Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2022
The FBI has issued an alert about threat actors targeting healthcare payment processors in an attempt to hijack the payments. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about cyber attacks against healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments. Threat actors used employeesâ publicly-available Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and social engineering techniques to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2022
Threat actors are exploiting the death of Queen Elizabeth II as bait in phishing attacks to steal Microsoft account credentials from victims. Researchers from Proofpoint are warning of threat actors that are using the death of Queen Elizabeth II as bait in phishing attacks. The attackers aim at tricking recipients into visiting sites designed to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 14, 2022
CISA added more security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, including Windows and iOS flaws. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 2 new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, a Windows privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-37969, and an arbitrary code execution issue, tracked as CVE-2022-32917, affecting iPhones and Macs. According to Binding […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 14, 2022
China-linked SparklingGoblin APT was spotted using a Linux variant of a backdoor known as SideWalk against a Hong Kong university. Researchers from ESET discovered a Linux variant of the SideWalk backdoor, which is a custom implant used by the China-linked SparklingGoblin APT group. The SparklingGoblin APT is believed to be a group that operated under […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 14, 2022
Twitter whistleblower, and former head of security, Peiter Zatko, told the US Congress that the platform ignored his security concerns. Peiter âMudgeâ Zatko, former head of security, testified in front of Congress on Tuesday, sustaining that the platform ignored his security concerns and was vulnerable to cyber attacks. Zatko filed a whistleblower complaint in July with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 14, 2022
Threat actors are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the WPGateway premium plugin to target WordPress websites. The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team reported that threat actors are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2022-3180) in the WPGateway premium plugin in attacks aimed at WordPress sites. The WPGateway plugin is a premium plugin that allows users of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 14, 2022
Microsoft released September 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates to address 64 flaws, including an actively exploited Windows zero-day. Microsoft September 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates address 64 vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited Windows zero-day. The flaws fixed by the IT giant impact Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Azure and Azure Arc; .NET and Visual Studio […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 13, 2022
A cyber espionage group targets governments and state-owned organizations in multiple Asian countries since early 2021. Threat actors are targeting government and state-owned organizations in multiple Asian countries as parts of a cyber espionage campaign that remained under the radar since early 2021. “A distinct group of espionage attackers who were formerly associated with the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 13, 2022
Trend Micro addressed multiple vulnerabilities in its Apex One endpoint security product, including actively exploited zero-day flaws. Trend Micro announced this week the release of security patches to address multiple vulnerabilities in its Apex One endpoint security product, including a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-40139 (CVSS 3.0 SCORE 7.2), which is actively exploited. The CVE-2022-40139 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 13, 2022
Iran-linked threat actors target individuals specializing in Middle Eastern affairs, nuclear security and genome research. In mid-2022, Proofpoint researchers uncovered a cyberespionage campaign conducted by Iran-linked TA453 threat actors. The campaign aimed at individuals specializing in Middle Eastern affairs, nuclear security and genome research. Threat actors used at least two actor-controlled personas on a single […]
