Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2023
The Technion â Israel Institute of Technology was breached on Sunday by a new anti-Israel threat actor calling itself DarkBit. Technion â Israel Institute of Technology is Israel’s top technology research university and a leading center for cyber security education. A new anti-Israel threat actor calling itself DarkBit is claiming responsibility for the ransomware attack that breached the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2023
A ransomware attack hit the City of Oakland this week, forcing it to take all systems offline in response to the incident. The City of Oakland disclosed a ransomware attack, the security breach began on Wednesday night. In an abundance of caution, the City of Oakland has taken impacted systems offline, while they work to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2023
North Korea-linked APT groups conduct ransomware attacks against healthcare and critical infrastructure facilities to fund its activities. Ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure conducted by North Korea-linked hacker groups are used by the government of Pyongyang to fund its malicious cyber operations, U.S. and South Korean agencies warn. US CISA published a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2023
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a script to recover VMware ESXi servers infected with ESXiArgs ransomware. Good news for the victims of the recent wave of ESXiArgs ransomware attacks, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a script to allow them to recover encrypted VMware ESXi servers. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 06, 2023
Royal Ransomware operators added support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. The Royal Ransomware gang is the latest extortion group in order of time to add support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. Other ransomware operators already support Linux encrypting, including AvosLocker, Black Basta, BlackMatter, HelloKitty, Hive, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 06, 2023
The Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) warns of an ongoing massive ransomware campaign targeting VMware ESXi servers. The Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) warns of an ongoing massive ransomware campaign targeting VMware ESXi servers worldwide, including Italian systems. The attackers are attempting to exploit the CVE-2021â21974 vulnerability. According to the ACN, most of the attacks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2023
A new wave of ransomware attacks is targeting VMware ESXi servers to deliver ransomware, CERT of France warns. The French Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR) warns that threat actors are targeting VMware ESXi servers to deploy ransomware. CERT-FR reported that threat actors behind these ransomware attackers are actively exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2021-21974. “OpenSLP as used […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 28, 2023
Recent reports of Lockbit locker-based attacks against North European SMBs indicate that local crooks started using Lockbit locker variants. Executive Summary Incident Insights Recently, there has been a significant increase in ransomware attacks targeting companies in northern Europe. These attacks are being carried out using the LockBit locker, which is known to be in use […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 17, 2023
A ransomware attack against the maritime software supplier DNV impacted approximately 1,000 vessels. About 1,000 vessels have been impacted by a ransomware attack against DNV, one of the major maritime software suppliers. DNV GL provides solutions and services throughout the life cycle of any vessel, from design and engineering to risk assessment and ship management. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2023
The cybersecurity blog inSicurezzaDigitale has launched the Italian Dashboard Ransomware Monitor to analyze the principal RaaSs’ activities. Here it comes, inSicurezzaDigitale announced the Dashboard Ransomware Monitor, it is the second project after the recent presentation of the project Mastodon. The Dashboard is very easy to use and it is available via this link: ransom.insicurezzadigitale.com The […]
