Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2019
The University Hospital Center (CHU) of Rouen was hit by the malware last week, the ransomware had a severe impact on the operations during the weekend. The AFP news agency reported that a ransomware attack on a hospital in Rouen last week caused “very long delays in care.” Medical staff at the hospital were not […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2019
The Payment solutions giant Edenred disclosed a malware incident that affected some of its computing systems, it immediately started an investigation. The Payment solutions giant Edenred announced that some of its computing systems have been infected with malware, the company is currently investigating the incident. Edenred is a French company specialized in prepaid corporate services. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2019
The Russian hacker who created and used Neverquest banking malware has finally been sentenced to 4 years in prison by a US District Court. Stanislav Vitaliyevich Lisov (34), the Russian hacker who created and used Neverquest banking malware has been sentenced to 4 years in prison by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2019
Bad news for T-Mobile prepaid customer, the US-based telecom giant T-Mobile today disclosed a new data breach incident. The US branch of the telecommunications giant T-Mobile disclosed a security breach that according to the company impacted a small number of customers of its prepaid service. The cybersecurity team at T-Mobile discovered an unauthorized access to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2019
Security experts from vpnMentor discovered that Gekko Group, an AccorHotels subsidiary, exposes hotels and travelers in a massive data leak. Gekko Group is a leading European B2B hotel booking platform that also owns smaller hospitality brands, including Teldar Travel & Infinite Hotel. The AccorHotels subsidiary has a combined customer base of 600,000 hotels worldwide. vpnMentor discovered a database exposed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 21, 2019
ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity publishes a Threat Landscape for 5G Networks, assessing the threats related to the fifth generation of mobile telecommunications networks (5G). ENISA with the support of the Member States, the European Commission and an Expert Group, published an extensive report on threats relating to 5G networks. An EU-wide Coordinated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 21, 2019
ESET researchers discovered a new downloader, dubbed DePriMon, that used new “Port Monitor” methods in attacks in the wild. The new DePriMon downloader was used by the Lambert APT group, aka Longhorn, to deploy malware. According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 21, 2019
A critical flaw in the Jetpack WordPress Plugin could be exploited by threat actors to hack WordPress websites running flawed versions of the plugin. A critical vulnerability affects the Jetpack WordPress Plugin version Jetpack 5.1. and later, admins and owners of WordPress websites are urged to update their installs to Jetpack version 7.9.1. Jetpack is a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 21, 2019
The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) warned customers of the DoppelPaymer ransomware and provided useful information on the threat. The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) warned customers of the DoppelPaymer ransomware, the tech giant provided useful information on the threat and how it spreads. “Microsoft has been investigating recent attacks by malicious actors using the Dopplepaymer ransomware. There is misleading information […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 21, 2019
Security experts discovered a new peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet dubbed Roboto that is targeting Linux servers running unpatched Webmin installs. Researchers at 360Netlab discovered a new P2P botnet, tracked as Roboto, that is targeting Linux servers running unpatched installations of Webmin installs. The experts first spotted the Roboto botnet in August when they detected a suspicious […]
