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Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2025
A large botnet targets M365 accounts with password spraying attacks

A botnet of 130,000+ devices is attacking Microsoft 365 accounts via password-spraying, bypassing MFA by exploiting basic authentication. SecurityScorecard researchers discovered a botnet of over 130,000 devices that is conducting password-spray attacks against Microsoft 365 (M365) accounts worldwide. The attackers targeted accounts protected with basic authentication bypassing multi-factor authentication. The experts pointed out that organizations […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2025
Australia bans Kaspersky over national security concerns

Australia bans Kaspersky software over national security concerns, citing risks of foreign interference, espionage, and sabotage of government networks. Australian Government banned products and services provided by Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky over national security concerns. The Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs has issued a mandatory directive under the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2025
A data leak exposes the operations of the Chinese private firm TopSec, which provides Censorship-as-a-Service

A leak suggests that Chinese cybersecurity firm TopSec offers censorship-as-a-service services, it provided bespoke monitoring services to a state-owned enterprise facing a corruption scandal. SentinelLABS researchers analyzed a data leak that suggests that the Chinese cybersecurity firm TopSec offers censorship-as-a-service services. The origin of the data leak is unclear, the leak is large and inconsistently […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2025
SpyLend Android malware found on Google Play enabled financial cyber crime and extortion

CYFIRMA researchers discovered that the SpyLend Android malware was downloaded 100,000 times from the official app store Google Play. CYFIRMA researchers discovered an Android malware, named SpyLend, which was distributed through Google Play as Finance Simplified. The malware targets Indian users with unauthorized loan apps, enabling predatory lending, blackmail, and extortion. The Finance Simplified app […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2025
Leaked Black Basta chat logs reveal the gang’s operations

Leaked Black Basta chat logs reveal internal conflicts, exposing member details and hacking tools as the gang reportedly falls apart. An unknown actor, named ExploitWhispers, leaked Matrix chat logs of the Black Basta ransomware gang revealing internal conflicts, and exposing member details and hacking tools as the gang reportedly collapses. ExploitWhispers first uploaded the chat […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Power Pages flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft Power Pages vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Microsoft Power Pages vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24989, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CVE-2025-24989 (CVSS score: 8.2) is an improper access control flaw in Power Pages, an unauthorized […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2025
Security Affairs newsletter Round 512 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. Lazarus APT stole $1.5B from Bybit, it is the largest cryptocurrency heist ever Apple removes iCloud encryption in […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2025
Lazarus APT stole $1.5B from Bybit, it is the largest cryptocurrency heist ever

Crypto exchange Bybit was the victim of a sophisticated attack, and threat actors stole $1.5B worth of cryptocurrency from one of the company’s offline wallets. Crypto exchange Bybit suffered a sophisticated cyberattack, threat actors transferred over 400,000 ETH and stETH worth more than $1.5 billion to an unidentified address. The Bybit hack is the largest cryptocurrency […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2025
Apple removes iCloud encryption in UK following backdoor demand

Apple removed iCloud’s Advanced Data Protection in the UK after the government requested encryption backdoor access. Apple ends iCloud end-to-end encryption in the United Kingdom following the government’s request for encryption backdoor access. Advanced Data Protection is now unavailable for new UK users. In 2022, the IT giant introduced the optional setting Advanced Data Protection (ADP) […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 21, 2025
B1ack’s Stash released 1 Million credit cards

Experts warn that the carding website B1ack’s Stash released a collection of over 1 million unique credit and debit cards. D3 Lab researchers reported that on February 19, 2025, the carding website B1ack’s Stash released a collection of over 1 million unique credit and debit cards. Experts speculate that B1ack’s Stash used the free card release as a marketing strategy. The […]