supply chain attack

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2019
Airbus suppliers were hit by four major attack in the last 12 months

Airbus Hit by Series of Cyber Attacks on Suppliers: Security Sources The European multinational aerospace corporation Airbus has been hit by a series of attacks, hackers targeted its suppliers to steal Intellectual property. The European aerospace giant Airbus has been hit by a series of supply chain attacks, threat actors hit its suppliers in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2019
Kaspersky speculates the involvement of ShadowPad attackers in Operation ShadowHammer

Experts at Kaspersky Lab linked the recent supply-chain attack targeted ASUS users to the “ShadowPad” threat actor and the CCleaner incident. Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab linked the recent supply-chain attack that hit ASUS users (tracked as Operation ShadowHammer) to the “ShadowPad” threat actor. Experts also linked the incident to the supply chain attack that […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2019
VSDC video editing software website hacked again

Users that have downloaded the VSDC multimedia editing software between 2019-02-21 and 2019-03-23, may have been infected with malware. Users that have downloaded the VSDC multimedia editing software between 2019-02-21 and 2019-03-23, may have been infected with a banking trojan and an information stealer. VSDC is a popular, free video editing and converting app and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2019
ASUS fixes supply chain of Live Update tool hit in Operation ShadowHammer

ASUS released security patches to fix the issues in the Live Update utility that were exploited by threat actors in Operation ShadowHammer. ASUS announced to have released a fix for the Live Update utility that was exploited by threat actors behind the Operation ShadowHammer to deliver malware to hundreds of users.  The Operation ShadowHammer took […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2019
Operation ShadowHammer – Supply-Chain attack hit ASUS users

Operation ShadowHammer – ASUS is the last victim of a clamorous supply chain attack that delivered a backdoor to more than one million users, Kaspersky Lab reported. Over 1 million ASUS users may have been impacted by a supply chain attack that leveraged the ASUS Live Update utility to inject a backdoor in ASUS systems. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2018
New strain of Ransomware infected over 100,000 PCs in China

Security experts reported a new strain of malware spreading in China, the malicious code rapidly infected over 100,000 PCs in just four days. Unfortunately, the number of infections is rapidly increasing because hackers compromised a supply chain. It is interesting to note that this ransomware requests victims to pay 110 yuan (nearly Euro 14) in ransom […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2018
USB Drives shipped with Schneider Solar Products were infected with malware

Schneider Electric announced that some of the USB drives it has shipped with its Conext ComBox and Conext Battery Monitor products were infected with malware. Schneider Electric has found a malicious code on the USB drives that have been shipped with Conext ComBox and Conext Battery Monitor products. Both products are part of the solar energy […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2018
Operation Red Signature – South Korean Firms victims of a supply chain attack

Supply Chain Attack Hits South Korean Firms Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a supply chain attack, tracked as Operation Red Signature, against organizations in South Korea. The Operation Red Signature aimed at delivering a remote access Trojan (RAT) used by attackers to steal sensitive information from the victims. Threat actors compromised update server of a remote support […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2017
Proton malware spreading through supply-chain attack, victims should wipe their Macs

The dreaded Proton malware was spreading through a new supply-chain attack that involved the Elmedia apps, victims should wipe their Macs Bad news for Mac users, a new malware is threatening them of a complete system wipe and reinstall. Crooks are distributing the malware in legitimate applications, the popular Elmedia Player and download manager Folx developed by […]