Pierluigi Paganini
October 19, 2025
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Astaroth: Banking Trojan Abusing GitHub for Resilience North Korea’s Contagious Interview Campaign Escalates: 338 Malicious npm Packages, 50,000 Downloads New Rust Malware “ChaosBot” Uses Discord for Command and Control Weaponizing Discord for Command and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2025
Winos 4.0 hackers expand from China, Taiwan to Japan, Malaysia using fake Finance Ministry PDFs to spread HoldingHands RAT malware. Threat actors behind Winos 4.0 (ValleyRAT) have expanded their attacks from China and Taiwan to Japan and Malaysia, using PDFs disguised as documents from the Finance Ministry to deliver malware. Attackers employed another remote access […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2025
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 16, 2025
Hackers exploit Cisco SNMP flaw CVE-2025-20352 in “Zero Disco” attacks to deploy Linux rootkits on outdated systems, researchers report.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 15, 2025
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
A botnet of 100K+ IPs from multiple countries is attacking U.S. RDP services in a campaign active since October 8. GreyNoise researchers uncovered a large-scale botnet that is targeting Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services in the United States starting on October 8. The company discovered the botnet after detecting an unusual spike in Brazilian IP […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2025
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
Google and Mandiant link Oracle EBS extortion emails to known July-patched flaws and a likely zero-day, CVE-2025-61882. Google Threat Intelligence and Mandiant analyzed the Oracle E-Business Suite extortion campaign, revealing the use of malware. Attackers exploited July-patched EBS flaws and likely a zero-day (CVE-2025-61882), sending extortion emails to company executives. In early October, Google Mandiant […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2025
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
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Ransomware and Cyber Extortion in Q3 2025 Investigating active exploitation of CVE-2025-10035 GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer vulnerability XWorm V6: Exploring Pivotal Plugins ClayRat: A New Android Spyware Targeting Russia Security Evaluation of Android apps […]
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