Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2025
Laboratory Services Cooperative data breach impacts 1.6 Million People

Laboratory Services Cooperative discloses a data breach from October 2024 that exposed personal and medical info of 1.6 million individuals. Laboratory Services Cooperative disclosed a data breach that impacted the personal and medical information of 1.6 million people. The Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC) is a clinical laboratory based in Bremerton, Washington, providing diagnostic testing services […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2025
AkiraBot: AI-Powered spam bot evades CAPTCHA to target 80,000+ websites

AkiraBot, a CAPTCHA-evading Python framework, has spammed over 80,000 websites with AI-generated messages, targeting small and medium-sized businesses. SentinelOne’s SentinelLabs researchers warn that AkiraBot, a spam framework, targets websites’ chats and contact forms to promote low-quality SEO services, AkiraBot has already targeted more than 400,000 websites and successfully spammed at least 80,000 websites since September […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2025
Oracle confirms the hack of two obsolete servers hacked. No Oracle Cloud systems or customer data were affected

Oracle confirmed a hacker stole credentials from two obsolete servers but said no Oracle Cloud systems or customer data were affected. Oracle confirmed a hacker stole and leaked credentials from two obsolete servers, but said no Oracle Cloud systems or customer data were affected. The threat actor accessed usernames from two outdated, non-Oracle Cloud Infrastructure […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2025
National Social Security Fund of Morocco Suffers Data Breach

Threat actor ‘Jabaroot’ claims breach of National Social Security Fund of Morocco, aiming to steal large volumes of sensitive citizen data. Resecurity has identified a threat actor targeting government systems in Morocco with the goal of exfiltrating large volumes of sensitive data relating to citizens. The actor using the alias ‘Jabaroot’ released claims about the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2025
A member of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group pleads guilty

A 20-year-old man linked to the Scattered Spider cybercrime group has pleaded guilty to charges filed in Florida and California. Noah Urban, a 20-year-old from Palm Coast, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud, and identity theft in two federal cases, one in Florida and another in California. “In the California case, he pleaded guilty to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2025
The controversial case of the threat actor EncryptHub

Microsoft credited controversial actor EncryptHub, a lone actor with ties to cybercrime, for reporting two Windows flaws. Microsoft credited the likely lone actor behind the EncryptHub alias (also known as SkorikARI) for reporting two Windows security flaws, highlighting a “conflicted” figure balancing ethical cybersecurity work with cybercriminal activity. Outpost24 KrakenLabs published a detailed analysis of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2025
PoisonSeed Campaign uses stolen email credentials to spread crypto seed scams and and empty wallets

A campaign named PoisonSeed uses stolen CRM and bulk email credentials to send crypto seed scams, aiming to empty victims’ digital wallets. Silent Push researchers warn of a malicious PoisonSeed campaign that uses stolen CRM and bulk email provider credentials to send crypto seed phrase spam. Victims are tricked into importing compromised seed phrases into […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2025
EDR-as-a-Service makes the headlines in the cybercrime landscape

Cybercriminals exploit compromised accounts for EDR-as-a-Service (Emergency Data Requests – EDR), targeting major platforms According to a detailed analysis conducted by Meridian Group, an increasingly complex and structured phenomenon, commonly referred to as “EDR-as-a-Service,” is taking hold in the cybersecurity landscape. In a nutshell, some criminal groups are exploiting compromised accounts belonging to law enforcement […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2025
Oracle privately notifies Cloud data breach to customers

Oracle confirms a cloud data breach, quietly informing customers while downplaying the impact of the security breach. Oracle confirms a data breach and started informing customers while downplaying the impact of the incident. A threat actor using the moniker ‘rose87168’ claimed to possess millions of data lines tied to over 140,000 Oracle Cloud tenants, including […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 40

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape CISA Releases Malware Analysis Report on RESURGE Malware Associated with Ivanti Connect Secure   Unboxing Anubis: Exploring the Stealthy Tactics of FIN7’s Latest Backdoor  Advancements in delivery: Scripting with Nietzsche   Analyzing New HijackLoader Evasion Tactics   Malicious Python […]