Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2025
Microsoft revokes 200+ certificates abused by Vanilla Tempest in fake Teams campaign

Microsoft revoked 200+ certificates used by Vanilla Tempest to sign fake Teams installers spreading Oyster backdoor and Rhysida ransomware. Microsoft revoked over 200 certificates used by the cybercrime group Vanilla Tempest (aka VICE SPIDER and Vice Society) to sign fake Teams installers spreading the Oyster backdoor and Rhysida ransomware. The threat actor has been active […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2025
PowerSchool hacker got four years in prison

Matthew D. Lane, a Massachusetts student, got four years in prison for hacking and extorting $3M from PowerSchool and another company. A Massachusetts student, Matthew D. Lane, was sentenced to four years in prison for hacking and extorting about $3 million from two companies, including PowerSchool. In May, Lane pleaded guilty to hacking two U.S. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2025
Auction house Sotheby’s disclosed a July data breach

Sotheby’s reported a July 24 breach exposing customer and financial data; it took two months to assess the stolen information and affected individuals. Sotheby’s reported a data breach that exposed customer information, including financial details. The company discovered the security breach on July 24, and investigators spent two months determining what data was stolen and […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2025
Operation Zero Disco: Threat actors targets Cisco SNMP flaw to drop Linux rootkits

Hackers exploit Cisco SNMP flaw CVE-2025-20352 in “Zero Disco” attacks to deploy Linux rootkits on outdated systems, researchers report. Trend Micro researchers disclosed details of a new campaign, tracked as Operation Zero Disco, that exploited a recently disclosed security flaw impacting Cisco IOS Software and IOS XE Software to deploy Linux rootkits on older, unprotected […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2025
Spanish fashion retailer MANGO disclosed a data breach

Spanish fashion retailer MANGO disclosed a data breach after a marketing vendor compromise exposed customer personal information. Mango is a global fashion brand founded in Barcelona in 1984, it has over 2,850 stores in 120 countries and 16,400 employees. In 2024, it reported €3.3 billion in revenue and €219 million in profit. Online sales account […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2025
Qilin Ransomware announced new victims

Resecurity’s new report details how the Qilin RaaS group relies on global bulletproof hosting networks to support its extortion operations. The following new report by Resecurity will explore the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation’s reliance on bullet-proof-hosting (BPH) infrastructures, with an emphasis on a network of rogue providers based in different parts of the world. Qilin […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2025
Harvard University hit in Oracle EBS cyberattack, 1.3 TB of data leaked by Cl0p group

Harvard University confirmed being targeted in the Oracle EBS campaign after the Cl0p ransomware group leaked 1.3 TB of data. Harvard University confirmed it was targeted in the Oracle E-Business Suite campaign after the Cl0p ransomware group listed it on its leak site. The cybercrime group claimed to have leaked 1.3 TB of data allegedly […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2025
Astaroth Trojan abuses GitHub to host configs and evade takedowns

The Astaroth banking Trojan uses GitHub to host malware configs, evade C2 takedowns and stay active by pulling new settings from the platform. McAfee discovered a new Astaroth campaign using GitHub repositories to host malware configurations. This allows attackers to evade takedowns by pulling fresh configs from GitHub whenever C2 servers are shut down, ensuring […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2025
Stealit Malware spreads via fake game & VPN installers on Mediafire and Discord

Stealit malware abuses Node.js SEA and Electron to spread via fake game and VPN installers shared on Mediafire and Discord. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers spotted Stealit malware campaign abusing Node.js Single Executable Application (SEA) and sometimes Electron to spread via fake game and VPN installers on Mediafire and Discord. Fortinet uncovered the campaign while investigating […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2025
Clop Ransomware group claims the hack of Harvard University

The notorious Clop Ransomware group claims the hack of Harvard University and added the prestigious institute to its Tor data leak site. The Clop Ransomware group announced the hack of the prestigious Harvard University. The cybercrime group created a page for the university on its Tor data leak site and announced it will leak the […]