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Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2025
Scattered Spider targets VMware ESXi in using social engineering

Scattered Spider targets VMware ESXi in North America using social engineering, mainly fake IT help desk calls instead of software exploits. The cybercrime group Scattered Spider (aka 0ktapus, Muddled Libra, Octo Tempest, and UNC3944) is targeting VMware ESXi hypervisors in retail, airline, and transportation sectors across North America. According to Google’s Mandiant team, the group […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2025
Allianz Life data breach exposed the data of most of its 1.4M customers

Allianz Life data breach exposed data of most of 1.4M customers via third-party CRM hack using social engineering. Allianz Life confirmed a data breach exposing personal information of most of its 1.4 million customers. On July 16, 2025, a threat actor accessed a third-party CRM system using social engineering, compromising the data of customers, financial […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 55

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Lookout Discovers Iranian APT MuddyWater Leveraging DCHSpy During Israel-Iran Conflict Uncovering a Stealthy WordPress Backdoor in mu-plugins      NPM package ‘is’ with 2.8M weekly downloads infected devs with malware Coyote in the Wild: First-Ever […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2025
Security Affairs newsletter Round 534 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. Law enforcement operations seized BlackSuit ransomware gang’s darknet sites Arizona woman sentenced for aiding North Korea […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2025
Law enforcement operations seized BlackSuit ransomware gang’s darknet sites

An international law enforcement operation seized the dark web data leak site of the BlackSuit ransomware group. A banner on the BlackSuit ransomware group’s TOR data leak sites informs visitors that they were seized by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations in a global law enforcement operation. The notice features logos of 17 law enforcement agencies and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2025
Arizona woman sentenced for aiding North Korea in U.S. IT job fraud scheme

Arizona woman gets 8 years for helping North Korea-linked threat actors to infiltrate 309 U.S. firms with fake IT jobs. Christina Marie Chapman (50) from Arizona, was sentenced to 102 months in prison for aiding North Korean IT workers in infiltrating 309 U.S. companies. She pleaded guilty to charges including aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2025
Operation CargoTalon targets Russia’s aerospace with EAGLET malware,

Operation CargoTalon targets Russia’s aerospace and defense sectors with EAGLET malware, using TTN documents to exfiltrate data. SEQRITE Labs researchers uncovered a cyber-espionage campaign, dubbed Operation CargoTalon, targeting Russia’s aerospace and defense sectors, specifically Voronezh Aircraft Production Association (VASO), via malicious TTN documents. “Товарно-транспортная накладная” (TTN) is a “goods and transport invoice” or “consignment note” used […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2025
Unpatched flaw in EoL LG LNV5110R cameras lets hackers gain Admin access

Hundreds of LG LNV5110R cameras are affected by an unpatched auth bypass flaw that allows hackers to gain admin access. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns that hundreds of LG LNV5110R cameras are impacted by an unpatched authentication bypass vulnerability. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-7742 (CVSS score of 8.3), can allow attackers to gain admin […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2025
Koske, a new AI-Generated Linux malware appears in the threat landscape

Koske is a new Linux malware designed for cryptomining, likely developed with the help of artificial intelligence. Koske is a new Linux AI-generated malware that was developed for cryptomining activities. Aquasec researchers reported that the malicious code uses rootkits and polyglot image file abuse to evade detection. Attackers exploit a misconfigured server to drop backdoors […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2025
Mitel patches critical MiVoice MX-ONE Auth bypass flaw

Mitel addressed a critical MiVoice MX-ONE flaw that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to conduct an authentication bypass attack. A critical authentication bypass flaw (CVSS score of 9.4) in Mitel MiVoice MX-ONE allows attackers to exploit weak access controls and gain unauthorized access to user or admin accounts. “An authentication bypass vulnerability has been identified […]