Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2025
Microsoft and Cloudflare disrupted the RaccoonO365 phishing service, used to steal thousands of user credentials. A joint operation conducted by Microsoft and Cloudflare has taken down the infrastructure used by the RaccoonO365 phishing service (tracked by Microsoft as Storm-2246). Microsoft announced that its Digital Crimes Unit shut down RaccoonO365, seizing 338 sites used to steal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) resentenced the former administrator of the popular BreachForums hacking forum BreachForums to three years in prison. The U.S. DoJ resentenced the former BreachForums administrator, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick (aka Pompompurin), 22, to three years in prison. Authorities say he ran the notorious hacking forum, which traded stolen data and cybercrime […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 16, 2025
Researchers uncovered a new supply chain attack targeting the npm registry that impacted over 40 packages belonging to multiple maintainers. Security researchers at Socket uncovered a malicious update to @ctrl/tinycolor, a package with 2.2M weekly downloads on npm. While investigating the case, they discovered it was linked to a larger supply chain attack that compromised […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 16, 2025
Google found threat actors created a fake account in its Law Enforcement Request System (LERS) and shut it down. Google confirmed that threat actors gained access to its Law Enforcement Request System (LERS) platform by creating a fake account. The Google Law Enforcement Request System (LERS) is a secure online portal for verified government agencies […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 16, 2025
An ex-employee caused an insider breach at FinWise Bank, exposing data of 689,000 American First Finance customers. FinWise Bank is a Utah-based community bank, FDIC-insured, that partners with fintechs and lenders to offer consumer loans, small business financing, and deposit services. FinWise Bank notified the Maine AG that a data breach tied to the U.S.-based […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2025
Crooks stole personal data of millions of Gucci, Balenciaga, and Alexander McQueen customers: parent firm Kering confirmed the breach. Hackers stole private data of millions of Gucci, Balenciaga, and Alexander McQueen customers, including names, contacts, addresses, and spending details. The parent company, Kering, confirmed the security breach and notified data protection authorities. The firm did […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2025
Fairmont Federal Credit Union alerts 187K people that a 2023 breach exposed personal, financial, and medical data. Fairmont Federal Credit Union (FFCU) is a not-for-profit financial cooperative in West Virginia. It offers services like personal and business loans, mortgages, checking accounts, and financial aid, operating nine regional branches to serve its members. Fairmont Federal Credit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2025
UK ICO reports students caused over half of school data breaches, showing kids are shaping cybersecurity in unexpected ways. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), students were responsible for most of the data breaches suffered by the schools in the country. The U.K.’s independent regulator for data protection and information rights also reported that nearly […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2025
Panama’s Ministry of Economy and Finance disclosed a security breach impacting a computer in its infrastructure. Panama’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) announced that threat actors likely compromised one of its computers. The Ministry immediately activated its security protocols to contain the threat. Panama’s Ministry pointed out that critical systems vital to operations remain […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 14, 2025
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter npm debug and chalk packages compromised GPUGate Malware: Malicious GitHub Desktop Implants Use Hardware-Specific Decryption, Abuse Google Ads to Target Western Europe Trojanized ScreenConnect installers evolve, dropping multiple RATs on a single machine Salt […]
