Pierluigi Paganini
October 19, 2024
North Korea-linked group APT37 exploited an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability in a supply chain attack. A North Korea-linked threat actor, tracked as APT37 (also known as RedEyes, TA-RedAnt, Reaper, ScarCruft, Group123), exploited a recent Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38178 (CVSS score 7.5), in a supply chain attack. Threat intelligence firm AhnLab and South […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 05, 2024
Cybersecurity company Censys has identified over 380,000 hosts that are still referencing the malicious polyfill.io domain. Censys reported that over 380,000 internet-exposed hosts are still referencing the malicious polyfill.io domain. The polyfill.io domain was suspended last week following multiple reports of malicious activity. The domain Polyfill.io was used to host JavaScript code that added modern […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2024
Malicious actors compromised the JAVS Viewer installer to deliver the RustDoor malware in a supply chain attack. Rapid7 researchers warned that threat actors added a backdoor to the installer for the Justice AV Solutions JAVS Viewer software. The attackers were able to inject a backdoor in the JAVS Viewer v8.3.7 installer that is being distributed from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 18, 2023
A supply chain attack against Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger resulted in the theft of $600,000 in virtual assets. Threat actors pushed a malicious version of the “@ledgerhq/connect-kit” npm module developed by crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger, leading to the theft of more than $600,000 in virtual assets. Once the attack was discovered, the Crypto hardware wallet maker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 25, 2023
UK and South Korea agencies warn that North Korea-linked APT Lazarus is using a MagicLine4NX zero-day flaw in supply-chain attack The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) released a joint warning that the North Korea-linked Lazarus hacking group is exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the MagicLine4NX software to carry out […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 23, 2023
North Korea-linked APT group Diamond Sleet is distributing a trojanized version of the CyberLink software in a supply chain attack. Microsoft Threat Intelligence researchers uncovered a supply chain attack carried out by North Korea-linked APT Diamond Sleet (ZINC) involving a trojanized variant of a CyberLink software. The attackers used a malware-laced version of a legitimate […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 21, 2023
The recently discovered Free Download Manager (FDM) supply chain attack, which distributed Linux malware, started back in 2020. The maintainers of Free Download Manager (FDM) confirmed that the recently discovered supply chain attack dates back to 2020. Recently, researchers from Kaspersky reported the discovery of a free download manager site that has been compromised to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2023
Researchers discovered a free download manager site that has been compromised to serve Linux malware to users for more than three years. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered a free download manager site that has been compromised to serve Linux malware. While investigating a set of suspicious domains, the experts identified that the domain in question has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 04, 2023
Researchers discovered a new set of malicious packages on the npm package manager that can exfiltrate sensitive developer data. On July 31, 2023, Phylum researchers observed the publication of ten different “test” packages on the npm package manager that were developed to exfiltrate sensitive developer source code and other confidential information. All of these packages […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2023
Checkmark researchers have uncovered the first known targeted OSS supply chain attacks against the banking sector. In the first half of 2023, Checkmarx researchers detected multiple open-source software supply chain attacks aimed at the banking sector. These attacks targeted specific components in web assets used by banks, according to the experts the attackers used advanced techniques. […]
