Deadbolt ransomware attacks targeting its NAS devices. Since January, DeadBolt ransomware operators are targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide, its operators claim the availability of a zero-day exploit that allows them to encrypt the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2022

New Wiper Malware HermeticWiper targets Ukrainian systems

Cybersecurity experts discovered a new data wiper malware that was used in attacks against hundreds of machines in Ukraine. The threat of hybrid warfare is reality, Russia-linked APT group have supported the operations of the Russian army while preparing for the invasion. Researchers from cybersecurity firms ESET and Broadcom’s Symantec discovered a new data wiper malware that was employed in […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2022

US and UK link new Cyclops Blink malware to Russian state hackers

UK and US cybersecurity agencies linked Cyclops Blink malware to Russia’s Sandworm APT US and UK cybersecurity and law enforcement agencies published a joint security advisory about a new malware, dubbed Cyclops Blink, that has been linked to the Russian-backed Sandworm APT group. Sandworm (aka BlackEnergy and TeleBots) has been active since 2000, it operates under the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2022

Researchers shared technical details of NSA Equation Group’s Bvp47 backdoor

Pangu Lab researchers disclosed details of the Bvp47 backdoor that was used by the US NSA Equation Group. Researchers from The China’s Pangu Lab have disclosed details of a Linux top-tier APT backdoor, tracked as Bvp47, which is associated with the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Equation Group. The name “Bvp47” comes form numerous references to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2022

Sophos linked Entropy ransomware to Dridex malware. Are both linked to Evil Corp?

The code of the recently-emerged Entropy ransomware has similarities with the one of the infamous Dridex malware. The recently-emerged Entropy ransomware has code similarities with the popular Dridex malware. Experts from Sophos analyzed the code of Entropy ransomware employed in two distinct attacks. “A pair of incidents at different organizations in which attackers deployed a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2022

Iranian Broadcaster IRIB hit by wiper malware

Iranian national media corporation, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), was hit by a wiper malware in late January 2022. An investigation into the attack that hit the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) in late January, revealed the involvement of a disruptive wiper malware along with other custom-made backdoors, and scripts and configuration files […]

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