Pierluigi Paganini
September 08, 2020
The French national cyber-security agency warns of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities. The French national cyber-security agency published an alert to warn of a significant increase of Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities in France. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 07, 2020
Chilean bank BancoEstado, one of the country’s biggest banks, was forced to shut down all branches following a ransomware attack. Chilean bank BancoEstado, one of the country’s biggest banks, was hit with a ransomware attack that forced its branches to remain closed since September 7. The ransomware encrypted most of the company servers and workstations. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 07, 2020
US authorities have indicted a Russian national for conspiring to recruit a Tesla employee to install malware onto the companyâs infrastructure. Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov (27) has been indicted in the United States for conspiring to recruit a Tesla employee to install malware onto the companyâs network. In August, US authorities arrested the Russian […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 07, 2020
A new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) mandate requires U.S. agencies to implement vulnerability-disclosure policies by March 2021. The U.S. governmentâs cybersecurity agency CISA has issued a mandate that requires federal agencies to implement vulnerability-disclosure policies (VDPs) by March 2021. The main purpose of vulnerability-disclosure policies is to ensure that required information, other than […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 07, 2020
A recently discovered cybercrime gang, tracked as Epic Manchego, is using a new technique to create weaponized Excel files that are able to bypass security checks Security experts from NVISO Labs recently spotted the activity of a new malware gang, tracked as Epic Manchego, that is actively targeting companies across the world with phishing emails since […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 06, 2020
Argentina’s official immigration agency, DirecciĂłn Nacional de Migraciones, is the last victim of the Netwalker ransomware operators. Argentina’s official immigration agency, DirecciĂłn Nacional de Migraciones, was hit by a Netwalker ransomware attack that caused the interruption of the border crossing into and out of the country for four hours. The ransomware operators also exfiltrated sensitive […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 06, 2020
Visa issued a warning regarding a new credit card JavaScript skimmer, tracked as Baka, that implements new features to evade detection. Visa issued a warning regarding a new e-skimmer known as Baka that removes itself from memory after having exfiltrating payment card details. The e-skimmer was first spotted by experts with Visa’s Payment Fraud Disruption […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 06, 2020
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. Emotet botnet has begun to use a new âRed Dawn template Malicious npm package âfallguys removed from the official repository US DoJ wants the funds stored by North Korea in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 06, 2020
WhatsApp addressed six previously undisclosed flaws in its app and disclosed them on a new dedicated security advisory site. WhatsApp announced more transparency about the vulnerabilities affecting its app and will publicly disclose them to the users. The company addressed six previously undisclosed flaws in its app and disclosed them on a new dedicated web site. Some […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 05, 2020
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) estimates the cost of a full replacement of all Huawei and ZTE hardware on American wireless networks at $1.837bn. A report published by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revealed that performing a full replacement of all Huawei and ZTE equipment on American wireless networks will cost $1.837bn in […]
