Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2020
Twitter confirmed that hackers accessed the direct message (DM) inboxes of some of the accounts that were recently compromised. Last week, the social media giant Twitter revealed that hackers compromised 130 accounts in the attack that took place on July 15 and downloaded data from eight of them. Attackers breached a number of high-profile accounts, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2020
Smartwatch and wearable device maker Garmin had to shut down some of its connected services and call centers following a ransomware attack. On July 23, smartwatch and wearables maker Garmin has shut down several of its services due to a ransomware attack that targeted its internal network and some production systems. “We are currently experiencing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2020
Expert release a PoC exploit code for a recently addressed critical flaw in Microsoft SharePoint, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio. CVE-2020-1147 is a critical vulnerability in .NET Framework, SharePoint, and Visual Studio that was recently addressed by Microsoft with the release of the July 2020 Patch Tuesday security updates. The flaw is caused by the lack […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2020
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT Group has used a new multi-platform malware framework, dubbed MATA, to target entities worldwide The notorious Lazarus Group is using a new multi-platform malware framework, dubbed MATA, in attacks aimed at organizations worldwide, to deploy Kaspersky researchers observed that MATA was used by the threat actors to distribute ransomware (i.e. VHD […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2020
Prometei is a crypto-mining botnet that recently appeared in the threat landscape, it exploits the Microsoft Windows SMB protocol for lateral movements. Security experts from Cisco Talos discovered a new crypto-mining botnet, tracked as Prometei, that exploits the Microsoft Windows SMB protocol for lateral movements.move laterally across systems while covertly mining for cryptocurrency. The Prometei […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2020
The US State Department and Secret Service offered $2 million in reward money for help capturing two Ukrainian SEC hackers. The US State Department and Secret Service offered $2 million in reward money for help capturing two Ukrainian hackers that have been charged with hacking and selling insider corporate data stolen from the Securities and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2020
Dozens of unsecured databases exposed online web wiped by threat actors as part of a campaign tracked as Meow attack. Experts observed dozens of unsecured Elasticsearch and MongoDB instances exposed online that were inexplicably wiped by threat actors as part of a campaign tracked as Meow attack. The Meow attack began recently and attackers did […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2020
Citrix addressed a vulnerability in its Citrix Workspace app that can allow an attacker to remotely hack the computer running the vulnerable application Citrix has patched a high severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-8207, affecting its Workspace app that can be exploited by an attacker to remotely hack the computer running the flawed application. The flaw affects […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2020
US DoJ charged two Chinese hackers working with China’s Ministry of State Security with hacking into computer systems of government organizations and companies worldwide. US DoJ charged two Chinese hackers working with China’s Ministry of State Security with hacking into computer systems of government organizations and companies worldwide. According to the Department of Justice’s Office […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2020
US Justice Department accused two Chinese hackers of stealing trade secrets from companies worldwide and targeting firms developing a COVID-19 vaccine. This week, the US Justice Department accused two Chinese hackers of stealing trade secrets from companies worldwide and recently involved in attacks against firms developing a vaccine for the COVID-19. According to the indictment, […]
