Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2024
South Korea’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) reported that North Korea-linked hackers hijacked VPN software updates to deploy malware. South Korea’s national security and intelligence agencies, including the National Intelligence Service, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Police Agency, the Military Intelligence Command, and the Cyber Operations Command, have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 04, 2023
Threat actors behind the 3CX supply chain attack have targeted a limited number of cryptocurrency companies with a second-state implant. As of Mar 22, 2023, SentinelOne observed a spike in behavioral detections of the 3CXDesktopApp, which is a popular voice and video conferencing software product. The products from multiple cybersecurity vendors started detecting the popular […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 30, 2023
Popular voice and video conferencing software 3CX was the victim of a supply chain attack, SentinelOne researchers reported. As of Mar 22, 2023, SentinelOne observed a spike in behavioral detections of the 3CXDesktopApp, which is a popular voice and video conferencing software product. The products from multiple cybersecurity vendors started detecting the popular software as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2021
After the introduction of CCPA and GDPR, much more attention is given to third-party risks, and the privacy terms and conditions users agree to. Global privacy regulations, such as the CCPA and GDPR, were enacted to ensure stricter standards when handling the personal data of consumers. As per these regulations, organizations can be held responsible […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 01, 2019
MICROCHIPS Act (S. 2316) – Two US Senators have introduced a bill to protect US government supply chain against foreign sabotage and cyber espionage. Two US senators have introduced legislation a bill, dubbed Manufacturing, Investment and Controls Review for Computer Hardware, Intellectual Property and Supply ACT (MICROCHIPS Act – S. 2316) that aims at protecting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 31, 2019
Experts at Skylight Cyber released the list of 600 MAC addresses used threat actors behind Operation ShadowHammer to target ASUS customers. Skylight Cyber released the list of 583 MAC addresses used threat actors behind Operation ShadowHammer to target ASUS customers. Over 1 million ASUS users may have been impacted by a supply chain attack that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2018
The gambling application EOSBet was affected by a vulnerability in its smart contract system that has been exploited by attackers to steal $200,000 worth of EOS. The security breach was first reported by the member âthbourloveâ of the EOSBet Reddit community that shared the code used to exploit the flaw. After seeing the exploit code, the EOSBetâs official Reddit account […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2018
Microsoft revealed that hackers attempted to compromise the supply chain of an unnamed maker of PDF software. The attackers compromised a font package installed by a PDF editor app and used it to spread a crypto-mining malware on victims’ machines. The attack was discovered by the experts from Microsoft that received alerts via the Windows […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 22, 2017
The threat actor that recently compromised the supply chain of the CCleaner software targeted at least 20 tech firms with a second-stage malware. The threat actor that recently compromised the supply chain of the CCleaner software to distribute a tainted version of the popular software targeted at least 20 major international technology firms with a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 20, 2017
Hackers can hijack mobile devices by hiding malicious chips in a touchscreen and other components that are replaced. According to a team of researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, this technique can give hackers complete control over the device. “Phone touchscreens, and other similar hardware components such as orientation sensors, wireless charging controllers, and NFC readers, […]
