Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2026
VVS Stealer, a new python malware steals Discord credentials

VVS Stealer is a Python-based malware that steals Discord credentials and tokens and has been sold on Telegram since at least April 2025. Palo Alto Networks researchers uncovered VVS Stealer, a Python-based malware that steals Discord credentials and tokens and has been sold on Telegram since at least April 2025. VVS Stealer uses the source […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2026
Sedgwick discloses data breach after TridentLocker ransomware attack

Sedgwick confirmed a cyber incident at its federal contractor unit after TridentLocker claimed to steal 3.4GB of data. Sedgwick is a leading global claims management and risk services provider operating in the insurance and risk solutions sector. It employs roughly 33,000 people worldwide, across more than 80 countries. Estimated annual revenue is in the multi-billion […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2026
Resecurity Caught ShinyHunters in Honeypot

Resecurity caught ShinyHunters (SLH) using decoy accounts; the group attacked airlines, telecoms, and law enforcement in Sept 2025. In an interesting development, Resecurity has caught actors known as “ShinyHunters” or “Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters” (SLH) leveraging honeypot (decoy) accounts. The company was one of the first to release a public report detailing the group’s activities in September […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2026
French authorities investigate AI ‘undressing’ deepfakes on X

France will probe AI-generated sexual deepfakes made with Grok on X after hundreds of women and teens reported “undressed” images shared online. French authorities will investigate AI-generated sexually explicit deepfakes created with Grok on X after hundreds of women and teens reported manipulated “undressed” images shared on social media. Grok is an artificial intelligence chatbot […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2026
Two U.S. cybersecurity professionals plead guilty in BlackCat/Alphv ransomware case

Two U.S. cybersecurity professionals pleaded guilty to charges tied to their roles in BlackCat/Alphv ransomware attacks. The U.S. cybersecurity professionals Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin pleaded guilty to charges tied to their roles in BlackCat/Alphv ransomware attacks that occurred in 2023. Court records show Ryan Goldberg, Kevin Martin, and a co-conspirator deployed ALPHV BlackCat ransomware […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2026
Covenant Health data breach after ransomware attack impacted over 478,000 people

Covenant Health suffered a ransomware attack by the Qilin group in May 2025, compromising data of over 478,000 individuals. Covenant Health, Inc., based in Andover, Massachusetts, is a healthcare organization that provides medical services and patient care. Covenant Health operates hospitals, clinics, or related healthcare facilities in multiple states, including Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2026
Phishing campaign abuses Google Cloud Application to impersonate legitimate Google emails

Researchers uncovered a phishing campaign abusing Google Cloud Application Integration to send emails posing as legitimate Google messages. Check Point researchers have revealed a phishing campaign that abuses Google Cloud Application Integration to send emails impersonating legitimate Google messages. The attack uses layered redirection with trusted cloud services, user validation checks, and brand impersonation to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2026
Trust Wallet confirms second Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack, $8.5M in crypto stolen

Trust Wallet says a second Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack likely compromised its Chrome extension, leading to the theft of about $8.5M in crypto. Trust Wallet linked a second Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack to its Chrome extension hack, which resulted in the theft of about $8.5 million in crypto assets. The investigation reveals that the attacker independently developed […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2025
ESA disclosed a data breach, hackers breached external servers

ESA confirmed a data breach after a hacker offered to sell stolen data, confirming that external science servers were compromised. The European Space Agency (ESA) disclosed a data breach after a threat actor offered to sell data allegedly stolen from the organization.  A hacker who goes online with the moniker “888” announced on BreachForums the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2025
Lithuanian suspect arrested over KMSAuto malware that infected 2.8M systems

A Lithuanian national was arrested for allegedly spreading KMSAuto malware that stole clipboard data and infected 2.8 million Windows and Office systems. A Lithuanian man (29) was arrested for allegedly spreading KMSAuto-based clipboard-stealing malware that infected about 2.8 million Windows and Office systems. The man was extradited from Georgia to South Korea under Interpol coordination. […]