Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2020
The Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Maryland, was hit by a ransomware attack that impacted computer systems and operations. The Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson, Maryland was a victim of a ransomware attack that impacted its IT systems. At the time of this writing, it is not clear the family of ransomware that hit the healthcare providers, it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2020
The National Security Agency (NSA) warns that Russia-linked hackers are exploiting a recently patched VMware flaw in a cyberespionage campaign. The US National Security Agency has published a security alert warning that Russian state-sponsored hackers are exploiting the recently patched CVE-2020-4006 VMware flaw to steal sensitive information from their targets. The US intelligence agency is urging companies […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2020
US Cyber Command and the Information Warfare Division (IWD) of the Australian Defense Force to develop a virtual cyber training platform. The United States and Australia have signed a first-ever cyber agreement to develop a virtual cyber training platform, the project will be designed by the U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) and the Information Warfare Division […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2020
LockBit ransomware operators have compromised the systems at the helicopter maker Kopter and published them on their darkweb leak site. The helicopter maker Kopter was hit by LockBit ransomware, the attackers compromised its internal network and encrypted the company’s files. Kopter Group is Switzerland-based company that was founded in 2007 that was acquired by Leonardo in April […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2020
While the United Kingdom announced the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to the population drug dealers is selling ‘Pfizer COVID Vaccines.’ The UK became the first Western country to authorize a Covid-19 vaccine. The UK government announced the distribution of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine that has been granted emergency authorization by British regulators. While the first […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2020
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. A critical flaw in industrial automation systems opens to remote hack Crooks stole 800,000€ from ATMs in Italy with Black Box attack Operators behind Dark Caracal are still alive and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2020
This post includes the details of the COVID-19 themed attacks launched from October 1 to December 5, 2020. Threat actors exploit the interest in the COVID-19 outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily basis. Below a list of attacks detected between October 1 to December 5, 2020. October 26 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2020
Italian police arrested two people that have stolen 10 GB of confidental and alleged secret data from the defense company Leonardo S.p.A. Italian police have arrested two people that have been accused of stealing 10 GB of confidental data and military secrets from defense company Leonardo S.p.A. Leonardo is a state-owned multinational company and one […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 05, 2020
Healthcare organizations like Johnson & Johnson are observing a surge of cyber attacks carried by state-sponsored hackers during COVID-19 pandemic. Nation-state actors are intensifying their attacks against organizations in the healthcare industry, like Johnson & Johnson, that are involved in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. Johnson & Johnson, along with other COVID-19 research companies, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 05, 2020
Multinational human resource consulting firm Randstad NV announced that they were a victim of the Egregor ransomware. Egregor ransomware operators have breached the network of the multinational human resource consulting firm Randstad NV and have stolen unencrypted files during the attack. Randstad operates in 39 countries and employs over 38,000 people and generated €23.7 billion in revenue for […]
