Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2020
A former Cisco employee has pleaded guilty to hacking charges and intentionally causing damage to the systems of his company. The former Cisco employee Sudhish Kasaba Ramesh (30) pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose today to intentionally accessing a protected computer of his company without authorization and causing damage. The news was announced […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2020
The Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT group leveraged on WhatsApp and LinkedIn to carry out phishing attacks, researchers warn. Clearsky security researchers revealed that Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT group is using WhatsApp and LinkedIn to conduct spear-phishing attacks. Iran-linked Charming Kitten group, (aka APT35, Phosphorus, Newscaster, and Ajax Security Team) made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2020
Elon Musk confirmed that Russian hackers attempted to recruit an employee to install malware into the network of electric car maker Tesla. Recently US authorities arrested the Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov (27) after attempting to recruit an employee at a targeted company to plant a piece of malware. The man was arrested on August […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2020
A new variant of the infamous Lemon_Duck cryptomining malware has been updated to targets Linux devices. Security researchers from Sophos have spotted a new variant of the Lemon_Duck cryptomining malware that has been updated to compromise Linux machines via SSH brute force attacks. The new variant also exploits SMBGhost bug in Windows systems, and is also able to target servers running Redis […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2020
Cisco addressed ten high-risk vulnerabilities in NX-OS software, including some issues that could lead to code execution and privilege escalation. Cisco this week released security patches to address ten high-risk vulnerabilities in NX-OS software, including some flaws that could lead to code execution and privilege escalation. The first issue, tracked as CVE-2020-3517, is a DoS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2020
Group-IB security researchers provide evidence linking three campaigns with the use of various JS-sniffer families. Singapore â Group-IB, a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, today released its analytical report âUltraRank: the unexpected twist of a JS-sniffer triple threat.â In its report, Group-IB Threat Intelligence experts provide evidence linking three campaigns with the use of various JavaScript-sniffer families […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2020
Cybersecurity experts at CyberNews hijacked close to 28,000 unsecured printers worldwide and forced them to print out a guide on printer security Original post: https://cybernews.com/security/we-hacked-28000-unsecured-printers-to-raise-awareness-of-printer-security-issues/ Most of us already know the importance of using antivirus, anti-malware, and VPNs to secure our computers, phones, and other devices against potential attacks. Printers? Not so much. We at CyberNews […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2020
Experts found an unsecured data bucket containing seven gigabytes worth of unencrypted files that include 350,000,000 strings of unique email addresses. Original post at: https://cybernews.com/security/350-million-email-addresses-left-exposed-on-an-unsecured-server/ The CyberNews research team uncovered an unsecured data bucket owned by an unidentified party, containing seven gigabytes worth of unencrypted files that include 350,000,000 strings of unique email addresses. The massive trove […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2020
REvil ransomware operators claimed to have breached another healthcare organization, the victim is Valley Health Systems. During ordinary monitoring activity of data leaks, the Cyble Research Team identified a leak disclosure post published by the REvil ransomware operators claiming to have breached a healthcare organization, the Valley Health Systems. Healthcare organizations are a privileged target of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2020
New Zealandâs stock exchange (NZX) confirmed it was hit by a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack from abroad that knocked it offline two days. New Zealandâs stock exchange (NZX) has been hit by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that took it offline for two days, trading activity was interrupted until the connectivity was restored. According […]
