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Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2022
CERT-UA warns of malspam attacks distributing the Jester info stealer

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns of attacks spreading info-stealing malware Jester Stealer. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has detected malspam campaigns aimed at spreading an info-stealer called Jester Stealer. The malicious messages spotted by the Ukrainian CERT have the subject line “chemical attack” and contain a link to a […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2022
Experts developed exploits for CVE-2022-1388 RCE in F5 BIG-IP products

A few days after F5 addressed the critical CVE-2022-1388 Remote Code execution flaw in its BIG-IP products, researchers created exploits for it. Last week security and application delivery solutions provider F5 released its security notification to inform customers that it has released security updates from tens of vulnerabilities in its products. The company addressed a total of 43 […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2022
Experts uncovered a new wave of attacks conducted by Mustang Panda

China-linked Mustang Panda APT group targets entities in Asia, the European Union, Russia, and the US in a new wave of attacks. In February 2022, Cisco Talos researchers started observing China-linked cyberespionage group Mustang Panda conducting phishing attacks against European entities, including Russian organizations. The attacks were also reported by Google’s TAG team, which confirmed they were for […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2022
Conti ransomware claims to have hacked Peru MOF – Dirección General de Inteligencia (DIGIMIN)

Conti Ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Peru MOF – Dirección General de Inteligencia (DIGIMIN) and stolen 9.41 GB. The Conti ransomware gang added the Peru MOF – Dirección General de Inteligencia (DIGIMIN) to the list of its victims on its Tor leak site. The National Directorate of Intelligence is the premier intelligence agency […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2022
May 01 – May 07 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

This post provides a timeline of the events related to Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Below is the timeline of the events related to the ongoing Russia invasion that occurred in the previous weeks: May 06 – Anonymous and Ukraine IT Army continue to target Russian entities The Anonymous collective and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2022
NIST published updated guidance for supply chain risks

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released updated guidance for defending against supply-chain attacks. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released updated guidance for defending against supply chain attacks. NIST has published the “Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organizations” in response to the Executive Order […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2022
US agricultural machinery manufacturer AGCO suffered a ransomware attack

The American agricultural machinery manufacturer AGCO announced that has suffered a ransomware attack that impacted its production facilities. AGCO, one of the most important agricultural machinery manufacturers, announced that a ransomware attack impacted some of its production facilities. The company was forced to shut down portions of its IT systems in response to the incident. AGCO did […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 364 by Pierluigi Paganini

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Raspberry Robin spreads via removable USB devices Malware campaign hides a shellcode into Windows […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2022
US DoS offers a reward of up to $15M for info on Conti ransomware gang

The US Government offers up to $15 million for information that helps identify and locate leadership and co-conspirators of the Conti ransomware gang. The US Department of State offers up to $15 million for information that helps identify and locate leadership and co-conspirators of the Conti ransomware gang. The reward is offered under the Department […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2022
Raspberry Robin spreads via removable USB devices

Researchers discovered a new Windows malware, dubbed Raspberry Robin, with worm-like capabilities that spreads via removable USB devices. Cybersecurity researchers from Red Canary have spotted a new Windows malware, dubbed Raspberry Robin, with worm-like capabilities that propagates through removable USB devices. “Raspberry Robin is Red Canary’s name for a cluster of activity we first observed […]