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Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2025

Marks and Spencer confirms data breach after April cyber attack

Marks and Spencer (M&S) confirms that threat actors stole customer data in the ransomware attack that hit the company in April. In April, Marks and Spencer Group plc (M&S) announced it had been managing a cyber incident in recent days with the help of external cyber security experts. Customers report outages affecting card payments, gift […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2025

Moldovan Police arrested a 45-year-old foreign man participating in ransomware attacks on Dutch companies

A 45-year-old foreign man has been arrested in Moldova for allegedly participating in ransomware attacks on Dutch companies in 2021. Moldovan police arrested a 45-year-old foreign man as a result of a joint international operation involving Moldovan and Dutch authorities. He is internationally wanted for multiple cybercrime, including ransomware attacks, blackmail, and money laundering, targeting […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2025

Threat actors use fake AI tools to deliver the information stealer Noodlophile

Threat actors use fake AI tools to trick users into installing the information stealer Noodlophile, Morphisec researchers warn. Morphisec researchers observed attackers exploiting AI hype to spread malware via fake AI tools promoted in viral posts and Facebook groups. Users seeking free AI video tools unknowingly download Noodlophile Stealer, a new malware that steals browser […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2025

German police seized eXch crypto exchange

Germany’s BKA shut down eXch crypto exchange, seizing its infrastructure over money laundering and illegal trading platform charges. On April 30, 2025, Germany’s Federal Criminal Police (BKA) shut down the eXch crypto exchange (eXch.cx), seizing its infrastructure over money laundering and illegal trading allegations. ZIT, BKA, and Dutch FIOD led the operation, expecting the evidence […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2025

Ascension reveals personal data of 437,329 patients exposed in cyberattack

A data breach at Ascension, caused by a former partner’s compromise, exposed the health information of over 430,000 patients. Ascension is one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, ranking second in the United States by the number of hospitals as of 2019. At the end of April, the company notified patients that their personal and health information […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2025

Operation Moonlander dismantled the botnet behind Anyproxy and 5socks cybercriminals services

Law enforcement dismantled a 20-year botnet behind Anyproxy and 5socks cybercriminals services and arrested four suspects. Authorities dismantled a 20-year-old botnet tied to Anyproxy and 5socks as part of an international operation codenamed “Operation Moonlander”; four men, including three Russians, were indicted for running the illegal proxy networks. The U.S. Justice Department charged Russian nationals, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2025

Cybercriminal services target end-of-life routers, FBI warns

The FBI warns that attackers are using end-of-life routers to deploy malware and turn them into proxies sold on 5Socks and Anyproxy networks. The FBI released a FLASH alert warning about 5Socks and Anyproxy malicious services targeting end-of-life (EOL) routers. Attackers target EoL devices to deploy malware by exploiting vulnerabilities and create botnets for attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2025

The LockBit ransomware site was breached, database dump was leaked online

Lockbit ransomware group has been compromised, attackers stole and leaked data contained in the backend infrastructure of their dark web site. Hackers compromised the dark web leak site of the LockBit ransomware gang and defaced it, posting a message and a link to the dump of the MySQL database of its backend affiliate panel. “Don’t […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2025

Polish authorities arrested 4 people behind DDoS-for-hire platforms

Polish police arrested 4 people behind DDoS-for-hire platforms used in global attacks, offering takedowns for as little as €10 via six stresser services. Polish authorities arrested 4 people linked to 6 DDoS-for-hire platforms, Cfxapi, Cfxsecurity, neostress, jetstress, quickdown, and zapcut, used to launch attacks worldwide for as little as €10. The platforms were used to […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2025

Play ransomware affiliate leveraged zero-day to deploy malware

The Play ransomware gang exploited a high-severity Windows Common Log File System flaw in zero-day attacks to deploy malware. The Play ransomware gang has exploited a Windows Common Log File System flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-29824, in zero-day attacks to gain SYSTEM privileges and deploy malware on compromised systems. The vulnerability CVE-2025-29824, (CVSS score of 7.8) is a Use after […]

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Marks and Spencer confirms data breach after April cyber attack

Moldovan Police arrested a 45-year-old foreign man participating in ransomware attacks on Dutch companies

Threat actors use fake AI tools to deliver the information stealer Noodlophile

German police seized eXch crypto exchange

Ascension reveals personal data of 437,329 patients exposed in cyberattack

Operation Moonlander dismantled the botnet behind Anyproxy and 5socks cybercriminals services

Cybercriminal services target end-of-life routers, FBI warns

The LockBit ransomware site was breached, database dump was leaked online

Polish authorities arrested 4 people behind DDoS-for-hire platforms

Play ransomware affiliate leveraged zero-day to deploy malware

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