Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2022
Threat actors are actively exploiting the recently patched critical flaw in Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center Recenlty Atlassian released security updates to address a critical hardcoded credentials vulnerability in Confluence Server and Data Center tracked as CVE-2022-26138. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability to log into unpatched servers. Once installed the Questions […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2022
Threat actors used multiple npm packages to target Discord users with malware designed to steal their payment card data. A malicious campaign targeting Discord users leverages multiple npm packages to deliver malware that steals their payment card information, Kaspersky researchers warn. The malicious code hidden in the packages, and tracked as Lofy Stealer, is a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2022
This month Akamai blocked the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that hit an organization in Europe. On July 21, 2022, Akamai mitigated the largest DDoS attack that ever hit one of its European customers. The attack hit an Akamai customer in Eastern Europe that was targeted 75 times in the past 30 days with multiple […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2022
LibreOffice maintainers addressed three security flaws in their productivity software, including an arbitrary code execution issue. LibreOffice is an open-source office productivity software suite, a project of The Document Foundation (TDF). LibreOffice maintainers addressed three security flaws in their suit, including an arbitrary code execution issue tracked as CVE-2022-26305. The CVE-2022-26305 flaw is classified as the execution of untrusted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2022
Threat actors are devising new attack tactics in response to Microsoft’s decision to block Macros by default. In response to Microsoft’s decision steps to block Excel 4.0 (XLM or XL4) and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default in Microsoft Office applications, threat actors are adopting new attack techniques. Researchers from Proofpoint reported that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2022
Microsoft linked a private-sector offensive actor (PSOA) to attacks using multiple zero-day exploits for its Subzero malware. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) researchers linked a threat group known as Knotweed to an Austrian surveillance firm named DSIRF, known for using multiple Windows and Adobe zero-day exploits. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2022
Threat actors are increasingly abusing Internet Information Services (IIS) extensions to maintain persistence on target servers. Microsoft warns of threat actors that are increasingly abusing Internet Information Services (IIS) extensions to establish covert backdoors into servers and maintain persistence in the target networks. IIS backdoors are also hard to detect because they follow the same […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2022
Researchers uncovered an ongoing operation, codenamed DUCKTAIL that targets Facebook Business and Ad Accounts. Researchers from WithSecure (formerly F-Secure Business) have discovered an ongoing operation, named DUCKTAIL, that targets individuals and organizations that operate on Facebook’s Business and Ads platform. Experts attribute the campaign to a Vietnamese financially motivated threat actor which is suspected to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2022
Researchers found similarities between LockBit 3.0 ransomware and BlackMatter, which is a rebranded variant of the DarkSide ransomware. Cybersecurity researchers have found similarities between the latest version of the LockBit ransomware, LockBit 3.0, and the BlackMatter ransomware. The Lockbit 3.0 ransomware was released in June with important novelties such as a bug bounty program, Zcash payment, and new extortion […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 26, 2022
The U.S. State Department increased rewards for information on any North Korea-linked threat actors to $10 million. In April 2020, the U.S. Departments of State, the Treasury, and Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a joint advisory that is warning organizations worldwide about the ‘significant cyber threat’ posed by the North Korean nation-state actors […]
