Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2020
Source code of Dharma ransomware now surfacing on public hacking forums

The source code of the infamous Dharma ransomware is now available for sale on two Russian-language hacking forums. The source code of one of the most profitable ransomware families, the Dharma ransomware, is up for sale on two Russian-language hacking forums. The Dharma ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in February 2016, at the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2020
Coronavirus-themed attacks March 22 – March 28, 2020

In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from March 22 to March 28, 2020. Threat actors exploit the interest in the COVID19 outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily bases. Below a list of attacks detected this week. March 23 – COVID19-themed […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 257

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Coronavirus-themed attacks March 15 – March 21, 2020 Google addresses high severity bugs in Chrome Keepnet Labs accidentally exposed an unprotected database with 5 Billion previously leaked records Security firm accidentally exposed an unprotected database with 5 Billion […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2020
FIN7 hackers target enterprises with weaponized USB drives via USPS

The FIN7 APT group has been targeting businesses with malicious USB drives and Teddy Bears sent to the victims, the FBI warns. The FBI is warning of a new wave of attacks carried out by the FIN7 APT group that is sending to the victims devices acting as a keyboard (HID Emulator USB) when plugged […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2020
Hackers target zero-day flaws in enterprise Draytek network devices

Experts from Qihoo 360’s NetLab recently spotted two zero-day campaigns targeting DrayTek enterprise-grade networking devices. Since December 2019, researchers from Qihoo 360 observed two different attack groups that are employing two zero-days exploits to take over DrayTek enterprise routers to eavesdrop on FTP and email traffic inside corporate networks. While Netlab360 has found about ~100,000 devices […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2020
AMD admits hacker stole source code files related to its GPUs

AMD admitted that a hacker has stolen files related to some of its graphics products, but it downplayed the potential impact of the hack. AMD admitted that a hacker that goes online with the moniker “Palesa” has stolen source code files related to some of its graphics products, but it downplayed the potential impact of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2020
0patch releases free unofficial patches for Windows 0days exploited in the wild

ACROS Security’s 0patch service released unofficial patches for two Windows flaws actively exploited by attackers in the wild. ACROS Security’s 0patch service released unofficial patches for two Windows vulnerabilities actively exploited by attackers in the wild, both issues have yet to be fixed by Microsoft. A few days ago, Microsoft warned of hackers actively exploiting […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2020
Google issued 40,000 alerts of State-Sponsored attacks in 2019

Google announced to have warned users of almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks during 2019. Google shared data on alerts related to state-sponsored attacks, the tech giant revealed that it issued almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks to its users during 2019. The number of alerts decreased by 25% […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2020
A missing authorization check in WordPre WPvivid plugin that can lead to the exposure of the database and all files

Researchers warn of a security flaw recently addressed in the WPvivid Backup Plugin that could be exploited to obtain all files of a WordPress website. WebARX experts warn of a missing authorization check recently addressed in the WPvivid Backup Plugin that could be exploited to obtain all files of a WordPress website. “There is a missing […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2020
New financially motivated attacks in Western Europe traced to Russian-speaking threat actors

Researchers at Group-IB observed new financially motivated attacks in Western Europe traced to Russian-speaking threat actors. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has detected successful attacks in Western Europe carried out in late January 2020 traced to Russian-speaking threat actors. At least two companies operating in pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors have […]