Pierluigi Paganini
December 25, 2019
A new cyber attack hit the radio network Entercom, this is the second time the company has suffered a similar security incident in a few months. A cyber attack hit the radio network Entercom, the incident has impacted the back-office functions and in some cases, the stations were apparently forced to run recorded programs. Entercom […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 25, 2019
Maze ransomware operators have released 2GB of files that were allegedly stolen from the City of Pensacola during the recent attack. On December 7, 2019, the city of Pensacola has been hit by a ransomware attack, the city was forced to disconnect most of its systems following the attack that impacted emails, telephone lines, and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 24, 2019
The FBI has issued a warning to the private industry of cyber attacks involving the LockerGoga and MegaCortex Ransomware. The FBI is warning the private industry of cyber attacks involving the LockerGoga and MegaCortex Ransomware. “In an FBI Flash Alert marked as TLP:Amber and seen by BleepingComputer, the FBI is warning the private industry regarding […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2019
RavnAir airline was forced to cancel at least a half-dozen flights in Alaska on Saturday following a “malicious cyber attack” The RavnAir airline was forced to cancel at least a half-dozen flights in Alaska on Saturday following a cyber attack, around 260 passengers were not able to fly. According to the company, the attack hit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2019
Lithuanian man Evaldas Rimasauskas was sentenced to five years in jail for stealing $120 Million from Google and Facebook employees. Evaldas Rimasauskas was sentenced to five years of prison for stealing $120 Million from Google and Facebook employees with business email compromise (BEC) attacks carried out between 2013 and 2015. The Lithuanian citizen Evaldas Rimasauskas (48) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2019
U.S. Justice Department announced that three members of the cybercrime group behind the GozNym banking Trojan have been sentenced to prison. U.S. Justice Department announced that three members of the cybercrime group behind the GozNym banking Trojan have been sentenced to prison. The crooks infected more than 4,000 victim computers globally with GozNym banking Trojan […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2019
The news of two new payment card breaches made the headlines, the victims are the Islands restaurant chain and Champagne French Bakery Cafe. The new restaurant chains with locations across the U.S. disclosed payment card breaches, in both cases, attackers used PoS malware to capture card data stored in the magnetic stripe. Exposed data includes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2019
Experts spotted a massive global Emotet malware campaign that uses as lure documents the Swedish climate-change activist Greta Thunberg. Crooks always attempt to monetize the media interest on specific topics, and the recent Greta Thunberg-themed Emotet campaign confirms it. Experts from the Proofpoint Threat Insight team have spotted a malspam campaign delivering the Emotet malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2019
A former contractor of British airline Jet2 has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for a cyberattack that shut down the airline’s systems for over 12 hours. Scott Burns, a former contractor of British low-cost airline Jet2 has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for a cyberattack that shut down the company systems […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2019
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs From iPhone to NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM – exploit ‘Printconfig dll with a real-world example Iran announced to have foiled a second cyber-attack in a week Largest hospital system in New Jersey was hit by ransomware attack A thief stole […]
