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Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2022
Crooks target Ukraine’s IT Army with a tainted DDoS tool

Threat actors are spreading password-stealing malware disguised as a security tool to target Ukraine’s IT Army. Cisco Talos researchers have uncovered a malware campaign targeting Ukraine’s IT Army, threat actors are using infostealer malware mimicking a DDoS tool called the “Liberator.” The Liberator tool is circulating among pro-Ukraina hackers that use it to target Russian […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2022
Samsung data breach: Lapsus$ gang stole Galaxy devices’ source code

Samsung confirmed that threat actors had access to the source code of its Galaxy smartphones in recent security breach. Samsung this week disclosed a data breach, threat actors had access to internal company data, including the source code of Galaxy models. Last week the Lapsus$ ransomware gang claimed to have stolen a huge trove of sensitive data […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 356

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. Charities and NGOs providing support in Ukraine hit by malware Lapsus$ gang leaks data […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2022
Feb 27- Mar 05 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. March 5 – Anonymous #OpRussia Thousands of sites hacked, data leaks and more Anonymous and its affiliates continue to target Russia and Belarus, it is also targeting the Russian disinformation machine. March 5 – Thousands […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2022
Lapsus$ gang leaks data allegedly stolen from Samsung Electronics

The Lapsus$ ransomware group claimed to have hacked Samsung Electronics and leaked alleged stolen confidential data. The Lapsus$ ransomware gang claims to have stolen a huge trove of sensitive data from Samsung Electronics and leaked 190GB of alleged Samsung data as proof of the hack. The gang announced the availability of the sample data on […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2022
Ukrainian researcher leaked the source code of Conti Ransomware

A Ukrainian researcher leaked the source for the Conti ransomware and components for the control panels. Recently a Ukrainian researcher leaked 60,694 messages internal chat messages belonging to the Conti ransomware operation after the announcement of the group of its support to Russia. He was able to access the database XMPP chat server of the Conti group. Clearly, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 355

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. Anonymous breached the internal network of Belarusian railways Feb 7- Feb 27 Ukraine – […]

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 […]