Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2021
Irananian hacking group Black Shadow breached the Israeli internet hosting company Cyberserve, taking down several of its sites. Iranian hacking group Black Shadow compromised the server of the Israeli internet hosting company Cyberserve, taking down several of the sites hosted by the firm. The group also claims to have stolen data and threatens to leak […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2021
Chaos Ransomware operators target gamers’ Windows devices using Minecraft alt lists as a lure and promoting them on gaming forums. Minecraft is one of the most popular games in the world, it had more than 140 million monthly active players in August 2021. Cybercriminals are attempting to exploit this popularity, the Chaos Ransomware gang is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2021
Conti ransomware gang hit high society jeweller Graff and threatens to release private details of world leaders, actors and tycoons The latest attack of the Conti ransomware gang makes the headlines, the threat actors hit high society jeweller Graff and asked the payment of a multi-million ransom to avoid leaking details of world leaders, actors […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2021
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Hacker accessed medical info at UMass Memorial Health Reading INTERPOL the African Cyberthreat Assessment […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2021
A cyber attack hit the UMass Memorial Health, threat actors had access to employee email system, potentially exposing patients info. Threat actors hacked into the employee email system of the UMass Memorial Health healthcare system, potentially accessing the personal information of thousands of patients. The security breach took place between June 2020 and January and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2021
INTERPOL published the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021, a report that analyzes evolution of cybercrime in Africa. A new report published by INTERPOL, titled the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021, sheds the light on cybercrime in Africa. The report aims at providing information about the most prevalent threats in Africa, a continent that is particularly […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2021
MITRE and CISA announced the release of the “2021 Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Most Important Hardware Weaknesses” list. MITRE and the DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have announced the release of the “2021 Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Most Important Hardware Weaknesses” list. The list was published with the intent of raising awareness of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2021
An alleged member of the TrickBot gang, the Russian national Vladimir Dunaev (aka FFX), has been extradited to the US. Vladimir Dunaev (38), a Russian national suspected to be a member of the infamous TrickBot gang, has been extradited to the U.S. and could be sentenced to up to 60 years in prison. “He is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 29, 2021
The Hive ransomware operators have developed a new variant of their malware that can encrypt Linux and FreeBSD. ESET researchers discovered a new Hive ransomware variant that was specifically developed to encrypt Linux and FreeBSD. Researchers at the cybersecurity firm believe that the new encryptors are still under development. Both variants are written in Golang, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 29, 2021
A ransomware attack hit Papua New Guinea ‘s finance ministry and disrupted government payments and operations. Government officials confirmed that Papua New Guinea’s finance ministry was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted government payments and operations. The ransomware infected the Department of Finance’s Integrated Financial Management System a week ago, said the finance minister […]
