Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2024
Security Affairs newsletter Round 455 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Admin of the BreachForums hacking forum sentenced to 20 years supervised release Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard APT […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2024
Admin of the BreachForums hacking forum sentenced to 20 years supervised release

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the admin of the BreachForums hacking forum, has been sentenced to 20 years supervised release. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the admin of the BreachForums hacking forum, was sentenced to 20 years of supervised release. In July, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick agreed to plead guilty to a three-count criminal information charging the defendant with conspiracy to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 19, 2024
VF Corp December data breach impacts 35 million customers

American global apparel and footwear company VF Corp revealed that the December data breach impacted 35.5 million customers. VF Corporation is an American global apparel and footwear company that owns 13 brands. In 2015, the company controlled 55% of the U.S. backpack market with the JanSport, Dickies, Eastpak, Timberland, Smartwool, Vans, and The North Face brands. In December 2023, VF […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 19, 2024
Ransomware attacks break records in 2023: the number of victims rose by 128%

Ransomware groups claimed that they successfully targeted 4191 victims in 2023, Cybernews researchers report. According to the Ransomlooker tool, the number of ransomware attack victims increased by 128.17% compared to the previous year (2022), with 1837 additional incidents. Based on Ransomlooker, a free Cybernews tool for monitoring the dark web and other hidden areas of […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2024
Phemedrone info stealer campaign exploits Windows smartScreen bypass

Threat actors exploit a recent Windows SmartScreen bypass flaw CVE-2023-36025 to deliver the Phemedrone info stealer. Trend Micro researchers uncovered a malware campaign exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2023-36025 (CVSS score 8.8) to deploy a previously unknown strain of the malware dubbed Phemedrone Stealer. The vulnerability was addressed by Microsoft with the release of Patch Tuesday security updates for […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2024
Mastermind behind 1.8 million cryptojacking scheme arrested in Ukraine

The National Police of Ukraine, with the support of Europol, arrested the alleged mastermind behind a sophisticated cryptojacking scheme. The National Police of Ukraine, with the support of Europol, arrested an individual in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on 9 January. The man is suspected to be the mastermind behind a sophisticated cryptojacking scheme that generated over USD […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 13, 2024
Security Affairs newsletter Round 454 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Akira ransomware targets Finnish organizations GitLab fixed a critical zero-click account hijacking flaw Juniper Networks fixed […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 13, 2024
Akira ransomware targets Finnish organizations

The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) warns of increased Akira ransomware attacks targeting NAS and tape backup devices of organizations in the country. The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) reported an increase in Akira ransomware attacks, targeting organizations in the country. Threat actors are wiping NAS and backup devices. Akira ransomware infections were first reported in Finland […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2024
Vast Voter Data Leaks Cast Shadow Over Indonesia ’s 2024 Presidential Election

Investigators from Resecurity’s HUNTER (HUMINT) warn that Indonesia is increasingly being targeted by cyber-threat actors. Investigators from Resecurity’s HUNTER (HUMINT) have found that Indonesia is increasingly being targeted by cyber-threat actors who have staged attacks that pose significant long-term risks to the integrity of the country’s elections. These findings coincide with the critical and fast-approaching […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2024
X Account of leading cybersecurity firm Mandiant was hacked because not adequately protected

The X account of cybersecurity firm Mandiant was likely hacked through a brute-force password attack, the company revealed. Last week, threat actors hacked the X account of cybersecurity firm Mandiant and used it to impersonate the Phantom crypto platform and share a cryptocurrency scam. The X account of the Google-owned firm Mandiant has over 120,000 followers. Once […]