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Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2018
China-linked APT10 group behind new attacks on the Japanese media sector

Recently researchers from FireEye uncovered and blocked a campaign powered by the Chinese APT10 cyber espionage group aimed at Japanese media sector In July, security researchers from FireEye uncovered and blocked a campaign carried out by Chinese APT10 group (aka Menupass, and Stone Panda) aimed at Japanese media sector. Experts noticed the group since around […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2018
Operator at kayo.moe found a 42M Record Credential Stuffing Data ready to use

Operator at kayo.moe found a 42M Record  Credential Stuffing Data containing email addresses, plain text passwords, and partial credit card info. A huge archive containing email addresses, plain text passwords, and partial credit card data has been found on a free anonymous hosting service, Kayo.moe. The operator of the service shared the file with the popular expert Troy Hunt […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2018
Iran-Linked OilRig APT group targets high-ranking office in a Middle Eastern nation

Researchers from the Unit42 at Palo Alto Networks observed Iran-Linked OilRig APT group targeting high-ranking office in a Middle Eastern nation The Iran-linked APT group OilRig continues to very active, it continues to improve the weapons in its arsenal. The OilRig hacker group has been around since at least 2015, since then it targeted mainly organizations in the financial and government […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2018
Kelihos botmaster pleads guilty in U.S. District Court in Connecticut

The creator of the infamous Kelihos Botnet, Peter Yuryevich Levashov (38) pleaded guilty this week to computer crime, fraud, conspiracy and identity theft charges. Yuryevich Levashov (38), the botmaster of the dreaded Kelihos Botnet pleaded guilty this week to computer crime, fraud, conspiracy and identity theft charges. In April 2017, the United States Department of Justice announced that Peter […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2018
Flaws in firmware expose almost any modern PC to Cold Boot Attacks

New Firmware Flaws Resurrect Cold Boot Attacks A team of security researchers demonstrated that the firmware running on nearly all modern computers is vulnerable to cold boot attacks. A team of experts from cybersecurity firm F-Secure has discovered security flaws affecting firmware in modern computers that could be exploited by hackers to carry out cold boot […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2018
ICS CERT warns of several flaws in Fuji Electric V-Server

Experts discovered several flaws in Fuji Electric V-Server, a tool that connects PCs within the organizations to Industrial Control Systems (ICS). Experts discovered several vulnerabilities in Fuji Electric V-Server, a tool that connects PCs within the organizations to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) on the corporate network. The ICS-CERT published two advisories to warn of the existence of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2018
Cobalt crime gang is using again CobInt malware in attacks on former soviet states

The Russian Cobalt crime gang was particularly active in the last month, a new report confirms a massive use of the CobInt malware in recent attacks. Security researchers from Proofpoint reported the massive use of the CobInt malware by the Cobalt group in recent attacks. The Cobalt name is based on the association of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2018
New PyLocky Ransomware stands out for anti-machine learning capability

Security experts from Trend Micro have spotted a new strain of ransomware involved in attacks in July and August, the malicious code was posing as the Locky ransomware. Researchers at Trend Micro have detected a new ransomware family, dubbed PyLocky, that was used in attacks between July and August, the malware was posing as the Locky ransomware using its ransom […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2018
Cyber Defense Magazine – September 2018 has arrived. Enjoy it!

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Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2018
September 2018 Security Notes address a total of 14 flaws in SAP products

SAP today just released the September 2018 set of Security Notes that address a total of 14 flaws in its products, including a critical flaw in SAP Business Client. The September 2018 Security Patch Day includes other 13 Security Notes, three were rated High severity, 9 Medium risk, and 1 Low severity. SAP also released 8 Support Package Notes, […]