Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2024
Singapore Police arrest six men allegedly involved in a cybercrime syndicate

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has arrested six individuals for their role in the operations of a cybercrime ring in the country. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) arrested five Chinese nationals, aged 32 to 42, and a 34-year-old Singaporean man for the alleged involvement in illegal cyber activities in the country. On 9 September 2024, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2024
Highline Public Schools school district suspended its activities following a cyberattack

Highline Public Schools, a school district in Washington state, remains closed following a cyberattack that occurred two days ago. Two days ago Highline Public Schools (HPS), a school district in Washington state, suffered a cyber attack that caused a significant disruption of its activities. Highline Public Schools (HPS) is a public school district in King County, headquartered in Burien, Washington, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2024
RansomHub ransomware gang relies on Kaspersky TDSKiller tool to disable EDR

Researchers observed the RansomHub ransomware group using the TDSSKiller tool to disable endpoint detection and response (EDR) systems. The RansomHub ransomware gang is using the TDSSKiller tool to disable endpoint detection and response (EDR) systems, Malwarebytes ThreatDown Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team observed. TDSSKiller a legitimate tool developed by the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2024
Quad7 botnet evolves to more stealthy tactics to evade detection

The Quad7 botnet evolves and targets new  SOHO devices, including Axentra media servers, Ruckus wireless routers and Zyxel VPN appliances. The Sekoia TDR team identified additional implants associated with the Quad7 botnet operation. The botnet operators are targeting multiple SOHO devices and VPN appliances, including TP-LINK, Zyxel, Asus, D-Link, and Netgear, exploiting both known and […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2024
Electronic payment gateway Slim CD disclosed a data breach impacting 1.7M individuals

Payment gateway provider Slim CD disclosed a data breach, credit card and personal data of almost 1.7 million individuals were compromised. The electronic payment gateway Slim CD disclosed a data breach following a cyberattack. Personal data and credit card details of 1,693,000 individuals were compromised. Slim CD’s gateway system allows merchants to accept any kind […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2024
Multiple malware families delivered exploiting GeoServer GeoTools flaw CVE-2024-36401

Multiple threat actors actively exploited the recently disclosed OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools flaw CVE-2024-36401 in malware-based campaigns. Researchers at Fortinet FortiGuard Labs reported that threat actors exploited the recently disclosed OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools flaw (CVE-2024-36401) to deliver various malware families, including cryptocurrency miners, bots, and the SideWalk backdoor. GeoServer is an open-source server that allows users […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2024
Feds indicted two alleged administrators of WWH Club dark web marketplace

Russian And Kazakhstani men indicted for operating the Dark Web cybercriminals marketplace WWH Club and other crime forums and markets. Alex Khodyrev (35) from Kazakhstan) and Pavel Kublitskii (37) from Russia have been indicted in Tampa, Florida, for conspiracy to commit access device fraud and wire fraud. Between 2014 and 2024, the duo operated the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2024
Car rental company Avis discloses a data breach

Car rental giant Avis disclosed a data breach that impacted one of its business applications in August compromising customers’ personal information. Car rental company Avis notified customers impacted in an Augus data breach. Threat actors breached one of its business applications and gained access to some of the customers’ personal information. “We discovered on August […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2024
Quishing, an insidious threat to electric car owners

Quishing is a type of phishing attack where crooks use QR codes to trick users into providing sensitive information or downloading malware. In recent years, the spread of electric cars has led to an increase in public charging stations. However, new cyber threats have emerged with this growth, including “quishing.” This term, a combination of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2024
Three men plead guilty to running MFA bypass service OTP.Agency

Three men have pleaded guilty to operating OTP.Agency, an online service that allowed crooks to bypass Multi-Factor authentication (MFA). Three men, Callum Picari (22), Vijayasidhurshan Vijayanathan (21), and Aza Siddeeque (19), have pleaded guilty to operating OTP.Agency, an online platform that allowed crooks to bypass MFA used by customers of several banks and services. These […]