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Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2020
Cruise line operator Carnival Corporation suffers a ransomware attack

The world’s largest cruise line operator Carnival Corporation has disclosed that one of their brands suffered a ransomware attack over the past weekend. Cruise line operator Carnival Corporation has disclosed that one of their brands was hit with a ransomware attack over the past weekend. Carnival Corporation & plc is a British-American cruise operator, currently […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2020
TeamTNT is the first cryptomining bot that steals AWS credentials

Security researchers have discovered a new crypto-minining botnet, dubbed TeamTNT, that is able to steal AWS credentials from infected servers. Security firm Cado Security reported that the TeamTNT botnet is the first one that is able to scan and steal AWS credentials. The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2020
CISA warns of phishing attacks delivering KONNI RAT

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an alert related to attacks delivering the KONNI remote access Trojan (RAT). The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an alert to provide technical details on a new wave of attacks delivering the KONNI remote access Trojan (RAT). The KONNI RAT was first discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2020
Thousands of Canadian government accounts hacked, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat say

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat confirmed that thousands of user accounts for online Canadian government services were recently hacked. According to a press release issued by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, thousands of user accounts for online government services were recently hacked. The hackers targeted the GCKey service with credential stuffing attacks, the service […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2020
Technology giant Konica Minolta hit by a ransomware attack

IT giant Konica Minolta was hit with a ransomware attack at the end of July, its services have been impacted for almost a week. A ransomware attack has impacted the services at the business technology giant Konica Minolta for almost a week, the attack took place at the end of July. Konica Minolta is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2020
The Australian government wants to respond to attacks on critical infrastructure

The Australian government aims at giving itself the power to manage the response of private enterprises to cyber attacks on critical infrastructure. The Australian government wants to increase the security of critical infrastructure, for this reason, it plans to manage the response of private enterprises to cyber attacks targeting them. According to a Consultation Paper […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2020
Ritz hotel diners were victims of a sophisticated scam

Guests at the luxury Ritz hotel in London have been victims of “extremely convincing” scammers who posed as hotel staff to steal payment card details. Clients having dinner at the luxury Ritz hotel in London have been targeted by “extremely convincing” scammers who posed as hotel staff to steal payment card details. The crooks phoned […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 277

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Homoglyph attacks used in phishing campaign and Magecart attacks Remotely hack a Mercedes-Benz E-Class is possible, experts demonstrated US OCC imposed an $80 Million fine to Capital One for 2019 […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2020
Texas man sentenced to 57 months for the hacking of a major tech firm in New York

A 31-year-old man from Dallas, Texas, was sentenced last week to 57 months in prison for crimes related to the hacking of a major tech firm in New York. Tyler C. King (31), from Dallas, Texas, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for crimes related to the hacking of an unnamed major tech company […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2020
Sodinokibi ransomware gang stole 1TB of data from Brown-Forman

Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators announced on Friday to have hacked Brown-Forman, one of the largest U.S. firm in the spirits and wine business. Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators announced last week to have breached the network of the Brown-Forman, one of the largest U.S. firm in the spirits and wine business. Threat actors claim to have […]