Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2025
Five pleaded guilty to aiding North Korea ’s illicit revenue via IT worker fraud, violating international sanctions. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that five people have pleaded guilty to helping North Korea secretly generate revenue by running illegal IT-worker schemes that violated international sanctions. The individuals – Audricus Phagnasay (24), Jason Salazar (30), Alexander […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2025
The Washington Post alerts nearly 10,000 employees and contractors that personal and financial data was exposed in the Oracle breach. The Washington Post warns nearly 10,000 staff and contractors that personal and financial data was exposed in the Oracle breach. The popular newspaper has approximately 2.5M digital subscribers. Between July 10 and August 22, threat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 13, 2025
Malicious Chrome extension “Safery: Ethereum Wallet” steals users’ seed phrases while posing as a legit crypto wallet still available online. Socket’s Threat Research Team discovered a malicious Chrome extension called “Safery: Ethereum Wallet,” posing as a legitimate crypto wallet but designed to steal users’ seed phrases. The Chrome extension was uploaded to the Chrome Web […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 13, 2025
Europol’s Operation Endgame dismantles Rhadamanthys, Venom RAT, and Elysium botnet in a global crackdown on cybercriminal infrastructures. Europol and Eurojust have launched a new phase of Operation Endgame, carried out between November 10 and 13, 2025, dismantling major malware families including Rhadamanthys Stealer, Venom RAT, and the Elysium botnet as part of a global effort […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 12, 2025
Google sues China-based group using “Lighthouse” phishing kit in large-scale smishing attacks to steal victims’ financial data. Google filed a lawsuit against a cybercriminal group largely based in China that is behind a massive text message phishing operation, or “smishing.” The organization uses a phishing-as-a-service kit named “Lighthouse” to steal sensitive financial information by sending […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 12, 2025
DanaBot returns after 6 months with a new Windows variant (v669), marking its comeback after being disrupted by Operation Endgame in May. DanaBot has resurfaced with a new variant (version 669) targeting Windows systems, six months after Operation Endgame disrupted its activity in May, according to Zscaler ThreatLabz. The researchers identified a set of command […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 12, 2025
“Bitcoin Queen” Zhimin Qian gets 11 years in London for laundering $7.3B from a crypto scam that defrauded 128K victims in China. A British court sentenced a Chinese woman, Zhimin Qian (47), also known as the “Bitcoin Queen,” to 11 years and eight months in jail for laundering $7.3B from a crypto scam that defrauded 128K […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 11, 2025
Researchers found Fantasy Hub, a Russian MaaS Android RAT that lets attackers spy, steal data, and control devices via Telegram. Zimperium researchers uncovered Fantasy Hub, a Russian-sold Android RAT offered as Malware-as-a-Service, enabling spying, device control, and data theft via Telegram. The malware allows operators to take over infected devices, gathering SMS messages, contacts, call […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2025
The Clop Ransomware group claims the breach of The Washington Post and added the American daily newspaper to its Tor data leak site. The Clop Ransomware group announced the hack of the prestigious American daily newspaper The Washington Post. The cybercrime group created a page for the university on its Tor data leak site and announced it will […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2025
U.S. prosecutors charged three Florida men for using BlackCat ransomware to hack and extort five U.S. companies in 2023. U.S. prosecutors charged Ryan Clifford Goldberg, Kevin Tyler Martin, and another Florida-based accomplice (aka “Co-Conspirator 1”) for using BlackCat ransomware to hack and extort five U.S. companies in 2023. According to Federal prosecutors, the attacks occurred […]
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