Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2021
A U.S. court on Thursday sentenced the Russian hacker Andrei Tyurin to 12 years in prison for his role in an international hacking campaign. A U.S. court sentenced this week Andrei Tyurin (37) to 12 years in prison for carrying out an international hacking campaign that targeted several financial institutions, brokerage firms, financial news publishers, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2021
Researchers obtained gained access to the Git Repositories belonging to the United Nations, exposing staff records and credentials. The research group Sakura Samurai was able to access the repositories of the United Nations as part of the Vulnerability Disclosure Program and a Hall of Fame operated by the organization. The group, composed of Jackson Henry, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2021
The source code for the ChastityLock ransomware that was used in attacks aimed at the users of the Qiui Cellmate adult toy is now publicly available. Recently a family of ransomware was observed targeting the users of the Bluetooth-controlled Qiui Cellmate chastity device. Qiui Cellmate made the headlines in October when the researchers at Pen Test Partners […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2021
A cyber attack hit the New Zealand central bank, sensitive information has been potentially accessed by the intruders The New Zealand central bank announced today that a cyber attack hit its infrastructure. According to the Government organization, one of its data systems has been breached by an unidentified hacker, commercially and personally sensitive information might have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2021
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. NCA arrested 21 customers of the WeLeakInfo service Over 200 million records of Chinese Citizens for Sale on the Darkweb Top data breaches of 2020 – Security Affairs Apex Laboratory […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2021
Researchers from Trend Micro discovered that the TeamTNT botnet is now able to steal Docker API logins along with AWS credentials. Researchers from Trend Micro discovered that the TeamTNT botnet was improved and is now able to steal also Docker credentials. The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2021
Dassault Falcon Jet has disclosed a data breach that exposed personal information belonging to current and former employees. In December Dassault, Dassault Falcon Jet (DFJ) was the victim of a cyber attack that may have exposed personal information belonging to current and former employees. The data security incident also exposed information belonging to employees’ spouses […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2021
CISA revealed that threat actors behind the SolarWinds hack also used password guessing and password spraying in its attacks. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that threat actors behind the SolarWinds supply chain attack also employed common hacker techniques to compromise the networks of the targeted organizations, including password guessing and password spraying. “Frequently, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2021
Twitter has permanently suspended the account of President Donald Trump on Friday, due to the risk of further incitement of violence. Twitter has permanently suspended President Donald Trump’s account fearing his tweets may trigger a new wave of violence. In response to the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the President’s account was initially suspended for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 08, 2021
Nvidia has released security updates to address high-severity vulnerabilities affecting the Nvidia GPU display driver and vGPU software. Nvidia has addressed a total of 16 flaws, including high-severity vulnerabilities affecting the Nvidia GPU display driver and vGPU software. The addressed flaws may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, data tampering, or information disclosure. […]
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