Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2025
Experts found 77 malicious Android apps with 19M+ installs on Google Play, spreading malware, including the Anatsa (TeaBot) banking trojan. While investigating Anatsa (Tea Bot) banking trojan infections, Zscaler’s ThreatLabs discovered seventy-seven malicious Android apps with more than 19 million installs. Several Anatsa decoy apps have each been downloaded more than 50,000 times. The malicious apps […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2025
APT36 uses Linux .desktop files in new attacks on Indian gov & defense, aiming for data theft and persistent espionage access. Transparent Tribe (aka APT36, Operation C-Major, and Mythic Leopard), a Pakistan-linked threat actor, is using Linux .desktop files to load malware in new attacks against government and defense entities in India. The APT group […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2025
New Android spyware Android.Backdoor.916.origin is disguised as an antivirus linked to Russia’s intelligence agency FSB, and targets business executives. Doctor Web researchers observed a multifunctional backdoor Android.Backdoor.916.origin targeting Android devices belonging to representatives of Russian businesses. The malware executes attacker commands, enabling surveillance, keylogging, and theft of chats, browser data, and even live camera/audio streams. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2025
Electronics manufacturer Data I/O reports a ransomware attack to SEC, the company was forced to take offline operational systems. Electronics manufacturer Data I/O reported a ransomware attack to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company was forced to take offline operational systems following the attack. Data I/O is a leading provider of manual […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 24, 2025
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
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 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 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 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
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 […]
