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Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2021
RedFoxtrot operations linked to China’s PLA Unit 69010 due to bad opsec

Experts attribute a series of cyber-espionage campaigns dating back to 2014, and focused on gathering military intelligence, to China-linked Unit 69010. Experts from Recorded Future’s Insikt Group linked a series of attacks, part of RedFoxtrot China-linked campaigns, to the PLA China-linked Unit 69010 The cyber-espionage campaigns dated back 2014 and focused on gathering military intelligence […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2021
Vigilante malware stops victims from visiting piracy websites

This strange malware stops you from visiting pirate websites Sophos researchers uncovered a malware campaign that aims at blocking infected users’ from being able to visit a large number of piracy websites.  Sophos researchers uncovered a malware campaign that aims at blocking infected users’ from visiting a large number of websites dedicated to software piracy by modifying the HOSTS […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2021
US supermarket chain Wegmans discloses data breach

The supermarket chain Wegmans US Wegmans discloses a data breach, customers information was exposed on the Internet due to a misconfiguration issue. Wegmans Food Markets disclosed a data breach, the supermarket chain notified customers that some of their information was exposed as a result of the accidental availability online of two of its databases due […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2021
Cruise operator Carnival discloses a security breach

Carnival Corp. said that the data breach it has suffered in March might have impacted its customers and employees. Carnival Corp. this week confirmed that the data breach that took place in March might have exposed personal information about customers and employees of Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, and Princess Cruises. Carnival Corporation & plc […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2021
Akamai outage was caused by an issue with its Prolexic DDoS protection service

An outage suffered by CDN, cybersecurity and cloud services provider Akamai was caused by an issue with its Prolexic DDoS attack protection service. CDN, cybersecurity and cloud services provider Akamai revealed that the recent outage suffered by the company was caused by a problem with its Prolexic DDoS attack protection service. The Prolexic Routed DDoS […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2021
The return of TA402 Molerats APT after a short pause

TA402 APT group (aka Molerats and GazaHackerTeam) is back after two-month of silence and is targeting governments in the Middle East. The TA402 APT group (aka Molerats and Gaza Cybergang) is back after a two-month of apparent inactivity, it is targeting government institutions in the Middle East and global government entities with interest in the region. MoleRATs is […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2021
Over a billion records belonging to CVS Health exposed online

Researchers discovered an unprotected database belonging to CVS Health that was exposed online containing over a billion records. This week WebsitePlanet along with the researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unsecured database, belonging to the US healthcare and pharmaceutical giant CVS Health, that was exposed online. The database was accessible to everyone without any type of authentication. “On […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2021
Ferocious Kitten APT targets Telegram and Psiphon VPN users in Iran

Iran-linked Ferocious Kitten APT group used instant messaging apps and VPN software like Telegram and Psiphon to deliver Windows RAT and spy on targets’ devices. Researchers from Kaspersky reported that Iran-linked threat actors, tracked as Ferocious Kitten, used instant messaging apps and VPN software like Telegram and Psiphon to deliver Windows RAT and spy on […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2021
Cosmolog Kozmetik Data Breach: Hundreds of Thousands of Customers impacted

The securWizCase experts found a major breach that affected the popular online retailer Cosmolog Kozmetik.   WizCase’s security team, led by Ata Hakçıl, has found a major breach in popular online retailer Cosmolog Kozmetik’s database. This breach exposed users’ names, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, order details, and more.  Hundreds of thousands of users were […]

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, […]