Pierluigi Paganini
February 09, 2025
Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.
International Press – Newsletter
FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt ‘Manipulaters’ Phishing Gang
“Crazy Evil” Cryptoscam Gang: Unmasking a Global Threat in 2024
Who’s Behind the Seized Forums ‘Cracked’ & ‘Nulled’?
US Justice Department says cybercrime forum allegedly affected 17 million Americans
Cybercrime is increasingly complex. Here’s how data awareness can help
HTTP Client Tools Exploitation for Account Takeover Attacks
Dangerous hacker responsible for more than 40 cyberattacks on strategic organizations arrested
Who’s Behind the Seized Forums ‘Cracked’ & ‘Nulled’?
Malware
Malicious packages deepseeek and deepseekai published in Python Package Index
Coyote Banking Trojan: A Stealthy Attack via LNK Files
Go Supply Chain Attack: Malicious Package Exploits Go Module Proxy Caching for Persistence
Rat Race: ValleyRAT Malware Targets Organizations with New Delivery Techniques
Semantic Entanglement-Based Ransomware Detection via Probabilistic Latent Encryption Mapping
Hacking
DeepSeek Failed Over Half of the Jailbreak Tests by Qualys TotalAI
Google fixes Android kernel zero-day exploited in attacks
2024 Trends in Vulnerability Exploitation
Hacker Conversations: David Kennedy – an Atypical Typical Hacker
Code injection attacks using publicly disclosed ASP.NET machine keys
Intelligence and Information Warfare
macOS FlexibleFerret | Further Variants of DPRK Malware Family Unearthed
Silent Lynx APT Targets Various Entities Across Kyrgyzstan & Neighbouring Nations
Lazarus Group Targets Organizations with Sophisticated LinkedIn Recruiting Scam
Spyware maker Paragon confirms US government is a customer
Google deletes policy against using AI for weapons or surveillance
Russia uses messaging apps to recruit terrorists, Ukraine’s police says
Persistent Threats from the Kimsuky Group Using RDP Wrapper
Cybersecurity
Texas governor orders ban on DeepSeek, RedNote for government devices
Article 5: Prohibited AI Practices
Elon Musk’s Doge team granted ‘full access’ to federal payment system
Cyber Security 2025: Practical Trends Beyond the Hype
Cyber agencies unveil new guidelines to secure edge devices from increasing threat
Journalist targeted on WhatsApp by Paragon spyware: ‘I feel violated’
How Agentic AI will be Weaponized for Social Engineering Attacks
Israeli Spyware Firm Paragon Cuts Italy’s Access After Journalists Targeted
Student group sues Education Department over reported DOGE access to financial aid databases
PSN down: PlayStation Network not working for almost a day as players left in dark
Apple’s ‘Dangerous’ iPhone Update Is Much Worse Than You Think
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