Cyber Crime

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. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2025
Romania’s Oltenia Energy Complex suffers major ransomware attack

A ransomware attack hit Romania’s Oltenia Energy Complex on December 26, knocking out IT systems at the country’s largest coal power producer. A ransomware attack disrupted Oltenia Energy Complex, Romania’s largest coal-based power producer, shutting down its IT systems on December 26. The Oltenia Energy Complex (CE Oltenia) is Romania’s leading state-controlled lignite mining and […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2025
Korean Air discloses data breach after the hack of its catering and duty-free supplier

Korean Air employee discloses a data breach after a hack of its catering and duty-free supplier, KC&D, affecting thousands of staff. Korean Air suffered a data breach after its in-flight catering supplier Korean Air Catering & Duty-Free (KC&D) was hacked, exposing personal data of ~30,000 employees of Korean Air employees. Korean Air is South Korea’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2025
Condé Nast faces major data breach: 2.3M WIRED records leaked, 40M more at risk

Hacker claims Condé Nast breach, leaking 2.3M WIRED subscriber records and threatening to expose up to 40M more from other brands. A hacker known as “Lovely” claims to have leaked personal data of over 2.3 million Wired.com users. The data was allegedly posted on December 20, 2025, on the new Breach Stars hacking forum, with […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2025
Stolen LastPass backups enable crypto theft through 2025

Stolen vault backups from the 2022 LastPass breach are still being cracked, allowing attackers to steal crypto as late as 2025. The blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs warns that encrypted vault backups stolen in the 2022 LastPass breach are still being cracked using weak master passwords, enabling crypto theft as late as 2025. In 2022, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2025
Trust Wallet warns users to update Chrome extension after $7M security loss

Trust Wallet urged users to update its Chrome extension after a security incident caused about $7 million in losses. Trust Wallet warned users to update its Google Chrome extension after a security incident that resulted in about $7 million in losses. The flaw affects version 2.68 of the multi-chain, non-custodial wallet, which has around one […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2025
Aflac confirms June data breach affecting over 22 million customers

A June data breach exposed the personal information of more than 22 million Aflac customers, the company confirmed. A data breach in June exposed the information of more than 22 million Aflac customers, according to a new statement from the insurance giant.  The company detected suspicious activity on a limited number of systems in June […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2025
Spotify cracks down on unlawful scraping of 86 million songs

Spotify shut down accounts after Anna’s Archive scraped and published data on 86 million songs, confirming action against unlawful scraping. Spotify disabled user accounts after an open-source group published files containing 86 million songs scraped from the platform. The group, Anna’s Archive, said it found a method to extract Spotify files and released a database […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 24, 2025
FBI seized ‘web3adspanels.org’ hosting stolen logins

The U.S. seized the ‘web3adspanels.org’ domain and database used by cybercriminals to store stolen bank login credentials. The FBI seized the domain web3adspanels[.]org and its database after cybercriminals used it to store bank login credentials stolen from U.S. victims. A criminal group ran fake ads on Google and Bing that mimicked real bank advertisements. Victims […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2025
Red Hat GitLab breach exposes data of 21,000 Nissan customers

Hackers breached Red Hat’s GitLab, stealing data of 21,000 customers; Nissan confirmed exposure via a self-managed GitLab instance. Japanese carmaker Nissan disclosed a data breach tied to a self-managed GitLab instance used by Red Hat Consulting. Threat actors gained access to the GitLab instance, stealing data from 21,000 customers. In October, the Crimson Collective claimed […]