Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2023
Microsoft seized the US infrastructure of the Storm-1152 cybercrime group

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit seized multiple domains used by cybercrime group Storm-1152 to sell fraudulent Outlook accounts. Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit seized multiple domains used by a cybercrime group, tracked as Storm-1152, to sell fraudulent accounts. Storm-1152 operates illicit websites and social media pages, selling fake Microsoft accounts and tools to bypass identity verification software […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2023
French authorities arrested a Russian national for his role in the Hive ransomware operation

French police arrested a Russian national who is suspected of laundering money resulting from the criminal activity of the Hive ransomware gang. The French authorities arrested in Paris a Russian national who is suspected of laundering criminal proceeds for the Hive ransomware gang. “A Russian, suspected of having recovered in cryptocurrencies the money taken from […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2023
UK Home Office is ignoring the risk of ‘catastrophic ransomware attacks,’ report warns

A Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) warns of the high risk of a catastrophic ransomware attack on the UK government. The British government is accused of failing to mitigate the risk of ransomware attacks. According to a parliamentary report published by the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) the UK […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2023
Toyota Financial Services discloses a data breach

Toyota Financial Services (TFS) disclosed a data breach, threat actors had access to sensitive personal and financial data. Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is warning customers it has suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive personal and financial data. “Due to an attack on the systems, unauthorized persons gained access to personal data. Affected customers have now […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2023
Founder of Bitzlato exchange has pleaded for unlicensed money transmitting

Anatoly Legkodymov, the founder of the Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange has pleaded in a money-laundering scheme. Anatoly Legkodymov (41) (aka Anatolii Legkodymov, Gandalf, and Tolik), the Russian founder of the unlicensed Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange, has pleaded guilty in a money-laundering scheme. The police arrested Legkodymov in Miami in January, he was charged in a U.S. federal […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2023
New P2PInfect bot targets routers and IoT devices

Cybersecurity researchers discovered a new variant of the P2PInfect botnet that targets routers and IoT devices. Researchers at Cado Security Labs discovered a new variant of the P2Pinfect botnet that targets routers, IoT devices, and other embedded devices. This variant has been compiled for the Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages (MIPS) architecture. The new bot supports updated […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2023
Malvertising attacks rely on DanaBot Trojan to spread CACTUS Ransomware

Microsoft warns of ongoing malvertising attacks using the DanaBot malware to deploy the CACTUS ransomware. Microsoft uncovered ongoing malvertising attacks using the DanaBot Trojan (Storm-1044) to deploy the CACTUS ransomware. Microsoft the campaign to the ransomware operator Storm-0216 (Twisted Spider, UNC2198). Storm-0216 has historically used Qakbot malware for initial access, but has switched to other […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2023
LockBit on a Roll – ICBC Ransomware Attack Strikes at the Heart of the Global Financial Order

The LockBit ransomware attack on the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China demonstrates the weakness of global financial system to cyberattacks. The ransomware breach that crippled U.S. Treasury trading operations at an American subsidiary of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. on November 8 has laid bare the vulnerability of the global financial system […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 448 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. Researchers devised an attack technique to extract ChatGPT training data Fortune-telling website WeMystic exposes 13M+ user […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2023
Expert warns of Turtle macOS ransomware

The popular cybersecurity researcher Patrick Wardle dissected the new macOS ransomware Turtle used to target Apple devices. The popular cyber security researcher Patrick Wardle published a detailed analysis of the new macOS ransomware Turtle. Wardle pointed out that since Turtle was uploaded on Virus Total, it was labeled as malicious by 24 anti-malware solutions, suggesting […]