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Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 39

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Microsoft Trusted Signing service abused to code-sign malware Shedding light on the ABYSSWORKER driver  VSCode Marketplace Removes Two Extensions Deploying Early-Stage Ransomware New Android Malware Campaigns Evading Detection Using Cross-Platform Framework .NET MAUI   Raspberry Robin: Copy […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2025
Security Affairs newsletter Round 517 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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. FBI and DOJ seize $8.2 Million in romance baiting crypto fraud scheme Experts warn of the new sophisticate […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2025
FBI and DOJ seize $8.2 Million in romance baiting crypto fraud scheme

The U.S. DOJ seized over $8.2 million in USDT stolen through ‘romance baiting’ scams, where victims are tricked into fake investments promising high returns. On February 27, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Ohio filed a civil forfeiture complaint for $8.2M in USDT (Tether) linked to a ‘romance baiting’ scam. Fraudsters used anonymous messaging apps […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2025
Experts warn of the new sophisticate Crocodilus mobile banking Trojan

The new Android trojan Crocodilus exploits accessibility features to steal banking and crypto credentials, mainly targeting users in Spain and Turkey. ThreatFabric researchers discovered a new Android trojan called Crocodilus, which exploits accessibility features to steal banking and crypto credentials. “Crocodilus enters the scene not as a simple clone, but as a fully-fledged threat from […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2025
Crooks are reviving the Grandoreiro banking trojan

Grandoreiro Banking Trojan resurfaces, targeting users in Latin America and Europe in new phishing campaigns. Forcepoint X-Labs researchers warn of new phishing campaigns targeting Latin America and Europe in new phishing campaigns. The Trojan has been active since 2016, it initially targeted Brazil but expanded to Mexico, Portugal, and Spain since 2020. Grandoreiro is a modular […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2025
Russian authorities arrest three suspects behind Mamont Android banking trojan

Russian authorities arrested three suspects for developing Mamont, a newly identified Android banking trojan. Russian authorities arrested three suspects in Saratov for developing Mamont (Russian for mammoth), a recently discovered Android banking trojan. “Three Saratov residents are suspected of fraud and unauthorized access to computer information. Officers from the fraud prevention department of PJSC Sberbank […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2025
Mozilla fixed critical Firefox vulnerability CVE-2025-2857

Mozilla addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2857, impacting its Firefox browser for Windows. Mozilla has released security updates to address a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-2857, impacting its Firefox browser for Windows. Recently, Google addressed a similar vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2783, in Chrome that has been actively exploited in the wild as a zero-day. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Google Chromium Mojo flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium Mojo flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Google Chromium Mojo sandbox escape vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2783, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week Google has released out-of-band fixes to address a high-severity security […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2025
Crooks target DeepSeek users with fake sponsored Google ads to deliver malware

Cybercriminals are exploiting the popularity of DeepSeek by using fake sponsored Google ads to distribute malware. While DeepSeek is rising in popularity, threat actors are attempting to exploit it by using fake sponsored Google ads to distribute malware, Malwarebytes researchers warn. Crooks are using DeepSeek as a lure to trap unsuspecting Google searchers. “Unfortunately, we […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Sitecore CMS and XP, and GitHub Action flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Sitecore CMS and XP, and GitHub Action flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added [1,2] the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: CVE-2019-9875 (CVSS score of 8.8) is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data in the anti […]