Tag: Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity. Ragnar Locker gang threatens to leak data if victim contacts law enforcement (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The Ragnar Locker ransomware operators threaten to leak stolen data if the victims attempt to contact law enforcement agencies Ragnar Locker gang threatens to leak...
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Cybersecurity. ProtonMail logged IP address of French activist after foreign request approved by Swiss authorities (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

A police report revealed that the popular encrypted email service provider ProtonMail shared the IP address of a French activist with the authorities ProtonMail logged IP address...
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Cybersecurity/USA. America’s anti-hacking laws pose a risk to national security (Riana Pfefferkorn, Brookings)

A man takes part in a hacking contest during the DEF CON hacker convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on July 29, 2017. REUTERS/Steve...
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Cybersecurity. Pacific City Bank hit by AVOS Locker Ransomware (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Pacific City Bank was hit by AVOS Locker Ransomware operators, the gang claims to have stolen sensitive file from the company and threatens to...
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Cybersecurity. WhatsApp fined €225M over GDPR issues (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined WhatsApp €225 million over data sharing transparency for European Union users’ data with Facebook WhatsApp fined €225M over GDPR issues...
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Cybersecurity. Major IPS in New Zealand hit by massive DDoS, Internet outages reported (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

A massive DDoS hit New Zealand ‘s third-largest internet operator isolating parts of the country from the Internet Major IPS in New Zealand hit by...
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Cybersecurity. SEC warns of investment scams related to Hurricane Ida (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The US Securities and Exchange Commission warns investors of potential investment scams that leverages Hurricane Ida as a bait SEC warns of investment scams related to Hurricane...
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Cybersecurity. Apple will delay the rollout of new child pornography protection tools (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Apple will delay the introduction of its new child pornography protection tools due to a heated debate raised by privacy advocates Apple will delay the...
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Cybersecurity. FIN7 group leverages Windows 11 Alpha-Themed docs to drop Javascript payloads (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

FIN7 cybercrime gang used weaponized Windows 11 Alpha-themed Word documents to drop malicious payloads, including a JavaScript backdoor FIN7 group leverages WIN 11 Alpha-Themed docs...
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Cybersecurity. Source code for the Babuk is available on a hacking forum (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The complete source code for the Babuk ransomware is available for sale on a Russian-speaking hacking forum Source code for the Babuk is available on...
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Italy/Cybersecurity. Fed up with constant cyberattacks, one country is about to make some big changes (Federico Guerrini, ZDNet)

Italy is reinforcing its critical infrastructure with a new cybersecurity agency and fresh EU funding. Image: Getty/Andrea Cherchi Italy has faced a barrage of cyberattacks in...
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Cybersecurity. FTC orders SpyFone to delete all of its surveillance data (Charlie Osborne, ZDNet)

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered the developer of the SpyFone spyware app to delete all data that has been collected. On September...
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Cybersecurity. Attacks against SolarWinds Serv-U SW were possible due to the lack of ASLR mitigation (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

SolarWinds did not enable anti-exploit mitigation available since 2006 allowing threat actors to target SolarWinds Serv-U FTP software in July attacks Attacks against SolarWinds Serv-U...
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Cybersecurity. WhatsApp CVE-2020-1910 bug could have led to user data exposure (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The now-fixed CVE-2020-1910 vulnerability in WhatApp ‘s image filter feature could have exposed user data to remote attackers WhatsApp CVE-2020-1910 bug could have led to...
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Cybersecurity. New BrakTooth flaws potentially impact millions of Bluetooth-enabled devices (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Security flaws in commercial Bluetooth stacks dubbed BrakTooth can be exploited by threat actors to execute arbitrary code and crash the devices via DoS attacks BrakTooth flaws...
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Cybersecurity. Attackers are attempting to exploit recently patched Atlassian Confluence CVE-2021-26084 RCE (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently patched vulnerability in Atlassian’s Confluence enterprise collaboration product Attackers are attempting to exploit recently patched Confluence CVE-2021-26084 RCESecurity...
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