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Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2021
The surge of fake COVID-19 test results, vaccines and vaccination certificates on the Dark Web

Threat actors are offering fake COVID-19 test results and vaccination certificates in blackmarkets and hacking forums on the Dark Web. While vaccination campaigns go ahead with different speeds in many countries multiple threat actors on the Dark Web started offering fake COVID-19 test results and vaccination certificates. Multiple research teams, including mine, are monitoring these […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2021
30 million Americans affected by the Astoria Company data breach

Researchers discovered the availability in the DarK Web of 30M of records of Americans affected by the Astoria Company data breach Astoria Company LLC is a lead generation company that leverages on a network of websites to collect information on a person that may be looking for discounted car loans, different medical insurance, or even […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2021
Cisco Jabber for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS is affected by a critical issue

Cisco has addressed a critical arbitrary program execution flaw in its Cisco Jabber client software for Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. Cisco has addressed a critical arbitrary program execution issue, tracked as CVE-2021-1411, that affects several versions of Cisco Jabber client software for Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. Cisco Jabber delivers instant messaging, voice and video […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2021
Billions of FBS Records Exposed in Online Trading Broker Data Leak

Ata Hakcil led the team of white hat hackers from WizCase in identifying a major data leak on online trading broker FBS’ websites. The data from FBS.com and FBS.eu comprised millions of confidential records including names, passwords, email addresses, passport numbers, national IDs, credit cards, financial transactions and more. Were such detailed personally identifiable information (PII) to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2021
Black Kingdom ransomware is targeting Microsoft Exchange servers

Security experts reported that a second ransomware gang, named Black Kingdom, is targeting Microsoft Exchange servers. After the public disclosure of ProxyLogon vulnerabilities, multiple threat actors started targeting vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers exposed online. The first ransomware gang exploiting the above issues in attacks in the wild was a group tracked as DearCry. Last crew […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2021
A day before elections, hackers leaked details of millions of Israeli voters

Hackers have exposed personal and voter registration details of over 6.5 million Israeli voters, less than 24 hours before the election. A few hours before the election in Israel, hackers exposed the voter registration and personal details of millions of citizens. The source of the data seems to be the app Elector developed by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2021
92% of worldwide Microsoft Exchange IPs are now patched or mitigated

Microsoft revealed that 92% of all on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers exposed online affected by the ProxyLogon vulnerabilities are now patched. On March 2nd, Microsoft released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues collectively tracked as ProxyLogon (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) in all supported Microsoft Exchange versions that are actively exploited in the wild. At […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2021
Sierra Wireless halted production at its manufacturing sites due to ransomware attack

This week, IoT company Sierra Wireless disclosed a ransomware attack that hit its internal IT systems on March 20 and disrupted its production. Sierra Wireless is a Canadian multinational wireless communications equipment designer and manufacturer headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The company sells mobile computing and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications products that work over cellular […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2021
CISA is warning of vulnerabilities in GE Power Management Devices

U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns of flaws in GE Power Management Devices that could allow an attacker to conduct multiple malicious activities on vulnerable systems. U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns of vulnerabilities in GE Power Management Devices that could be exploited by an attacker to conduct multiple malicious activities […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2021
Energy giant Shell discloses data breach caused by Accellion FTA hack

Oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) discloses a data breach resulting from the compromise of its Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) file sharing service. Energy giant Shell disclosed a data breach resulting from the compromise of an Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) used by the company. Shell is an Anglo-Dutch multinational oil and […]