Pierluigi Paganini
October 26, 2020
A ransomware attack recently hit Georgia county government and reportedly disabled a database used to verify voter signatures. A ransomware attack hit a Georgia county government early this month and disabled a database used to verify voter signatures in the authentication of absentee ballots. It is a common process to validate absentee ballots sent by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 26, 2020
Dr. Reddyâs, the Indian contractor for Russiaâs âSputinik Vâ COVID-19 vaccine was hit with a cyber-attack that forced the company to close its plants. Indian COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Dr. Reddyâs Laboratories was hit with a cyber attack that forced it to shut down its plants in Brazil, India, Russia, the U.K., and the U.S.. According […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 24, 2020
Experts warn of a phishing campaign that already targeted up to 50,000 Office 365 users with a fake automated message from Microsoft Teams. Secruity researchers reported that up to 50,000 Office 365 users have been targeted by a phishing campaign that pretends to be automated message from Microsoft Teams. The bait message uses fake notifications […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 24, 2020
The systems at the US-based ski and golf resort operator were infected with the WastedLocker ransomware, the incident impacted reservation systems. Boyne Resorts is a collection of mountain and lakeside resorts, ski areas, and attractions spanning from British Columbia to Maine. The company owns and operates eleven properties and an outdoor lifestyle equipment/apparel retail division […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 24, 2020
US Treasury Department announced sanctions against Russia’s Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics behind Triton malware. The US Treasury Department announced sanctions against a Russian research institute for its alleged role in the development of the Triton malware. “Today, the Department of the Treasuryâs Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated, pursuant to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 23, 2020
French IT outsourcer Sopra Steria hit by ‘cyberattack’, Ryuk ransomware suspected French IT outsourcer Sopra Steria has been hit by a ransomware attack, while the company did not reveal the family of malware that infected its systems, local media speculate the involvement of the Ryuk ransomware. âA cyber attack was detected on the Sopra Steria […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 23, 2020
The US government declared that Russia-linked APT group Energetic Bear has breached US government networks and exfiltrated data. A joint security advisory published by The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that Russia-linked APT group Energetic Bear has breached US government networks and exfiltrated data. The Energetic Bear […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 22, 2020
Taiwanese vendor QNAP published an advisory to warn customers that certain versions of its NAS OS (QTS) are affected by the Zerologon vulnerability. The Taiwanese vendor QNAP has published an advisory to warn customers that certain versions of the operating system for its network-attached storage (NAS) devices, also known as of QTS, are affected by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 22, 2020
According to the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2020, cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated, targeted, and in many cases undetected. Iâm proud to present the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2020, the annual report published by the ENISA that provides insights on the evolution of cyber threats for the period January 2019-April 2020. The 8th annual ENISA Threat Landscape […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2020
Google has released Chrome version 86.0.4240.111 that also addresses the CVE-2020-15999 flaw which is an actively exploited zero-day. Google has released Chrome version 86.0.4240.111 that includes security fixes for several issues, including a patch for an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-15999. The CVE-2020-15999 flaw is a memory corruption bug that resides in the FreeType font rendering library, which is included […]
