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Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2021
Oleg Koshkin was convicted for operating a crypting service also used by Kelihos botnet

Russian national Oleg Koshkin was convicted for operating a “crypting” service used to obfuscate the Kelihos bot from antivirus software. Russian national Oleg Koshkin was convicted for charges related to the operation of a malware crypting service used by the Kelihos botnet to obfuscate malware and evade detection. “According to court documents and evidence introduced at trial, Oleg Koshkin, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2021
UNC2465 cybercrime group launched a supply chain attack on CCTV vendor

UNC2465 cybercrime group that is affiliated with the Darkside ransomware gang has infected with malware the website of a CCTV camera vendor. An affiliate of the Darkside ransomware gang, tracked as UNC2465, has conducted a supply chain attack against a CCTV vendor, Mandiant researchers discovered. UNC2465 is considered one of the main affiliated of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2021
How AI is Transforming Data Governance in today’s World

How AI is Transforming Data Governance? Consumers are becoming more aware of their rights, making data governance more relevant across organizations. Data governance is a set of standards, metrics, and processes that allow organizations to responsibly use consumer data. Organizations need to make sure that when they are processing an individual’s data, it must be […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2021
Poland institutions and individuals targeted by an unprecedented series of cyber attacks

Poland ‘s government announced that it was targeted by an ‘Unprecedented’ series of cyber attacks, hackers hit against institutions and individuals. Poland’s parliament had a closed-door session to discuss an unprecedented wave of cyber attacks that hit its institutions and individuals. Mateusz Morawiecki had to provide details about the attacks presenting secret documents related to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2021
An international joint operation resulted in the arrest of Clop ransomware members

Ukraine police arrested multiple individuals that are believed to be linked to the Clop ransomware gang as part of an international joint operation. Ukraine police arrested multiple individuals that are believed to be linked to the Clop ransomware gang as part of an international operation conducted by law enforcement from Ukraine, South Korea, and the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2021
A flaw in Peloton Bike+ could allow hackers to control it

A flaw in the Peloton Bike+ could be exploited by an attacker with initial physical access to gain root entry to the interactive tablet, taking complete control of the system. A vulnerability in the popular Peloton Bike+ could have allowed an attacker to gain complete control over the device, including the camera and microphone to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2021
Cyberium malware-hosting domain employed in multiple Mirai variants campaigns

A new variant of the Mirai botnet, tracked as Moobot, was spotted scanning the Internet for vulnerable Tenda routers. Researchers from AT&T Alien Lab have spotted a new variant of the Mirai botnet, tracked asu Moobot, which was scanning the Internet for the CVE-2020-10987 remote code-execution (RCE) issue in Tenda routers. The botnet was linked […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2021
Fujifilm restores operations after recent ransomware attack

Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm announced that it has restored operations following the recent ransomware attack. On June 4, the Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm announced that it was hit by a ransomware attack and shut down its network in response to the incident. Around two weeks later the Japanese giant announced that it has restored operations following […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2021
The source code of the Paradise Ransomware was leaked on XSS hacking forum

The source code for the Paradise Ransomware has been released on a hacking forum allowing threat actors to develop their customized variant. The source code for the Paradise Ransomware has been released on the hacking forum XSS allowing threat actors to develop their own customized ransomware operation. The news of the availability of the source […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2021
Former NSA contractor Reality Winner who leaked gov report will be released on November

Reality Winner, a former NSA contractor who leaked classified documents to the press in 2017, has been released from prison to home confinement. Reality Winner is a former NSA intelligence contractor who leaked a classified hacking report to the press in 2017. The FBI arrested Reality Leigh Winner on 3rd June for leaking classified information to […]