Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2025
Pharmaceutical firm Inotiv discloses ransomware attack. Qilin group claims responsibility for the hack

Pharmaceutical firm Inotiv says a ransomware attack encrypted systems and data, disrupting operations, according to its SEC filing. U.S. pharmaceutical firm Inotiv reported a ransomware attack that encrypted some systems and data, disrupting business operations. Inotiv is a U.S.-based pharmaceutical research and contract research organization (CRO). It provides nonclinical and analytical drug discovery and development […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2025
A hacker tied to Yemen Cyber Army gets 20 months in prison

UK hacker Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky, tied to Yemen Cyber Army, gets 20 months in prison for website defacements and stolen data possession. Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky (26), a man from South Yorkshire, linked to the Yemen Cyber Army, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for hacking and defacing websites in hacktivist campaigns. The UK’s National Crime […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2025
Noodlophile Stealer evolution

Noodlophile malware spreads via copyright phishing, targeting firms in the U.S., Europe, Baltics & APAC with tailored spear-phishing lures. The Noodlophile malware campaign is expanding globally, using spear-phishing emails disguised as copyright notices. Threat actors tailor lures with details like Facebook Page IDs and company ownership data. Active for over a year, it now targets […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2025
Allianz Life security breach impacted 1.1 million customers

Allianz Life breach exposed data of most of its 1.4M customers; HIBP lists 1.1M impacted, though the insurer hasn’t confirmed exact figures. In July, Allianz Life disclosed a breach where hackers stole data from a cloud database, affecting most of its 1.4M customers and staff. Now, the data breach notification site Have I Been Pwned […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2025
Human resources firm Workday disclosed a data breach

Human resources firm Workday disclosed a data breach after attackers accessed a third-party CRM platform via social engineering. Workday is a cloud-based software company that specializes in enterprise applications for human capital management (HCM), financial management, and planning.  The company provides services to over 11,000 organizations, including over 60% of Fortune 500 firms. The HR […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2025
DoJ seizes $2.8M linked to Zeppelin Ransomware

DoJ seized $2.8M in crypto from Ianis Antropenko, indicted in Texas and tied to the defunct Zeppelin ransomware. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) seized more than $2.8 million in cryptocurrency from Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko. Antropenko was allegedly involved in now defunct Zeppelin ransomware operation (2019 – 2022), he also laundered proceeds via ChipMixer and structured […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2025
Colt Technology faces multi-day outage after WarLock ransomware attack

WarLock ransomware hit Colt Telecom, causing outages in hosting, porting, Colt Online, and Voice API since August 12. UK-based Colt Technology Services suffered a cyberattack, reportedly caused by WarLock ransomware, resulting in multi-day outages for hosting, porting, Colt Online, and Voice API services. Colt, officially known as Colt Technology Services Group Limited, is a multinational […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2025
ERMAC 3.0 Source Code Leak Reveals Expanding Threat

Hunt.io got ERMAC 3.0’s source code, showing its evolution from Cerberus and Hook, now targeting 700+ banking, shopping, and crypto apps. Hunt.io cybersecurity researchers obtained the full source code of the Android banking trojan ERMAC 3.0, revealing its evolution from Cerberus and Hook (ERMAC 2.0), targeting 700+ apps. The experts also spotted exploitable weaknesses in […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2025
Man-in-the-Prompt: The invisible attack threatening ChatGPT and other AI systems

Man-in-the-Prompt: a new threat targeting AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini via simple browser extensions, no complex attack needed. A new type of threat is alarming the world of cyber security: it is called Man-in-the-Prompt and is capable of compromising interactions with leading generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Claude. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2025
EncryptHub abuses Brave Support in new campaign exploiting MSC EvilTwin flaw

EncryptHub actor exploits Windows flaw CVE-2025-26633 (“MSC EvilTwin”) with rogue MSC files and social engineering to drop malware. The threat actor EncryptHub exploits the now-patched Windows flaw CVE-2025-26633 (“MSC EvilTwin”) using rogue MSC files and social engineering to deliver malware, warns Trustwave SpiderLabs. The flaw is an improper neutralization issue in Microsoft Management Console that […]