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Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2020
Coronavirus-themed attacks May 17 – May 23, 2020

This post includes the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from May 17 to May 23, 2020. Threat actors exploit the interest in the Coronavirus outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily bases. Below a list of attacks detected this week. May 19 – Hackers Target Oil Producers During […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 265

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. Elexon, a middleman in the UK power grid network hit by cyber-attack Experts reported the hack of several supercomputers across Europe A bug in Edison Mail iOS app impacted over […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2020
Personal details and documents for millions of Indians available in the deep web

Researchers have discovered a dump containing 29.1M Indian jobseekers personal details that was offered for free in the hacking underground. Researchers discovered a dump containing 29.1M Indian jobseekers personal details that was offered for free in the hacking underground. An anonymous entity told Cyble researchers that the data were stored on an unprotected elastic search […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2020
Online education site EduCBA discloses data breach and reset customers’ pwds

The online education portal EduCBA discloses a data breach and is resetting customers’ passwords in response to the incident. Online education website EduCBA discloses a data breach, it has started notifying customers that in response to the incident it is resetting their passwords. EduCBA is a leading global provider of skill based education with 500,000+ […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2020
Experts observed a spike in COVID-19 related malspam emails containing GuLoader

Security experts observed a spike in the use of the GuLoader since March 2020 while investigating COVID-19-themed malspam campaigns. Researchers from Vipre Labs observed a spike in the use of GuLoader in COVID-19-themed campaign since March 2020. The discovery confirms that crooks continue to use COVID-19 lures in malspam campaigns. In the campaign monitored by […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2020
Voter information for 2 millions of Indonesians leaked online

A hacker has leaked the 2014 voter information for close to 2 million Indonesians on a well-known hacker forum and threatens to release 200 million. A threat actor has published the 2014 voter information for close to 2 million Indonesians on a popular hacker forum and threatens to release data for a total of 200 million […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2020
Silent Night Zeus botnet available for sale in underground forums

Experts reported the existence of a botnet, tracked as Silent Night based on the Zeus banking Trojan that is available for sale in several underground forums. This week researchers from Malwarebytes and HYAS published a report that included technical details on a recently discovered botnet, tracked as Silent Night, being distributed via the RIG exploit kit and COVID-19 malspam […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2020
The Florida Unemployment System suffered a data breach

Officials revealed that the Florida Unemployment System suffered a data breach that impacted some residents who have made unemployment claims. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity revealed that the Florida Unemployment System suffered a data breach that impacted some residents who have made unemployment claims. It has notified 98 people that have been impacted by […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2020
Experts found a Privilege escalation issue in Docker Desktop for Windows

A severe privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-11492, has been addressed in the Windows Docker Desktop Service.  Cybersecurity researchers from Pen Test Partners publicly disclosed a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Docker Desktop Service.  The CVE-2020-11492 issue affects the way the service uses named pipes when communicating as a client to child processes.  “Docker Desktop for […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2020
Cyber-Criminal espionage Operation insists on Italian Manufacturing

ZLab researchers spotted a new malicious espionage activity targeting Italian companies operating worldwide in the manufacturing sector. Introduction During our Cyber Threat Intelligence monitoring we spotted new malicious activities targeting some Italian companies operating worldwide in the manufacturing sector, some of them also part of the automotive production chain. The group behind this activity is […]