A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter 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. U.S. Treasury removed sanctions against the crypto mixer service Tornado Cash Zero-day broker Operation Zero offers up to […]
Symantec researchers linked a custom backdoor, called Betruger, found in recent ransomware attacks to an affiliate of the RansomHub operation. Symantec’s Threat Hunter team has identified a custom backdoor, named Betruger, linked to a RansomHub affiliate. Designed for ransomware attacks, Betruger combines multiple functions into a single tool to minimize detection. It enables screenshot capture, […]
A data breach at the Pennsylvania State Education Association exposed the personal information of over 500,000 individuals. The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) suffered a data breach that impacted 517,487 individuals. PSEA is a labor union representing teachers, education support professionals, and other school employees in Pennsylvania. It advocates for public education, negotiates contracts, and […]
California Cryobank, the largest US sperm bank, suffered a data breach exposing customer information. California Cryobank (CCB) is the largest sperm bank in the U.S., providing frozen donor sperm and reproductive services, including egg and embryo storage. It operates in all 50 states and over 30 countries worldwide, helping individuals and couples with fertility treatments. […]
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Fortinet FortiOS/FortiProxy and GitHub Action flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: In February, Fortinet warned that threat actors were exploiting a new zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24472 (CVSS score of 8.1), in […]
Microsoft discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT), dubbed StilachiRAT, that uses sophisticated techniques to avoid detection. In November 2024, Microsoft researchers discovered StilachiRAT, a sophisticated remote access trojan (RAT) designed for stealth, persistence, and data theft. Analysis of its WWStartupCtrl64.dll module revealed that the malware supports sophisticated functionalities to steal credentials from browsers, digital […]
Threat actors exploit Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to bypass spam filters and detection engines, and track users’ actions and preferences. Cisco Talos observed threat actors abusing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to evade detection and track user behavior, raising security and privacy concerns, including potential fingerprinting. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to […]
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Undercover miner: how YouTubers get pressed into distributing SilentCryptoMiner as a restriction bypass tool Ragnar Loader Desert Dexter. Attacks on Middle Eastern countries Ballista – New IoT Botnet Targeting Thousands of TP-Link Archer Routers Microsoft patches […]
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter 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. New MassJacker clipper targets pirated software seekers Cisco IOS XR flaw allows attackers to crash BGP process on […]
A Micronesian state suffered a ransomware attack and was forced to shut down all computers of its government health agency. A state in Micronesia, the state of Yap, suffered a ransomware attack, forcing the shutdown of all computers in its government health agency. Yap is one of the four states of the Federated States of […]