Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Bella Thorne published her private nude photos before a hacker that was threatening her Linux worm spreading via Exim servers hit Azure customers New Echobot Botnet targets Oracle, VMware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 21, 2019
Russia-Linked cyberespionage group Turla uses a new toolset and hijacked command and control infrastructure operated by Iran-Linked OilRig APT. Russia-linked Turla cyberspies used a new set of tools in new attacks and hijacked command and control infrastructure operated by Iran-Linked OilRig APT. Recent campaigns demonstrate that Turla continues to evolve its arsenal and adopt news […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2019
According to The New York Times, the United States planted destructive malware in Russia’s electric power grid. The New York Times, citing current and former government officials, revealed that the United States planted a potentially destructive malware in Russia’s electric power grid. The U.S. cyber army is targeting the Russian power grid since at least […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 11, 2019
The MuddyWater cyber espionage group has used an updated multi-stage PowerShell backdoor in recent cyber attacks. Security experts at Trend Micro report that the MuddyWater APT group (aka SeedWorm and TEMP.Zagros), has used an updated multi-stage PowerShell backdoor in recent cyber espionage campaigns. The first MuddyWater campaign was observed in late 2017 when targeted entities in the Middle East. The experts called […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 08, 2019
A security researcher found new evidence of activities conducted by the ICEFOG APT group, also tracked by the experts as Fucobha. Chi-en (Ashley) Shen, a senior security researcher at FireEye, collected evidence that demonstrates that China-linked APT group ICEFOG (aka Fucobha) is still active. The activities of the APT group were first uncovered by Kaspersky […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 02, 2019
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Pierluigi Paganini
June 02, 2019
Turla, the Russia-linked cyberespionage group, is weaponizing PowerShell scripts and is using them in attacks against EU diplomats. Turla (aka Snake, Uroburos, Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON), the Russia-linked APT group, is using weaponized PowerShell scripts in attacks aimed at EU diplomats. Turla group has been active since at least 2007 targeting government organizations and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2019
This week NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg explained during a conference at the Cyber Defence Pledge conference in London how the Alliance is countering cyber threats. This week during the Cyber Defence Pledge conference in London, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg explained how the Alliance is countering cyber threats. Stoltenberg declared that NATO is pushing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2019
UK Government has provided to 16 NATO allies evidence of malicious Russia ‘s cyber activity in their countries over the last 18 months. According to the foreign minister Jeremy Hunt, the UK Government has provided to 16 NATO allies evidence of cyber attacks carried out by Russia against their countries over the last 18 months. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 06, 2019
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a physical attack on Hamas It could be the first time that a state responds with a conventional strike to a cyber attack. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has launched a physical attack on Hamas in response to an alleged cyber attack. A strike launched by Israeli forces targeted a […]
