Cyber Crime
A large botnet targets M365 accounts with password spraying attacks

A botnet of 130,000+ devices is attacking Microsoft 365 accounts via password-spraying, bypassing MFA by exploiting basic authentication. SecurityScorecard researchers discovered a botnet of over ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2025
Intelligence
Australia bans Kaspersky over national security concerns

Australia bans Kaspersky software over national security concerns, citing risks of foreign interference, espionage, and sabotage of government networks. Australian Government banned products and s ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2025
Intelligence
A data leak exposes the operations of the Chinese private firm TopSec, which provides Censorship-as-a-Service

A leak suggests that Chinese cybersecurity firm TopSec offers censorship-as-a-service services, it provided bespoke monitoring services to a state-owned enterprise facing a corruption scandal. Sen ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2025
Malware
SpyLend Android malware found on Google Play enabled financial cyber crime and extortion

CYFIRMA researchers discovered that the SpyLend Android malware was downloaded 100,000 times from the official app store Google Play. CYFIRMA researchers discovered an Android malware, named SpyLe ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2025