Pierluigi Paganini
October 26, 2021
UltimaSMS, a massive fraud campaign is using Android apps with million of downloads to subscribe victims to premium subscription services. Researchers from Avast have uncovered a widespread premium SMS scam on the Google Play Store, tracked as UltimaSMS, the name comes from the first apps they discovered called Ultima Keyboard 3D Pro. Threat actors used at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 26, 2021
Kansas man Wyatt Travnichek admitted in court to tampering with the computer systems at the Post Rock Rural Water District. Kansas man Wyatt A. Travnichek pleaded guilty to tampering with the computer system at a drinking water treatment facility at the Post Rock Rural Water District. The man also pleaded guilty to one count of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2021
An unknown ransomware gang leverages a critical SQL injection flaw in the BillQuick Web Suite time and billing solution to deploy ransomware. An unknown ransomware gang is exploiting a critical SQL injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-42258, in the popular billing software suite BillQuick Web Suite time to deploy ransomware. The attacks were first spotted this month […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2021
US CISA urges administrators to address a critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-41163, in Discourse installs. Discourse is a popular open-source Internet forum and mailing list management software application. The US CISA published a security advisory to urge administrators to fix a critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-41163, in Discourse installs. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2021
The Red Team Research (RTR), the bug’s research division from Italian Telecommunication firm TIM, found 2 new vulnerabilities affecting the Ericsson OSS-RC. What is the OSS (Operations Support System)? The Operations Support System – Radio and Core (OSS-RC) provides a centralized interface into the radio and core components. The Operations Support Systems are all those […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2021
Russia-linked Nobelium APT group has breached at least 14 managed service providers (MSPs) and cloud service providers since May 2021. The SolarWinds security breach was not isolated, Russia-linked Nobelium APT group has targeted140 managed service providers (MSPs) and cloud service providers and successfully breached 14 of them since May 2021. The NOBELIUM APT (APT29, Cozy Bear, and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2021
Threat actors infected the iPhone of New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware between June 2018 to June 2021. The iPhone of New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard was repeatedly infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The device was compromised two times, in July 2020 and June 2021. The attacks were […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2021
Experts from cybersecurity firm Emsisoft announced the availability of a free decryptor for past victims of the BlackMatter ransomware. Cybersecurity firm Emsisoft has released a free decryption tool for past victims of the BlackMatter ransomware. The researchers found a vulnerability in the encryption process implemented in the BlackMatter ransomware that allowed them to recover encrypted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 24, 2021
Microsoft uncovered an extensive series of credential phishing campaigns that employed a custom phishing kit tracked as TodayZoo. Microsoft researchers uncovered a custom phishing kit, dubbed TodayZoo, that was used in an extensive series of credential phishing campaigns. A “phishing kit” is a set of software or services aimed at facilitating phishing campaigns, In most […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 24, 2021
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