Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2026
Researchers linked the Flying Eagle Android RAT to fake police apps, uncovering 170 servers in a growing cybercrime ecosystem. Hunt.io researchers and independent journalist NetAskari started with a fraudulent Android app impersonating a Chinese Provincial Public Security Bureau service and ended up mapping a sprawling criminal ecosystem built around a leaked Android RAT framework called […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2026
Resecurity warns AI offensive agents are lowering hacking barriers, fueling an AI-driven race between attackers and defenders. Resecurity analyzed how autonomous offensive security agents such as T3MP3ST, Strix, CyberStrike, XBOW, PentAGI, PentestGPT, and Nebula lower the barriers to vulnerability identification and exploitation. The analysis also explores why AI is being repurposed for real attacks and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2026
Chipmaker Analog Devices disclosed a data breach after detecting unauthorized access to systems on June 23. The investigation is ongoing. Semiconductor giant Analog Devices (ADI) disclosed a data breach following a cyberattack that resulted in unauthorized access to some of its systems on June 23. Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) is a major semiconductor company that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2026
Analysis found eSIM Plus and Nicegram share a Belarus-linked codebase, while eSIM Plus routes data and calls through Russian services. Two popular apps available in EU app stores, Nicegram, with over 50 million downloads, and eSIM Plus, with over 1 million, are presented to users as Lithuanian products. The Mysterium VPN Research Team pulled apart […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2026
ShinyHunters claimed the Ernst & Young data breach, threatening to leak stolen tax records unless the firm contacts the group by July 31. The ShinyHunters cybercrime group has taken responsibility for the recently disclosed data breach involving professional services firm Ernst & Young (EY), adding the company to its Tor-based leak site and threatening to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2026
A breached “no-logs” VPN exposed 58 million connection logs and millions of user, device, and payment records, contradicting its privacy claims. A threat actor on the Altenen cybercrime forum is distributing a 17 GB SQL database claimed to have been stolen from SplitVPN, formerly known as NotVPN, a Russian VPN marketed for bypassing internet censorship. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2026
Researchers uncovered the 200,000-device Dysphoria botnet, which uses Ethereum and Solana domains to hide its command servers. QiAnXin XLab, jointly with China’s CNCERT, disclosed Dysphoria, a botnet that has compromised roughly 200,000 devices worldwide and uses Ethereum and Solana blockchain domain names to hide its command infrastructure. The botnet evolved from jackskid and fbot malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2026
Proofpoint uncovered Cruciferra, a crypter-as-a-service that helps hackers evade antivirus and deliver malware in multiple campaigns. Proofpoint’s research team traced a wave of income-tax-themed lures targeting Indian taxpayers, tax professionals, and corporate finance teams back to a crypter service called Cruciferra, and the tool turns out to be shared infrastructure used across multiple unrelated criminal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2026
MedusaHVNC RAT uses hidden Windows desktops to remotely control browsers, steal data, and evade detection through legitimate system features. Windows has always supported hidden desktops as a legitimate feature, useful for specialized software that needs a workspace the user never touches. It’s a niche capability most people never think about, buried deep in how the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2026
DentaQuest disclosed a data breach that may have exposed the personal and dental health information of more than 23 million people. DentaQuest is notifying more than 23 million people of a data breach after hackers accessed its network in May 2026. The incident may have exposed customers’ personal information and dental health data. DentaQuest, part […]
