Tag: Security Affairs

Conti ransomware gang exploits Log4Shell bug in its operations (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Conti ransomware gang is the first professional race that leverages Log4Shell exploit to compromise VMware vCenter Server installs. The ransomware group used the exploit to target internal...

Phorpiex botnet is back, in 2021 it $500K worth of crypto assets (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Experts at Check Point Research have monitored the resurgence of the Phorpiex botnet, an old threat that was involved in sextortion spam campaigns, crypto-jacking, cryptocurrency...

PseudoManuscrypt, a mysterious massive cyber espionage campaign (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Kaspersky researchers reported that tens of thousands of devices belonging to industrial and government organizations worldwide have been hit by the PseudoManuscrypt spyware. PseudoManuscrypt, a...

Multiple Nation-State actors are exploiting Log4Shell flaw (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Microsoft researchers reported that Nation-state actors from China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey are now abusing the Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) in the Log4J library in their campaigns....

Volvo Cars suffers a data breach. Is it a ransomware attack? (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Swedish automotive manufacturer Volvo Cars revealed that threat actors have stolen R&D data from its systems. Volvo Cars suffers a data breach. Is it a...

Australian ACSC warns of Conti ransomware attacks against local orgs (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of Conti ransomware attacks against multiple Australian organizations from various sectors since November. Australian ACSC warns of Conti ransomware attacks...

BlackCat ransomware, a very sophisticated malware written in Rust (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Malware researchers from Recorded Future and MalwareHunterTeam discovered ALPHV (aka BlackCat), the first professional ransomware strain that was written in the Rust programming language BlackCat ransomware, a...

NSO Group spyware used to compromise iPhones of 9 US State Dept officials (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The iPhones of at least nine US state department officials were compromised with the NSO Group’s spyware Pegasus. NSO Group spyware used to compromise iPhones...

KAX17 threat actor is attempting to deanonymize Tor users running thousands of rogue relays (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

A mysterious threat actor, tracked as KAX17, has run thousands of malicious Tor relay servers since 2017 in an attempt to deanonymize Tor users. KAX17...

Threat actors stole $120 M in crypto from BadgerDAO DeFi platform (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Threat actors this week have hacked the decentralized finance platform BadgerDAO and have stolen $120.3 million in crypto funds, blockchain security firm PeckShield reported....

Watch out for Omicron COVID-19-themed phishing messages! (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Crooks have already started exploiting the interest in the Omicron COVID-19 variant and are using it as a lure in phishing attacks. Watch out for...

CISA adds Zoho, Apache, Qualcomm, Mikrotik flaws to the list of actively exploited issues (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its catalog of actively exploited vulnerabilities recommending federal agencies to address the flaws in Qualcomm, Mikrotik, Zoho and the...

Russian internet watchdog Roskomnadzor bans six more VPN services (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor tightens the control over the Internet and blocked access to six more VPN services. The latest banned services are Betternet,...

Europol arrested 1800 money mules as part of an anti-money-laundering operation (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Europol has identified 18,351 money mules and arrested 1,803 of them as part of an international anti-money-laundering operation codenamed EMMA 7. The operation is the...

International law enforcement arrested REvil ransomware affiliates in Romania and Kuwait (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Romanian law enforcement agencies have arrested two alleged Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware affiliates on November 4, that are accused of having conducted attacks against thousands of...

US DoS offers a reward of up to $10M for leaders of REvil ransomware gang (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The Department of State offers up to $10 million for information that can lead to the identification or location of individuals in key leadership...