Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2025
Dissecting a new malspam chain delivering Purelogs infostealer

The AISI Research Center’s Cybersecurity Observatory publishes the report “Dissecting a new malspam chain delivering Purelogs infostealer” – November 25, 2025. Organizational and personal security remains under constant threat from increasingly sophisticated attack vectors, with malspam continuing to represent one of the most widespread and effective initial infection vectors for distributing malware on a large […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2025
FBI: bank impersonators fuel $262M surge in account takeover fraud

Cybercriminals posing as banks drove a major spike in account takeover fraud this year, stealing over $262 million, the FBI warned. The FBI warns of a surge in account takeover fraud, with criminals posing as financial institutions and stealing over $262M since January 2025. Cybercriminals breach online financial, payroll, or health-savings accounts to steal money […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2025
SitusAMC confirms data breach affecting customer information

SitusAMC says a recent breach exposed customer data; the real-estate financing firm provides back-office services for banks and lenders. SitusAMC, a leading real-estate financing services provider for banks and lenders, disclosed a data breach discovered earlier this month that exposed customer information. The firm manages back-office functions such as mortgage origination, servicing, and compliance for […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2025
Harvard reports vishing breach exposing alumni and donor contact data

Harvard revealed its Alumni Affairs systems suffered a vishing breach, exposing emails, phone numbers, addresses, donation data and biographical info. Harvard revealed that threat actors breached its Alumni Affairs and Development systems through a vishing attack, exposing contact, donation, and biographical data of students, staff, alumni. Harvard says the breached systems held no Social Security […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2025
Delta Dental of Virginia data breach impacts 145,918 customers

Delta Dental of Virginia suffered a data breach that exposed personal and health data of about 146,000 customers after the hack of an email account. A security breach at the dental care provider Delta Dental of Virginia (DDVA) exposed data of about 146,000 people, including names, Social Security numbers, ID numbers, and health information, after […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2025
Scattered Spider alleged members deny TfL charges

Two UK teens linked to Scattered Spider pleaded not guilty to charges over last year’s TfL cyberattack at a Southwark Crown Court hearing. Two British teens accused of Computer Misuse Act offenses for a cyberattack on Transport for London pleaded not guilty in court. Thalha Jubair (aka EarthtoStar, Brad, Austin, and @autistic), 19, and Owen […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2025
Iberia discloses security incident tied to supplier breach

Iberia warns customers of a supplier-related data breach as a threat actor claims to hold 77GB of stolen airline data. Iberia is warning customers about a data breach after a third-party supplier was hacked by a threat actor who claims to have stolen 77 GB of airline data. Iberia is the flag carrier airline of […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 72

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Contagious Interview Actors Now Utilize JSON Storage Services for Malware Delivery RONINGLOADER: DragonBreath’s New Path to PPL Abuse   npm Malware Campaign Uses Adspect Cloaking to Deliver Malicious Redirects  GPT Trade: Fake Google Play Store […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2025
Security Affairs newsletter Round 551 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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. BadAudio malware: how APT24 scaled its cyberespionage through supply chain attacks U.S. CISA adds an Oracle […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2025
CrowdStrike denies breach after insider sent internal screenshots to hackers

CrowdStrike says an insider shared internal screenshots with hackers but confirms no system breach and no customer data exposure. BleepingComputer first reported that CrowdStrike said an insider shared internal system screenshots with hackers, after Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters leaked them on Telegram. The company stresses that no systems were breached and no customer data was exposed. […]