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Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2022
Feb 7- Feb 27 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Below is the timeline of Russia – Ukraine cyber dispute February 27 – Ukraine: Volunteer IT Army is going to hit tens of Russian targets from this list Ukraine is recruiting a volunteer IT army […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2022
Chipmaker giant Nvidia hit by a ransomware attack

The chipmaker giant Nvidia was the victim of a ransomware attack that took down some of its systems for two days. The chipmaker giant Nvidia was victim of a ransomware attack that impacted some of its systems for two days. The security breach is not connected to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, according to a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2022
Anonymous hacked the Russian Defense Ministry and is targeting Russian companies

Anonymous collective has hacked the Russian Defense Ministry and leaked the data of its employees in response to the Ukraine invasion. A few hours after the Anonymous collective has called to action against Russia following the illegitimate invasion of Ukraine its members have taken down the website of the Russian propaganda station RT News and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2022
Cookware giant Meyer Corporation discloses cyberattack

US cookware distributor giant Meyer Corporation discloses a data breach that affected thousands of its employees. Meyer Corporation, the second-largest cookware distributor globally, has disclosed a data breach that affects thousands of its employees. The attack took place on October 25, 2021, as reported by the data breach notification letter shared with the U.S. Attorney […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 354

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. CISA compiled a list of free cybersecurity tools and services White House and UK […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2022
UpdraftPlus WordPress plugin update forced for million sites

WordPress forces the update of the UpdraftPlus plugin patch on 3 million sites to fix a high-severity vulnerability. WordPress has forced the update of the UpdraftPlus plugin around three million sites to address a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0633 (CVSS v3.1 score of 8.5) that can allow website subscribers to download the latest database backups, which could potentially […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 12, 2022
Croatian phone carrier A1 Hrvatska discloses data breach

Croatian phone carrier A1 Hrvatska has disclosed a data breach that has impacted roughly 200,000 customers. Croatian phone carrier A1 Hrvatska has disclosed a data breach that has impacted 10% of its customers, roughly 200,000 people. Threat actors had access to sensitive personal information of the customers, including names, personal identification numbers, physical addresses, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2022
Data of +6K Puma employees stolen in December Kronos Ransomware attack

Data belonging to 6,632 Puma employees was stolen in a December 2021 ransomware attack that hit Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG). Data of 6,632 Puma employees was stolen in a ransomware attack that hit HR management platform Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG) in December. Potentially exposed data includes names, Social Security numbers, and other personal information. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 352

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. LockBit ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from PayBito crypto exchange FBI issued […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2022
LockBit ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from PayBito crypto exchange

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have stolen customers’ data from the PayBito crypto exchange. PayBito is a bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange for major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin, Ethereum, HCX, Litecoin, Ethereum Classic. The exchange is operated by global blockchain and IT services company HashCash. LockBit ransomware operators claim to have stolen customers’ data from the PayBito crypto exchange, […]