Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2021
The Emotet malware continues to evolve, in the latest attacks, it directly installs Cobalt Strike beacons to give the attackers access to the target network. Emotet malware now directly installs Cobalt Strike beacons to give the attackers immediate access to the target network and allow them to carry out malicious activities, such as launching ransonware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2021
Google announced to have disrupted the Glupteba botnet, a huge infrastructure composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs worldwide. Google announced to have taken down the infrastructure operated by the Glupteba, it also sued Russian nationals Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov for creating and operating the botnet. The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2021
Taiwanese vendor QNAP warns customers of ongoing attacks targeting their NAS devices with cryptocurrency miners. Taiwanese vendor QNAP warns customers of threat actors targeting their NAS devices with cryptocurrency miners. Upon compromising the devices, the miner will create a new process named [oom_reaper] that allows threat actors to mine Bitcoin The above process could occupy […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2021
Microsoft seized dozens of malicious domains used by the China-linked APT15 group to target organizations worldwide. Microsoft announced to have obtained a court warrant that allowed it to seize 42 domains used by a China-linked APT15 group (aka Nickel, Ke3chang, Mirage, Vixen Panda, Royal APT and Playful Dragon) in recent operations that targeted organizations in the US and 28 other countries. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2021
Russia-linked Nobelium APT group is using a new custom malware dubbed Ceeloader in attacks against organizations worldwide. Mandiant researchers have identified two distinct clusters of activity, tracked UNC3004 and UNC2652, that were associated with the Russia-linked Nobelium APT group (aka UNC2452). The NOBELIUM APT (APT29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes) is the threat actor that conducted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2021
The French cyber-security agency ANSSI said that the Russia-linked Nobelium APT group has been targeting French organizations since February 2021. The French national cybersecurity agency ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la SĂ©curitĂ© des SystĂšmes d’Information) revealed that the Russia-linked Nobelium APT group has been targeting French organizations since February 2021. The NOBELIUM APT (APT29, Cozy Bear, and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2021
A cyber attack hit the international supermarket franchise SPAR forcing 330 shops in North East England to shut down. A cyberattack hit the international supermarket franchise SPAR impacting the operations at 330 shops in North East England. Many stores were forced to close or switch to cash-only payments after the attack. SPAR operates 13,320 stores […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2021
A ransomware attack hit an electric utility in Colorado causing a significant disruption and damage. The Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) is a local electric cooperative located in Colorado, it is part of Touchstone Energy Cooperatives. The company has discovered a security breach on November 7, the attack disrupted phone, email, billing, and customer account systems. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2021
Threat actors stole more than $150 million in various cryptocurrencies from the cryptocurrency trading platform BitMart. Cryptocurrency trading platform BitMart has disclosed a security breach, threat actors stole than $150 million in various cryptocurrencies. “We have identified a large-scale security breach related to one of our ETH hot wallets and one of our BSC hot […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2021
Hackers are targeting printers of businesses around the world to print âanti-workâ slogans pushing workers to demand better pay. Multiple employees are sharing on Twitter and Reddit the images of anti-work messages sent to the printers of their organizations. The messages encourage workers to protect their rights and discuss their pay with coworkers and demand […]
