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Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 59

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Hunt.io Exposes and Analyzes ERMAC V3.0 Banking Trojan Full Source Code Leak   Evolution of the PipeMagic backdoor: from the RansomExx incident to CVE-2025-29824 Supply Chain Risk in Python: Termncolor and Colorinal Explained       Noodlophile […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2025
Security Affairs newsletter Round 538 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. Kidney dialysis firm DaVita confirms ransomware attack compromised data of 2.7M people China-linked Silk Typhoon APT […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2025
Kidney dialysis firm DaVita confirms ransomware attack compromised data of 2.7M people

Kidney dialysis firm DaVita confirms ransomware breach exposed personal and health data of nearly 2.7M individuals. Kidney dialysis firm DaVita disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack, the incident exposed personal and health information of nearly 2.7 million individuals. The number of impacted individuals reported by the Department of Health’s Office for Civil Rights […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2025
China-linked Silk Typhoon APT targets North America

China-linked Silk Typhoon APT group ramp up North America attacks, exploiting n-day and zero-day flaws for system access, CrowdStrike warns. China-linked Silk Typhoon APT group (aka Murky Panda) targets organizations in North America exploiting n-day and zero-day flaws for system access, CrowdStrike warns. This Chinese APT has one of the widest targeting scopes. In March, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2025
Over 300 entities hit by a variant of Atomic macOS Stealer in recent campaign

Over 300 entities hit by the Atomic macOS Stealer via malvertising campaign between June and August, CrowdStrike warns. From June and August, over 300 entities were hit by a variant of the Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS) called SHAMOS, reports CrowdStrike. The Atomic macOS Stealer lets operators steal diverse information from infected machines. This includes Keychain […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2025
Former developer jailed after deploying kill-switch malware at Ohio firm

Ex-developer jailed 4 years for sabotaging Ohio employer with kill-switch malware that locked employees out after his account was disabled. Ex-developer Davis Lu (55) was sentenced to 4 years for sabotaging Ohio employer with kill-switch malware that locked staff out after his account was disabled. The Chinese national was also sentenced to three years of […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2025
Colt Discloses Breach After Warlock Ransomware Group Puts Files Up for Sale

Colt Technology Services confirmed a data breach by the WarLock ransomware group; the company is working to restore disrupted systems. Colt Technology Services confirmed that threat actors breached its systems and stole some data. The telecoms company is working to restore disrupted systems. Colt, officially known as Colt Technology Services Group Limited, is a multinational telecommunications […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2025
Hackers deploy DripDropper via Apache ActiveMQ flaw, patch systems to evade detection

Hackers exploit Apache ActiveMQ flaw to install DripDropper on Linux, then patch it to block rivals and hide their tracks. Red Canary researchers observed attackers exploit a 2-year-old Apache ActiveMQ vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-46604 (CVSS score of 10.0), to gain persistence on cloud Linux systems and deploy DripDropper malware. Uniquely, they patch the flaw post-exploit […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2025
DOJ takes action against 22-year-old running RapperBot Botnet

DOJ charges 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Oregon for running RapperBot, a DDoS botnet behind 370K+ attacks in 80+ countries since 2021. The U.S. DOJ charged 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Oregon for running the RapperBot botnet, used in over 370,000 DDoS-for-hire attacks since 2021. The criminal service is active in over 80 countries, RapperBot enabled large-scale […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2025
Pharmaceutical firm Inotiv discloses ransomware attack. Qilin group claims responsibility for the hack

Pharmaceutical firm Inotiv says a ransomware attack encrypted systems and data, disrupting operations, according to its SEC filing. U.S. pharmaceutical firm Inotiv reported a ransomware attack that encrypted some systems and data, disrupting business operations. Inotiv is a U.S.-based pharmaceutical research and contract research organization (CRO). It provides nonclinical and analytical drug discovery and development […]