Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2026
The FBI is asking gamers who installed malware-infected Steam games between May 2024 and January 2026 to come forward as part of an ongoing investigation. The FBI is seeking gamers who downloaded Steam games later found to contain malware. According to a notice from the FBI’s Seattle Division, investigators are trying to identify victims who […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2026
The Payload Ransomware group claims to have breached the Royal Bahrain Hospital (RBH), a leading healthcare facility in Bahrain. The Payload Ransomware group claims to have hacked the Royal Bahrain Hospital (RBH) and stolen 110 GB of data. The ransomware gang added the healthcare facility to its Tor data leak site and published the images […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2026
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter New BoryptGrab Stealer Targets Windows Users via Deceptive GitHub Pages Inside Coruna: Reverse Engineering a Nation-State iOS Exploit Kit From JavaScript ClipXDaemon: Autonomous X11 Clipboard Hijacker Delivered via Bincrypter-Based Loader New A0Backdoor Linked to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2026
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Starbucks data breach impacts 889 employees Storm-2561 lures victims to spoofed VPN sites to harvest corporate […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2026
Starbucks disclosed a breach after phishing attacks on its employee portal led to unauthorized access to Partner Central accounts, exposing staff data. Starbucks reported a data breach affecting hundreds of employees after phishing attacks targeted its Partner Central employee portal. The security breach was detected on February 6, the incident involved unauthorized access to staff […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2026
Attackers linked to Storm-2561 use SEO-poisoned search results to lure users to fake Ivanti, Cisco, and Fortinet VPN sites that steal corporate login credentials. In mid-January 2026, Microsoft Defender Experts uncovered a credential-theft campaign attributed to Storm-2561. Threat actor is spreading fake enterprise VPN clients impersonating Ivanti, Cisco, and Fortinet software. By poisoning search engine […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2026
INTERPOL dismantled 45,000 malicious IPs and servers and arrested 94 suspects in a global cybercrime operation. INTERPOL announced a global cybercrime operation (codenamed Operation Synergia III) involving 72 countries that dismantled 45,000 malicious IP addresses and servers linked to phishing, malware, and ransomware. The international law enforcement operation led to 94 arrests, 110 ongoing investigations, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2026
Authorities in the US and Europe disrupted the SocksEscort proxy service, which used the AVrecon botnet and infected about 360,000 devices since 2020. Law enforcement agencies in the US and Europe have disrupted SocksEscort, a malicious proxy service powered by the AVrecon botnet. Active since 2020, the service hijacked roughly 360,000 devices and allowed cybercriminals […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2026
The Hive0163 group used AI-assisted malware called Slopoly to maintain persistent access in ransomware attacks. IBM X-Force researchers report that the financially motivated group Hive0163 is using AI-assisted malware named Slopoly to maintain persistent access during ransomware attacks, showing how threat actors can quickly build new malware frameworks using AI. Hive0163 is a threat actor […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 12, 2026
Bell Ambulance confirms a February 2025 breach affecting 238,000 people, exposing personal, financial, and health information. Nearly 238,000 individuals are impacted by a February 2025 Bell Ambulance data breach. Bell Ambulance is a U.S.-based emergency medical services provider offering ambulance transport, paramedic care, and patient support. It serves communities with urgent medical response, interfacility transfers, […]
