Malware

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2025
Chinese Android phones shipped with malware-laced WhatsApp, Telegram apps

Cheap Chinese Android phones ship with trojanized WhatsApp and Telegram clones hiding crypto clippers, active since June 2024. Since June 2024, Doctor Web researchers found cheap Android phones preloaded with fake WhatsApp and Telegram apps designed to steal crypto via clipping. These clippers swap copied wallet addresses with the attackers’ own. The campaign targeted low-end […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2025
Government contractor Conduent disclosed a data breach

The business services provider Conduent told the SEC a January cyberattack exposed personal data, including names and Social Security numbers. The business services provider Conduent revealed that personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, was stolen in a January cyberattack. In January, Conduent confirmed a cyberattack caused service disruptions after agencies in multiple US […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2025
New malware ‘ResolverRAT’ targets healthcare, pharmaceutical firms

New malware ‘ResolverRAT’ is targeting healthcare and pharmaceutical firms, using advanced capabilities to steal sensitive data. Morphisec researchers discovered a new malware dubbed ‘ResolverRAT’ that is targeting healthcare and pharmaceutical firms, using advanced capabilities to steal sensitive data. ResolverRAT spreads via phishing emails using localized languages and legal lures. Victims download a malicious file triggering […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2025
Malicious NPM packages target PayPal users

Threat actors deploy malicious NPM packages to steal PayPal credentials and hijack cryptocurrency transfers. Fortinet researchers discovered multiple malicious NPM packages that are used to target PayPal users. The packages were uploaded to the repository in early March by a threat actor known as tommyboy_h1 and tommyboy_h2, and were used to steal PayPal credentials and hijack cryptocurrency transfers. “Using PayPal-related […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2025
South African telecom provider Cell C disclosed a data breach following a cyberattack

Cell C, one of the biggest telecom providers in South Africa confirms a data breach following a 2024 cyberattack. Cell C is the fourth-largest mobile network operator in South Africa, ,after Vodacom, MTN, and Telkom. The company founded in 2001 offers prepaid and postpaid mobile plans, data bundles and internet services, fiber broadband, roaming and […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 41

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Lazarus Expands Malicious npm Campaign: 11 New Packages Add Malware Loaders and Bitbucket Payloads BadBazaar: iOS and Android Surveillanceware by China’s APT15 Used to Target Tibetans and Uyghurs   GOFFEE continues to attack organizations in Russia Atomic […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2025
AkiraBot: AI-Powered spam bot evades CAPTCHA to target 80,000+ websites

AkiraBot, a CAPTCHA-evading Python framework, has spammed over 80,000 websites with AI-generated messages, targeting small and medium-sized businesses. SentinelOne’s SentinelLabs researchers warn that AkiraBot, a spam framework, targets websites’ chats and contact forms to promote low-quality SEO services, AkiraBot has already targeted more than 400,000 websites and successfully spammed at least 80,000 websites since September […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2025
Everest ransomware group’s Tor leak site offline after a defacement

The Tor leak site of the Everest ransomware group went offline after being hacked and defaced over the weekend. The Everest ransomware gang’s darknet site went offline after being hacked and defaced, with victim listings replaced by the following message. “Don’t do crime CRIME IS BAD xoxo from Prague” read the message published on the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 40

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape CISA Releases Malware Analysis Report on RESURGE Malware Associated with Ivanti Connect Secure   Unboxing Anubis: Exploring the Stealthy Tactics of FIN7’s Latest Backdoor  Advancements in delivery: Scripting with Nietzsche   Analyzing New HijackLoader Evasion Tactics   Malicious Python […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2025
Port of Seattle ‘s August data breach impacted 90,000 people

Port of Seattle is notifying 90,000 people of a data breach after personal data was stolen in a ransomware attack in August 2024. In August 2024, a cyber attack hit the Port of Seattle, which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The attack impacted websites and phone systems. According to The Seattle Times, the cyber […]