Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2020
Rampant Kitten ‘s arsenal includes Android malware that bypasses 2FA

Security researchers discovered Android malware capable of bypassing 2FA that was developed by an Iran-linked group dubbed Rampant Kitten Security researchers from Check Point discovered an Android malware, developed by an Iran-linked group dubbed Rampant Kitten, that is able to bypass 2FA. Rampant Kitten has been active at least since 2014 and was involved in […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2020
Chinese hackers stole info from Spanish centers working on Covid19 vaccine

Chinese hackers have stolen information from Spanish laboratories working on a vaccine for COVID19, El Pais newspaper revealed. The El Pais newspaper reported that Chinese hackers have stolen information from Spanish laboratories working on a vaccine for COVID19. While pharmaceutical companies worldwide are working on the research of a vaccine for the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2020
US DoJ charges Iranian hackers for attacks on US satellite companies

The US Department of Justice announced the indictment of three Iranian hackers for hacking US aerospace and satellite companies. Three Iranian hackers residing in Iran have been indicted for stealing data from aerospace and satellite tracking companies. The hackers were employed in a coordinated campaign of identity theft and hacking on behalf of Iran’s Islamic […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2020
Ransomware en masse on the wane: top threats inside web-phishing in H1 2020

Web-phishing targeting various online services almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, it accounted for 46 percent of the total number of fake web pages. Singapore, 09/18/2020 — Group-IB, a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, evidenced the transformation of the threat portfolio over the first half of 2020. It came as no […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2020
CISA Named Top-Level Root CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been named a Top-Level Root CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been named a Top-Level Root CVE Numbering Authority (CNA), it will be overseeing CNAs in assigning CVE identifiers for vulnerabilities in industrial control systems (ICS) and medical devices. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2020
Maze ransomware uses Ragnar Locker virtual machine technique

The Maze ransomware operators now use a virtual machine to encrypt a computer, a tactic previously adopted by the Ragnar Locker malware. The Maze ransomware operators have adopted a new tactic to evade detection, their malware now encrypts a computer from within a virtual machine. This technique was first adopted by Ragnar Locker gang in […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2020
Drupal addressed XSS and information disclosure flaws

Drupal maintainers addressed several information disclosure and cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws in the popular content management system (CMS). Drupal maintainers addressed several information disclosure and cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the popular content management system (CMS). The most severe issue, tracked as CVE-2020-13668, is a critical reflected XSS issue affecting Drupal 8 and 9. Let’s remind that Drupal uses […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2020
Major Duesseldorf hospital infected with ransomware, patient died for consequences

A major hospital in Duesseldorf was hit by a cyber attack, a woman who needed urgent admission died after she had to be hijacked to another city. The news is shocking, German authorities revealed that a cyber attack hit a major hospital in Duesseldorf, the Duesseldorf University Clinic, and a woman who needed urgent admission […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2020
SunCrypt ransomware operators leak data of University Hospital New Jersey

University Hospital New Jersey (UHNJ) has suffered a ransomware attack, SunCrypt ransomware operators also leaked the data they have stolen. Systems at the University Hospital New Jersey (UHNJ) were encrypted with the SunCrypt ransomware, threat actors also stolen documents from the institution and leaked it online. The incident took place in September. The UHNJ is […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2020
APT41 actors charged for attacks on more than 100 victims globally

US Department of Justice announced indictments against 5 Chinese nationals alleged members of a state-sponsored hacking group known as APT41. The United States Department of Justice this week announced indictments against five Chinese nationals believed to be members of the cyber-espionage group known as APT41 (Winnti, Barium, Wicked Panda and Wicked Spider). US authorities are […]