Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2018
The US Government is warning of continuous intrusions in National critical infrastructure and it is blaming the Kremlin for the cyber attacks. According to the US Department of Homeland Security, Russia’s APT groups have already penetrated America’s critical infrastructure, especially power utilities, and are still targeting them. These attacks could have dramatic consequence, an attack against […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2018
Microsoft helped the US Government is protecting at least three 2018 midterm election candidates from attacks of Russian cyberspies. Microsoft revealed that Russian cyberspies attempted to hack at least three 2018 midterm election candidates and it has helped the US government to repeal their attacks. A Microsoft executive speaking at the Aspen Security Forum revealed the hacking attempts against […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2018
Security experts from ESET uncovered an ongoing cyber espionage campaign aimed at Ukrainian government institutions and involving three different RATs, including the custom-made VERMIN. Security researchers from ESET uncovered an ongoing cyber espionage campaign aimed at Ukrainian government institutions, attackers used at least three different remote access Trojans (RATs). The campaign was first spotted in January by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2018
The Director of the National Intelligence Dan Coats warned last week of a devastating cyber threat to US infrastructure, he said that “warning lights are blinking red again.” The Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats warned last week of a devastating cyber threat to US infrastructure, he used the following words to express his concerns: “warning lights […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2018
Ukraine ‘s SBU Security Service reportedly stopped VPNFilter attack at chlorine station, the malware infected the network equipment in the facility that supplies water treatment and sewage plants. According to the Interfax-Ukraine media outlet, the VPNFilter hit the LLC Aulska station in Auly (Dnipropetrovsk region), according to the experts the malware aimed at disrupting operations at the chlorine station. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 12, 2018
FireEye uncovered a large-scale Chinese phishing and hacking campaign powered by Temp.periscope APT aimed at Cambodia’s elections. Security researchers at FireEye have uncovered a large-scale Chinese phishing and hacking campaign aimed at Cambodia’s elections. The hackers distributed a remote access trojan (RAT) and data exfiltration operation targeting the poll. The experts from FireEye attributed the attacks to an APT group tracked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 06, 2018
Israeli military intelligence accused Hamas operatives of creating tainted apps to lure soldiers into downloading spyware onto their phones. According to a report published by the Israeli military, Hamas hackers are attempting to lure Israel Defence Forces (IDF) soldiers into installing tainted apps on their devices. Israeli military already blamed Hamas of similar attacks, but this […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 03, 2018
Iranian APT groups continue to very active, recently Charming Kitten cyber spies attempted to pose as an Israeli cyber-security firm that uncovered previous hacking campaigns. The Iranian Charming Kitten ATP group, aka Newscaster or Newsbeef, launched spear phishing attacks against people interested in reading reports about it. The Newscaster group made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued a report describing the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 27, 2018
Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have uncovered a new cyber espionage group tracked as RANCOR that has been targeting entities in South East Asia. According to the experts, the RANCOR APT group has been targeting political entities in Singapore, Cambodia, and Thailand, and likely in other countries, using two previously unknown strain of malware. The two […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 26, 2018
Security researchers at AlienVault uncovered a series of cyber attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges leveraging weaponized Hangul Word Processor HWP documents (Hangul Word Processor documents). The string of attacks involving the HWP documents has been attributed to the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group, and includes the hack of the South Korean virtual currency exchange Bithumb. The hackers […]
