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Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2023
Smishing Triad Stretches Its Tentacles into the United Arab Emirates

Resecurity research found that the ‘Smishing Triad’ cybercrime group has expanded its phishing campaign into the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Resecurity research recently found that ‘Smishing Triad,’ a group specializing in phishing scams conducted via SMS (smishing attacks), has expanded its attack campaign into the United Arab Emirates (UAE). First identified by Resecurity in August, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2023
Crooks stole $200 million worth of assets from Mixin Network

Crooks stole $200 million from Mixin Network, a free, lightning fast and decentralized network for transferring digital assets. Mixin Network, the Hong Kong-based crypto firm behind a free, lightning fast and decentralized network for transferring digital assets announced it has suffered a $200 million cyber heist. The company suspended deposits and withdrawals immediately after the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2023
A phishing campaign targets Ukrainian military entities with drone manual lures

A phishing campaign targets Ukrainian military entities using drone manuals as lures to deliver the post-exploitation toolkit Merlin. Securonix researchers recently uncovered a phishing campaign using a Pilot-in-Command (PIC) Drone manual document as a lure to deliver a toolkit dubbed Merlin. The campaign, codenamed STARK#VORTEX by Securonix, targets Ukrainian military entities and CERT-UA attributed it […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2023
Alert! Patch your TeamCity instance to avoid server hack

Experts warn of a critical vulnerability in the TeamCity CI/CD server that can be exploited to take over a vulnerable server. JetBrains TeamCity is a popular and highly extensible Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) server developed by JetBrains, a software development company known for its developer tools. TeamCity is designed to automate various […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2023
Is Gelsemium APT behind a targeted attack in Southeast Asian Government?

A stealthy APT group tracked as Gelsemium was observed targeting a Southeast Asian government between 2022 and 2023. Palo Alto Unit42 researchers an APT group tracked as Gelsemium targeting a Southeast Asian government. The experts tracked the cluster as CL-STA-0046, the malicious activity spanned over six months between 2022-2023. The activity was characterized by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2023
Nigerian National pleads guilty to participating in a millionaire BEC scheme

A Nigerian national pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering through business email compromise (BEC). The Nigerian national Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo (29), who is residing in South Africa, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering through business email compromise (BEC). According to the US authorities, fraudulent activities […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2023
New variant of BBTok Trojan targets users of +40 banks in LATAM

A new variant of a banking trojan, called BBTok, targets users of over 40 banks in Latin America, particularly Brazil and Mexico. Check Point researchers warn of a new variant of a banking trojan, called BBTok, that is targeting users of over 40 banks in Latin America. The new malware campaign relies on new infection chains and […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2023
Deadglyph, a very sophisticated and unknown backdoor targets the Middle East

Researchers discovered a previously undocumented sophisticated backdoor, named Deadglyph, used by the Stealth Falcon group for espionage in the Middle East ESET researchers discovered a very sophisticated and unknown backdoor, named Deadglyph, employed by the Stealth Falcon group for espionage in the Middle East. Stealth Falcon is a nation-state actor active since at least 2012, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2023
Alphv group claims the hack of Clarion, a global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars

The Alphv ransomware group claims to have hacked Clarion, the global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars and other vehicles. The Alphv ransomware group added Clarion, the global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars and other vehicles, to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. Clarion Japan is the Japanese subsidiary […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 438 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set […]