Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2022
Malware based attacks are targeting charities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) providing support in Ukraine Charities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that in these weeks are providing support in Ukraine are targeted by malware attacks aiming to disrupt their operations. The news was reported by Amazon that associates the attacks with state-sponsored hackers and confirmed that it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2022
The Lapsus$ ransomware group claimed to have hacked Samsung Electronics and leaked alleged stolen confidential data. The Lapsus$ ransomware gang claims to have stolen a huge trove of sensitive data from Samsung Electronics and leaked 190GB of alleged Samsung data as proof of the hack. The gang announced the availability of the sample data on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2022
Avast released a decryptor for the HermeticRansom ransomware used in recent targeted attacks against Ukrainian entities. Avast has released a free decryptor for the HermeticRansom ransomware employed in targeted attacks against Ukrainian systems since February 23. The security firms aim at helping Ukrainians victims in recovering their file for free. The HermeticRansomware was one of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2022
A spear-phishing campaign, tracked as Asylum Ambuscade, targets European government personnel aiding Ukrainian refugees. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint uncovered a spear-phishing campaign, likely conducted by a nation-state actor, that compromised a Ukrainian armed service member’s email account to target European government personnel involved in managing the logistics of refugees fleeing Ukraine. The phishing messages […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2022
Chipmaker giant Nvidia confirmed a data breach after the recently disclosed security incident, proprietary information stolen. The chipmaker giant Nvidia was recently the victim of a cyber attack that impacted some of its systems for two days. The security breach is not connected to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, according to a person familiar with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2022
The massive operation launched by the Anonymous collective against Russia for its illegitimate invasion continues. The popular collective Anonymous, and its affiliates, relentlessly continue their offensive against Russian targets. In the last few hours, in addition to government sites, the sites of the country’s main banks have been brought to their knees. News of alleged […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2022
IsaacWiper, a new data wiper was used against an unnamed Ukrainian government network after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. ESET researchers uncovered a new data wiper, tracked as IsaacWiper, that was used against an unnamed Ukrainian government network after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The wiper was first spotted on February 24 within an organization that was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2022
Microsoft revealed that Ukrainian entities were targeted with a previous undetected malware, dubbed FoxBlade, several hours before the invasion. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) continues to investigate the attacks that are targeting Ukrainian networks and discovered that entities in Ukraine were targeted with a previously undetected malware, dubbed FoxBlade, several hours before Russia’s invasion. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2022
A Ukrainian researcher leaked tens of thousands of internal chat messages belonging to the Conti ransomware operation. A Ukrainian researcher leaked 60,694 messages internal chat messages belonging to the Conti ransomware operation after the announcement of the group of its support to Russia. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Hold Security confirmed that the researcher was able to access […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2022
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. Anonymous breached the internal network of Belarusian railways Feb 7- Feb 27 Ukraine – […]
