Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2024
Ransomware group Dark Angels claims the theft of 1TB of data from chipmaker Nexperia 

The Dark Angels (Dunghill) ransomware group claims the hack of the chipmaker Nexperia and the theft of 1 TB of data from the company. The Dark Angels (Dunghill) ransomware group claims responsibility for hacking chipmaker Nexperia and stealing 1 TB of the company’s data. Nexperia is a semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. It […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2024
Cisco Duo warns telephony supplier data breach exposed MFA SMS logs

Cisco Duo warns that a data breach involving one of its telephony suppliers exposed multifactor authentication (MFA) messages sent by the company via SMS and VOIP to its customers.  Cisco Duo warns of a data breach involving one of its telephony suppliers, compromising multifactor authentication (MFA) messages sent to customers via SMS and VOIP. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2024
U.S. and Australian police arrested Firebird RAT author and operator

A joint investigation conducted by U.S. and Australian authorities led to the arrest of two key figures behind the Firebird RAT operation. A joint law enforcement operation conducted by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the FBI resulted in the arrest and charging of two individuals suspected of creating and selling the Firebird RAT, which […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2024
Canadian retail chain Giant Tiger data breach may have impacted millions of customers

A threat actor claimed the hack of the Canadian retail chain Giant Tiger and leaked 2.8 million records on a hacker forum. A threat actor, who goes online with the moniker ShopifyGUY, claimed responsibility for hacking the Canadian retail chain Giant Tiger and leaked 2.8 million records on a hacker forum. Giant Tiger is a Canadian discount store […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2024
Crooks manipulate GitHub’s search results to distribute malware

Researchers warn threat actors are manipulating GitHub search results to target developers with persistent malware. Checkmarx researchers reported that threat actors are manipulating GitHub search results to deliver persistent malware to developers systems. Attackers behind this campaign create malicious repositories with popular names and topics, they were observed using techniques like automated updates and fake […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2024
LastPass employee targeted via an audio deepfake call

Crooks targeted a LastPass employee using deepfake technology to impersonate the company’s CEO in a fraudulent scheme. In a fraudulent scheme, criminals used deepfake technology to impersonate LastPass ‘s CEO, targeting an employee of the company. The attack occurred this week, but the employed recognized the attack and the attempt failed. According to the password […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2024
TA547 targets German organizations with Rhadamanthys malware

TA547 group is targeting dozens of German organizations with an information stealer called Rhadamanthys, Proofpoint warns. Proofpoint researchers observed a threat actor, tracked as TA547, targeting German organizations with an email campaign delivering the Rhadamanthys malware. TA547 is a financially motivated threat actor that has been active since at least November 2017, it was observed conducting multiple […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2024
Group Health Cooperative data breach impacted 530,000 individuals

Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin disclosed a data breach that impacted over 500,000 individuals. The Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin (GHC-SCW) is a non-profit organization that provides health insurance and medical care services to its members in the Madison metropolitan area of Wisconsin. The organization disclosed a data breach after a […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2024
AT&T states that the data breach impacted 51 million former and current customers

AT&T confirmed that the data breach impacted 51 million former and current customers and is notifying them. AT&T revealed that the recently disclosed data breach impacts more than 51 million former and current customers and is notifying them. In March 2024, more than 70,000,000 records from an unspecified division of AT&T were leaked onto Breached forum, vx-underground […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2024
ScrubCrypt used to drop VenomRAT along with many malicious plugins

Researchers discovered a sophisticated multi-stage attack that leverages ScrubCrypt to drop VenomRAT along with many malicious plugins. Fortinet researchers observed a threat actor sending out a phishing email containing malicious Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files. The email is crafted to trick recipients into clicking on an attachment, which downloads a ZIP file containing a Batch […]