Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2020
The personal details of 3.68 million MobiFriends users are available for download since April 2020, it seems that they have been stolen in January 2019. MobiFriends is an online service and Android app that allows registered users to meet new people online. The personal details of 3,688,060 MobiFriends registered users have been released online earlier this year and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2020
The Sodinokibi ransomware gang stolen gigabytes of legal documents from the law firm of the stars, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks (GSMLaw). The Sodinokibi ransomware group claims to have stolen gigabytes of legal documents from the entertainment and law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks (GSMLaw) that has dozens of international stars and celebrities among […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2020
Nigerian cyber gang SilverTerrier, specialized in BEC attacks, used COVID-19 lures in recent attacks on healthcare and government organizations. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks observed a Nigerian cyber gang, tracked as SilverTerrier and specialized in BEC attacks, using COVID-19 lures in a recent wave of attacks on healthcare and government organizations. SilverTerrier has been active since […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2020
Microsoft confirmed that it is investigating claims that its GitHub account has been hacked after some of its files were leaked online. Microsoft launched an investigation into the claims that its GitHub account has been hacked. Recently some files allegedly stolen from the Microsoft Github account have been leaked online, and they appear to be […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2020
Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, observed the growth of the lifespan of phishing attacks in the second half of 2019. This trend, revealed by Group-IB’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-GIB), resulted in the tremendous increase in the number of phishing websites blockages over the given period — it rose by over 230 percent year-on-year. In 2019 in general, web […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2020
Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) shuts down a large portion of its central IT infrastructure between May 6 and May 7, 2020. The Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), German, announced today that it was forced to shut down parts of its central IT infrastructure due to a cyber attack that took place overnight, between May 6 and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2020
Attackers exploited two security issues in the Elementor Pro and Ultimate Addons for Elementor WordPress plugins to fully compromise over 1M sites. Hackers are actively exploiting two security flaws in the Elementor Pro and Ultimate Addons for Elementor WordPress plugins to fully compromise unpatched WordPress installs. Security experts from Wordfence have observed a hacking campaign targeting the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2020
Researchers from Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab monitored the evolution and the diffusion of an infostealer dubbed Poulight that most likely has a Russian origin. Introduction Nowadays, info-stealer is one of the most common threats. This category of malware includes famous malware like Azorult, Agent Tesla, and Hawkeye. Infostealer market is one of the most remunerative for cyber criminals, information gathered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2020
Chinese-speaking Naikon APT group leverages a new backdoor called Aria-body to target organizations in South Asia and Australia. The Naikon APT group is a China-linked cyber espionage group that has been active at least since 2010 and that remained under the radar over the past five years while targeting entities in Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2020
Snake Ransomware operators launched a new campaign that has infected numerous companies worldwide including an health care organization. The operators behind the Snake Ransomware have launched a new campaign that targeted companies worldwide and that infected at least one organization in the healthcare industry over the last few days. In January experts observed a new […]
