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Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2025
New Mirai variant ShadowV2 tests IoT exploits amid AWS disruption

ShadowV2, a new Mirai-based botnet, briefly targeted vulnerable IoT devices during October’s AWS outage, likely as a test run. During the late-October AWS disruption, FortiGuard Labs researchers observed the Mirai-based ‘ShadowV2’ malware exploiting IoT vulnerabilities across multiple countries and industries. The botnet was active only during the outage, suggesting a test run for future attacks. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2025
Asahi says crooks stole data of approximately 2M customers and employees

Asahi says hackers stole data of approximately 2M customers and employees before a ransomware attack crippled its Japan operations. Threat actors hit Asahi with a ransomware attack in September, stealing personal data on about 2 million customers and employees and severely disrupting the company’s operations in Japan. Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd (commonly called Asahi) is […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2025
For the first time, a RomCom payload has been observed being distributed via SocGholish

RomCom malware used the SocGholish fake update loader to deliver Mythic Agent to a U.S. civil engineering firm. In September 2025, Arctic Wolf Labs observed RomCom threat actors delivering the Mythic Agent via SocGholish to a U.S. company. The researchers noticed that the payload executed about 10 minutes after initial exploitation, marking the first time […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2025
Emergency alerts go dark after cyberattack on OnSolve CodeRED

Cyberattack on OnSolve CodeRED disrupted emergency alert services for U.S. state, local, police, and fire agencies. A cyberattack on the OnSolve CodeRED alert platform disrupted emergency notification services used by U.S. state and local governments, police, and fire agencies. OnSolve CodeRED is a cloud-based emergency alert system used by U.S. state and local governments to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2025
Dissecting a new malspam chain delivering Purelogs infostealer

The AISI Research Center’s Cybersecurity Observatory publishes the report “Dissecting a new malspam chain delivering Purelogs infostealer” – November 25, 2025. Organizational and personal security remains under constant threat from increasingly sophisticated attack vectors, with malspam continuing to represent one of the most widespread and effective initial infection vectors for distributing malware on a large […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2025
Morphisec warns StealC V2 malware spread through weaponized blender files

StealC V2 spread via malicious Blender files on 3D model sites like CGTrader, abusing Blender’s ability to run hidden Python scripts. Cybersecurity firm Morphisec reported that Russian threat actors are spreading StealC V2 infostealer via weaponized Blender files uploaded to 3D model marketplaces like CGTrader. The malware abuses Blender’s ability to run Python scripts for automation […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2025
CISA: Spyware and RATs used to target WhatsApp and Signal Users

CISA warns that threat actors are actively using commercial spyware and RATs to target users of mobile messaging apps WhatsApp and Signal. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of threat actors using commercial spyware and remote access trojans (RATs) to target users of popular instant messaging applications, including WhatsApp and Signal. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2025
Attackers deliver ShadowPad via newly patched WSUS RCE bug

Attackers exploited a patched WSUS flaw (CVE-2025-59287) to gain access, use PowerCat for a shell, and deploy the ShadowPad malware. AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) researchers reported that threat actors exploited a recently patched WSUS flaw (CVE-2025-59287) to deliver the ShadowPad malware. ShadowPad is a backdoor widely used by China-linked APT groups and privately sold […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 72

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Contagious Interview Actors Now Utilize JSON Storage Services for Malware Delivery RONINGLOADER: DragonBreath’s New Path to PPL Abuse   npm Malware Campaign Uses Adspect Cloaking to Deliver Malicious Redirects  GPT Trade: Fake Google Play Store […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2025
Security Affairs newsletter Round 551 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. BadAudio malware: how APT24 scaled its cyberespionage through supply chain attacks U.S. CISA adds an Oracle […]