Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2022
Cybersecurity researchers discovered 29 malicious PyPI packages delivering the W4SP stealer to developers’ systems. Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 29 packages in the official Python Package Index (PyPI) repository designed to infect developers’ systems with an info-stealing malware dubbed W4SP Stealer. “It appears that these packages are a more sophisticated attempt to deliver the W4SP Stealer on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2022
Microsoft warns of an uptick among threat actors increasingly using publicly-disclosed zero-day exploits in their attacks. According to the Digital Defense Report published by Microsoft, threat actors are increasingly leveraging publicly-disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities to target organizations worldwide. The researchers noticed a reduction in the time between the announcement of a vulnerability and the commoditization of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2022
A new campaign spreading RomCom RAT impersonates popular software brands like KeePass, and SolarWinds. The threat actor behind the RomCom RAT (remote access trojan) has refreshed its attack vector and is now abusing well-known software brands for distribution. Researchers from BlackBerry uncovered a new RomCom RAT campaign impersonating popular software brands like KeePass, and SolarWinds. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2022
I’m proud to announce the release of the 10th edition of the ENISA Threat Landscape (ETL) on the state of the cybersecurity threat landscape. The Europen Agency for cybersecurity ENISA releases its ENISA Threat Landscape 2022 (ETL) report, which is the annual analysis of the state of the cybersecurity threat landscape. This is the 10th edition of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2022
The LockBit ransomware group claimed to have hacked the multinational automotive group Continental and threatens to leak stolen data. LockBit ransomware gang announced to have hacked the German multinational automotive parts manufacturing company Continental. The group added the name of the company to its Tor leak site and is threatening to publish alleged stolen data if the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2022
Threat actors compromised a media company to deliver FakeUpdates malware through the websites of hundreds of newspapers in the US. Researchers at Proofpoint Threat Research observed threat actor TA569 intermittently injecting malicious code on a media company that serves many major news outlets. The media company serves The media company provides video content and advertising […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2022
Sentinel Labs found evidence that links the Black Basta ransomware gang to the financially motivated hacking group FIN7. Security researchers at Sentinel Labs shared details about Black Basta‘s TTPs and assess it is highly likely the ransomware operation has ties with FIN7. The experts analyzed tools used by the ransomware gang in attacks, some of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2022
TikTok updated its privacy policy for European Economic Area (“EEA”) and confirmed that its Chinese staff can access their users’ data. The short-form video-sharing service TikTok updated its privacy policy for European Economic Area (“EEA”), the UK, and Switzerland and confirmed that its users’ data can be accessed by its personnel, including Chinese employees. European user data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2022
Fortinet addressed 16 vulnerabilities in some of the company’s products, six flaws received a ‘high’ severity rate. One of the high-severity issues is a persistent XSS, tracked as CVE-2022-38374, in Log pages of FortiADC. The root cause of the issue is an improper neutralization of input during web page generation vulnerability [CWE-79] in FortiADC. A […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 02, 2022
Four malicious Android apps uploaded by the same developer to Google Play totaled at least one million downloads. Malwarebytes researchers discovered four malicious apps uploaded by the same developer (Mobile apps Group) to the official Google Play. The apps are infected with the Android/Trojan.HiddenAds.BTGTHB malware, the apps totaled at least one million downloads. Below is […]
