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Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 54

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape KongTuke FileFix Leads to New Interlock RAT Variant   Code highlighting with Cursor AI for $500,000 Contagious Interview Campaign Escalates With 67 Malicious npm Packages and New Malware Loader Threat Analysis: SquidLoader – Still Swimming Under the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2025
Security Affairs newsletter Round 533 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. Fortinet FortiWeb flaw CVE-2025-25257 exploited hours after PoC release Authorities released free decryptor for Phobos and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2025
Authorities released free decryptor for Phobos and 8base ransomware

Japanese police released a free decryptor for Phobos and 8Base ransomware, letting victims recover files without paying ransom. Japanese authorities released a free decryptor for Phobos and 8Base ransomware, allowing victims to recover files without paying. Japanese police released the free decryptor for ransomware families, which was likely built using intel from a recent gang […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2025
LameHug: first AI-Powered malware linked to Russia’s APT28

LameHug malware uses AI to create data-theft commands on infected Windows systems. Ukraine links it to the Russia-nexus APT28 group. Ukrainian CERT-UA warns of a new malware strain dubbed LameHug that uses a large language model (LLM) to generate commands to be executed on compromised Windows systems. Ukrainian experts attribute the malware to the Russia-linked […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2025
DDoS peaks hit new highs: Cloudflare mitigated massive 7.3 Tbps assault

Cloudflare blocked 7.3M DDoS attacks in Q2 2025, down from 20.5M in Q1, while hyper-volumetric attacks surged with 6,500+ blocked, averaging 71 daily. Cloudflare mitigated 7.3M DDoS attacks in Q2 2025, down from 20.5M in Q1, 13.5M of which stemmed from an 18-day Q1 campaign. Hyper-volumetric attacks surged, with over 6,500 blocked, averaging 71 per […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2025
Android Malware Konfety evolves with ZIP manipulation and dynamic loading

A new Konfety Android malware variant uses a malformed ZIP and obfuscation to evade detection, posing as fake apps with no real functionality. Zimperium zLabs researchers are tracking a new, sophisticated Konfety Android malware variant that uses an “evil-twin” tactic and duplicate package names to avoid detection. The new Konfety malware variants use malformed ZIP, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2025
Belk hit by May cyberattack: DragonForce stole 150GB of data

Ransomware group DragonForce claims it attacked U.S. retailer Belk in May, stealing over 150GB of data in a disruptive cyberattack. The infamous Ransomware group DragonForce claimed responsibility for the May disruptive attack on US department store chain Belk. The ransomware gang claimed it had stolen 156 gigabytes of data from Belk. Belk, Inc. is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2025
North Korea-linked actors spread XORIndex malware via 67 malicious npm packages

North Korea-linked hackers uploaded 67 malicious npm packages with XORIndex malware, hitting 17K+ downloads in ongoing supply chain attacks. North Korea-linked threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have uploaded 67 malicious npm packages with XORIndex malware loader, hitting over 17,000 downloads in ongoing supply chain attacks. XORIndex was built to evade detection and deploy […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2025
Interlock ransomware group deploys new PHP-based RAT via FileFix

Interlock ransomware group deploys new PHP-based RAT via FileFix (a ClickFix variant) in a widespread campaign targeting multiple industries. The Interlock ransomware group is deploying a new PHP-based variant of the Interlock RAT in a broad campaign. According to researchers from the DFIR Report, in partnership with Proofpoint, it uses a delivery method known as FileFix, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 53

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Datacarry Ransomware DRAT V2: Updated DRAT Emerges in TAG-140’s Arsenal Batavia spyware steals data from Russian organizations   Taking SHELLTER: a commercial evasion framework abused in- the- wild Open Source Malware Index Q2 2025: Data exfiltration remains […]