Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2026
Microsoft dismantled malware-signing network Fox Tempest

Microsoft disrupted Fox Tempest, a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) that allowed attackers to sign malware with fake trusted certificates. Microsoft said it disrupted a cybercrime operation run by a threat actor named Fox Tempest, which helped threat actors sign malware with short-lived certificates to make malicious software appear legitimate. The service abused Microsoft Artifact Signing and supported […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2026
Massive MENA cybercrime Operation Ramz disrupts infrastructure and arrests 201 suspects

INTERPOL led Operation Ramz in MENA, resulting in 201 arrests and 382 suspects tied to cybercrime networks. INTERPOL coordinated Operation Ramz across the Middle East and North Africa, leading to 201 arrests and identifying 382 additional suspects. ” A first-of-its-kind cybercrime operation in the MENA region has led to the arrest of 201 individuals, with a […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2026
Shai-Hulud worm copycats emerge after source code leak

Shai-Hulud worm copycats are already attacking NPM developers after its source code leaked, enabling fast supply chain exploitation. The first copycats of the Shai-Hulud worm have already started showing up online, only a few days after the malware’s source code was dumped on GitHub. Researchers had warned this would happen almost immediately, and they were […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2026
Grafana confirms GitHub token breach cybercrime group claims the attack

Grafana confirmed a GitHub token breach that exposed source code, but said no customer data or systems were affected. Grafana Labs confirmed a security incident after the extortion group Coinbase Cartel listed it on a leak site and claimed data theft on May 15. The breach was triggered by a compromised token that gave attackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2026
ShinyHunters hack 7-Eleven: franchisee data and Salesforce records exposed

7-Eleven confirmed a breach after ShinyHunters claimed theft of over 600,000 Salesforce records and franchisee data. 7-Eleven has confirmed a data breach after the ShinyHunters hacking group claimed it stole more than 600,000 Salesforce records containing personal and corporate information. “Over 600k Salesforce records containing PII and other internal corporate data have been compromised.” The […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2026
Attackers exploit Funnel Builder bug to inject e-skimmers into e-stores

Attackers are exploiting a critical flaw in the WordPress Funnel Builder plugin to inject skimming code into WooCommerce checkout pages. A critical vulnerability in the WordPress Funnel Builder plugin is being actively exploited to inject malicious JavaScript into WooCommerce checkout pages, according to Sansec researchers. Funnel Builder by FunnelKit is a checkout and upsell plugin […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2026
OpenAI hit by supply chain attack linked to malicious TanStack packages

OpenAI said the TanStack supply chain attack compromised two employee devices and exposed credentials from code repositories. OpenAI confirmed that the recent TanStack supply chain attack compromised two employee devices and exposed credential material stored in internal source code repositories. The incident began after the TeamPCP hacking group abused weaknesses in the package publishing process […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2026
Instructure settles with hackers following massive student data theft

Educational tech firm Instructure reached a deal with hackers after a major Canvas breach exposed data stolen from schools and universities. Educational tech firm Instructure says it reached an agreement with the cybercrime group behind a major Canvas data theft, after attackers broke into its systems and threatened to publish stolen information from schools and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2026
Hackers accessed BWH Hotels reservation system for months

BWH Hotels says hackers accessed guest reservation data, including names and contacts, for over six months across multiple hotel brands. BWH Hotels disclosed a data breach, with threat actors having had access to guest reservation data for more than six months. The incident exposed names and contact details of an undisclosed number of guests. BWH […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2026
Attackers exploit cPanel CVE-2026-41940 to deploy Filemanager Backdoor

Attackers are exploiting cPanel flaw CVE-2026-41940 to install the Filemanager backdoor and gain unauthorized admin access. Cybercriminals are actively exploiting the critical cPanel vulnerability CVE-2026-41940 (CVSS score of 9.3) to deploy a backdoor called Filemanager on compromised servers. cPanel is a widely used web hosting control panel that lets users manage websites and servers through a […]