Pierluigi Paganini
December 24, 2022
The cybersecurity researcher RE-Solver discovered Backdoor credentials in ZyXEL LTE3301-M209 LTE indoor routers. Security researcher ReSolver announced the discovery of hardcoded credentials (CVE-2022-40602) in ZyXEL LTE3301-M209 LTE indoor routers. In previous research, the expert discovered a Telnet backdoor in D-Link DWR-921 which is also present in the ZyXEL LTE3301-M209 as well. The researcher analyzed the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 24, 2022
The Raspberry Robin worm attacks aimed at telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Raspberry Robin worm campaign targeting telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. The campaign has been active since at least September 2022, most of the infections have been observed in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2022
ByteDance admitted that its employees accessed TikTok data to track journalists to identify the source of leaks to the media. TikTok parent company ByteDance revealed that several employees accessed the TikTok data of two journalists to investigate leaks of company information to the media. According to an email from ByteDance’s general counsel Erich Andersen which […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2022
Online sports betting company BetMGM suffered a data breach and threat actors offered for sale a database containing the data of 1.5 million customers. On December 21, the online sports betting company BetMGM disclosed a data breach while threat actors offered for sale a database containing the information of 1,569,310 million BetMGM customers. “We breached BetMGM’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2022
An Iranian group hacked dozens of CCTV cameras in Israel in 2021 and maintained access for a long period of time. An Iranian group of hackers, known as Moses Staff, had seized control of dozens of Israeli CCTV cameras, the hack was known to the authorities that did nothing to stop it, reported The Times […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2022
The Vice Society ransomware group has adopted new custom ransomware, with a strong encryption scheme, in recent intrusions. SentinelOne researchers discovered that the Vice Society ransomware gang has started using a custom ransomware that implements a robust encryption scheme, using NTRUEncrypt and ChaCha20-Poly1305 algorithms. Vice Society ransomware has been active since June 2021, it is considered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2022
Microsoft spotted an upgraded variant of the Zerobot botnet that spreads by exploiting Apache vulnerabilities. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) researchers discovered a new variant of the Zerobot botnet (aka ZeroStresser) that was improved with the capabilities to target more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The IT giant is tracking this cluster of threat activity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2022
North Korea-linked threat actors have stolen an estimated $1.2 billion worth of cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five years. South Koreaâs spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, estimated that North Korea-linked threat actors have stolen an estimated 1.5 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 21, 2022
Play ransomware attacks target Exchange servers with a new exploit that bypasses Microsoftâs ProxyNotShell mitigations. Play ransomware operators target Exchange servers using a new exploit chain, dubbed OWASSRF by Crowdstrike, that bypasses Microsoftâs mitigations for ProxyNotShell vulnerabilities. The ProxyNotShell flaws are: they impact Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019, an authenticated attacker can trigger them […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 21, 2022
American identity and access management giant Okta revealed that that its private GitHub repositories were hacked this month. Okta revealed that its private GitHub repositories were hacked this month, the news was first reported by BleepingComputer which had access to ‘confidential’ email notification sent by Okta. According to the notification threat actors have stolen the Okta’s source code. “As soon […]
