Digital ID

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2022
$1 billion of FTX customer funds have vanished, Reuters reported

Crypto exchange FTX appears to have been hacked, rumors state that attackers stole $600 million drained from the company’s wallets. Crypto exchange FTX is recommending users to delete FTX apps and avoid using its website, a circumstance that refutes the rumors that the rumors of a $600 million crypto heist. The owners of several wallets […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2022
Updated TikTok Privacy Policy confirms that Chinese staff can access European users’ data

TikTok updated its privacy policy for European Economic Area (“EEA”) and confirmed that its Chinese staff can access their users’ data. The short-form video-sharing service TikTok updated its privacy policy for European Economic Area (“EEA”), the UK, and Switzerland and confirmed that its users’ data can be accessed by its personnel, including Chinese employees. European user data […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2022
Threat actors exploit critical flaw in VMware Workspace ONE Access to drop ransomware, miners

Threat actors are exploiting a now-patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-22954, in VMware Workspace ONE Access in attacks in the wild. Threat actors are actively exploiting a now-patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-22954, in VMware Workspace ONE Access to deliver cryptocurrency miners and ransomware. The issue causes server-side template injection due to because of the lack of […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2022
Microsoft Office 365 Message Encryption (OME) doesn’t ensure confidentiality

A bug in the message encryption mechanism used by Microsoft in Office 365 can allow to access the contents of the messages. Researchers at the cybersecurity firm WithSecure discovered a bug in the message encryption mechanism used by Microsoft in Office 365 that can allow to access message contents due. The experts pointed out that Microsoft Office […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2022
Hacker stole $566 million worth of Binance Coins from Binance Bridge

Threat actors have stolen 2 million Binance Coins (BNB), worth $566 million, from the popular Binance Bridge. Hackers have reportedly stolen $566 million worth of Binance Coins (BNB) from the Binance Bridge. It seems that threat actors were able to exploit an issue with the bridge, the attack took place at 2:30 PM EST today. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2022
Atlassian Confluence bug CVE-2022-26134 exploited in cryptocurrency mining campaign

Threat actors are targeting unpatched Atlassian Confluence servers as part of an ongoing crypto mining campaign. Trend Micro researchers warn of an ongoing crypto mining campaign targeting Atlassian Confluence servers affected by the CVE-2022-26134 vulnerability. The now-patched critical security flaw was disclosed by Atlassian in early June, at the time the company warned of a […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2022
Hackers stole $160 Million from Crypto market maker Wintermute

Threat actors have stolen around $160 million worth of digital assets worth from crypto trading firm Wintermute. Malicious actors continue to target organizations in the cryptocurrency industry, the last victim in order of time is crypto trading firm Wintermute. The company made the headlines after that threat actors have stolen around $160 million worth of digital assets. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2022
TeamTNT is back and targets servers to run Bitcoin encryption solvers

AquaSec researchers observed the cybercrime gang TeamTNT hijacking servers to run Bitcoin solver since early September. In the first week of September, AquaSec researchers identified at least three different attacks targeting their honeypots, the experts associated them with the cybercrime gang TeamTNT. The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2022
$30 Million worth of cryptocurrency stolen by Lazarus from Axie Infinity was recovered

US authorities recovered more than $30 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen by the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT from Axie Infinity. A joint operation conducted by enforcement and leading organizations in the cryptocurrency industry allowed to recover more than $30 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen by North Korean-linked APT group Lazarus from online video game Axie […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2022
US FTC sued US data broker Kochava for selling sensitive and geolocation data

The U.S. FTC sued US data broker Kochava for selling sensitive and precise geolocation data collected from hundreds of millions of mobile devices. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against the US-based data broker Kochava for selling sensitive and precise geolocation data collected from hundreds of millions of mobile devices. “Defendant’s violations […]