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Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2021
Magecart hackers hide stolen credit card data into images and bogus CSS files

Magecart hackers continuously improve their exfiltration techniques to evade detection, they are hiding stolen credit card data into images. Magecart hackers have devised a new technique to obfuscating the malware within comment blocks and hide stolen credit card data into images evading detection. Hacker groups under the Magecart umbrella continue to target e-stores to steal payment card data with […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2021
Biden discussed Russian ransomware gangs with Putin in a phone call

President Joe Biden expressed concerns about ransomware attacks carried out by Russian gangs during a phone call with President Vladimir Putin. The recent wave of ransomware attacks carried out by Russian gangs like REvil and Darkside worries US authorities and was discussed by Presidents Biden and Putin during a phone call. The ransomware attacks against […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2021
Hackers accessed Mint Mobile subscribers’ data and ported some numbers

Mint Mobile discloses a data breach, an unauthorized attacker gained access to subscribers’ account information and ported phone numbers. Mint Mobile is an American telecommunications company which sells mobile phone services and operates as an MVNO on T-Mobile’s cellular network in the United States. BleepingComputer reported that Mint Mobile has disclosed a data breach that […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 322

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs 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 international press subscribe here. Coop supermarket closes hundreds of stores after Kaseya supply chain ransomware attack Hackers spread backdoor after compromising the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2021
Iran’s railroad system was hit by a cyberattack, hackers posted fake delay messages

Iran’s railroad system was hit by a cyberattack, hackers posted fake messages about delays or cancellations of the trains on display boards at stations across the country. Iran’s railroad system was hit by a cyberattack, threat actors published fake messages about delays or cancellations of the trains on display boards at stations across the country, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2021
Kaseya warns customers of ongoing malspam campaign posing as security updates

Threat actors are conducting a spam campaign aimed at infecting Kaseya customers, posing as legitimate VSA security updates Kaseya is warning customers of threat actors attempting to exploit the recent massive supply chain ransomware attack suffered by the company. The software provider is warning of an ongoing malspam campaign aimed at delivering malware into their […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2021
Insurance firm CNA discloses data breach after March ransomware attack

Insurance giant CNA notifies customers of a data breach after the Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware attack suffered in March. US insurance giant CNA is notifying customers of a data breach after the ransomware attack that it suffered in March. The insurance firm paid a $40 ransom to restore access to its files following the ransomware attack. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2021
Hackers use a new technique in malspam attacks to disable Macro security warnings in weaponized docs

Threat actors have devised a new trick to disable macro security warning that leverage non-malicious docs in malspam attacks. Most of the malspam campaigns leverage weaponized Microsoft Office documents and social engineering techniques to trick recipients into enabling the macros. Now experts from McAfee Labs warn of a novel technique used by threat actors that […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2021
Microsoft says that the emergency patch recently released correctly fix the PrintNightmare flaw

Microsoft confirmed that the emergency security updates (KB5005010) correctly address the PrintNightmare Print Spooler vulnerability (CVE-2021-34527). Microsoft says that the emergency security patches released early this week correctly address the PrintNightmare Print Spooler vulnerability (CVE-2021-34527) for all supported Windows versions. Immediately after the release of the updates (KB5004945) multiple researchers questioned its efficiency and explained […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2021
Multiple Sage X3 vulnerabilities expose systems to hack

Rapid7 researchers discovered security vulnerabilities in the Sage X3 ERP product that could allow to take control of vulnerable systems. Researchers from Rapid7 discovered a total of four security vulnerabilities in the Sage X3 enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. Chaining two of the vulnerabilities discovered by the expert, an attacker could execute malicious commands and take control of vulnerable […]