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Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2021
Operation Lyrebird: Group-IB assists INTERPOL in identifying suspect behind numerous cybercrimes worldwide

Group-IB supported INTERPOL in its Operation Lyrebird that allowed to identify a threat actor presumably responsible for multiple attacks. Group-IB, one of the leading providers of solutions dedicated to detecting and preventing cyberattacks, identifying online fraud, investigation of high-tech crimes and intellectual property protection, has supported INTERPOL in its Operation Lyrebird that resulted in the identification and apprehension of a threat actor presumably responsible for multiple attacks, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2021
QNAP addressed a critical flaw that allows compromising NAS devices

Taiwanese vendor QNAP addressed a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-28809, that could be exploited to compromise vulnerable NAS devices. Taiwanese vendor QNAP fixed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-28809, that could be exploited by attackers to compromise vulnerable NAS devices. The vulnerability affects certain legacy versions of HBS 3 Hybrid Backup Sync, it was reported to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2021
ENISA publishes Cybersecurity guide for SMEs

ENISA publishes Cybersecurity guide for SMEs, a document that aims at providing suggestions to secure their business During the COVID-19 pandemic, most of organizations increased their presence online, enlarging their surface of attacks. The surface of attack for SMEs was enlarged, many of them took business continuity measures, such as adopting cloud services, improving their […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2021
CISA, FBI share guidance for MSPs and their customers impacted in Kaseya attack

CISA and the FBI published guidance for the victims impacted by the REvil supply-chain ransomware attack against Kaseya. CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have published guidance for the organizations impacted by the massive REvil supply-chain ransomware attack that hit Kaseya ‘s cloud-based MSP platform. The US agencies provides instructions to affected MSPs and their customers […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2021
Revil ransomware gang hit Spanish telecom giant MasMovil

Revil ransomware gang hit Spanish telecom giant MasMovil and claims to have stolen sensitive data from the group. MasMovil is one of the largest Spanish telecom operators, last week the group was hit by the REvil ransomware gang that claims to have stolen sensitive data from the company. “We have downloaded databases and other important […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2021
REvil ransomware gang demanded $70M for universal decryptor for Kaseya victims

REvil ransomware is demanding $70 million for decrypting all systems locked during the Kaseya supply-chain ransomware attack. REvil ransomware is asking $70 million worth of Bitcoin for decrypting all systems impacted in the Kaseya supply-chain ransomware attack. On Friday the REvil ransomware gang hit the Kaseya cloud-based MSP platform impacting MSPs and their customers. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2021
US water company WSSC Water hit by a ransomware attack

US water company WSSC Water is investigating a ransomware attack that affected non-essential business systems in May. WSSC Water is investigating a ransomware attack that took place on May 24 and that targeted a portion of their network that operates non-essential business systems. According to reports from WJZ13 Baltimore, the company removed the malware just hours later and locked out […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2021
REvil gang exploited a zero-day in the Kaseya supply chain attack

Kaseya was addressing the zero-day vulnerability that REvil ransomware gang exploited to breach on-premise Kaseya VSA servers. A new supply chain attack made the headlines, on Friday the REvil ransomware gang hit the Kaseya cloud-based MSP platform impacting MSPs and their customers. The REvil ransomware operators initially compromised the Kaseya VSA’s infrastructure, then pushed out […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2021
Hackers spread backdoor after compromising the Mongolian CA MonPass

Threat actors compromised the servers of Mongolian certificate authority (CA) MonPass and used its website to spread malware. Hackers compromised the servers of the Mongolian certificate authority (CA) MonPass and used its website to spread malware, reported Avast researchers. According to the experts, the security breach took place at least six months ago, MonPass was […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 321

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. If you want to also receive for free the international press subscribe here. Crackonosh Monero miner made $2M after infecting 222,000 Win systems Hackers target Cisco ASA devices after a PoC […]