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Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2025
Security Affairs newsletter Round 520 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter 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. Attackers exploited SonicWall SMA appliances since January 2025 ASUS routers with AiCloud vulnerable to auth bypass exploit U.S. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2025
China-linked APT Mustang Panda upgrades tools in its arsenal

China-linked APT group Mustang Panda deployed a new custom backdoor, MQsTTang, in recent attacks targeting Europe, Asia, and Australia. China-linked APT group Mustang Panda (aka Camaro Dragon, RedDelta or Bronze President). deployed a new custom backdoor, tracked as MQsTTang, in recent attacks targeting entities in Europe, Asia, and Australia. Mustang Panda has been active since […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2025
Node.js malvertising campaign targets crypto users

Microsoft warns of a malvertising campaign using Node.js to deliver info-stealing malware via fake crypto trading sites like Binance and TradingView. Microsoft has observed Node.js increasingly used in malware campaigns since October 2024, including an ongoing crypto-themed malvertising attack as of April 2025. Threat actors are increasingly using Node.js to deploy malware, shifting from traditional […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2025
Chinese Android phones shipped with malware-laced WhatsApp, Telegram apps

Cheap Chinese Android phones ship with trojanized WhatsApp and Telegram clones hiding crypto clippers, active since June 2024. Since June 2024, Doctor Web researchers found cheap Android phones preloaded with fake WhatsApp and Telegram apps designed to steal crypto via clipping. These clippers swap copied wallet addresses with the attackers’ own. The campaign targeted low-end […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2025
Cyber Threats Against Energy Sector Surge as Global Tensions Mount

Resecurity warns of rising cyberattacks on the energy sector, some linked to large-scale campaigns targeting national infrastructure for geopolitical aims. Resecurity warns about the increase in targeted cyberattacks against enterprises in the energy sector worldwide. Some of these attacks represent much larger campaigns designed to target country-level infrastructure, acting as tools for geopolitical influence. It is […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2025
Hertz disclosed a data breach following 2024 Cleo zero-day attack

Hertz Corporation disclosed a data breach after customer data was stolen via Cleo zero-day exploits in late 2024, affecting Hertz, Thrifty, and Dollar brands. Car rental giant Hertz Corporation disclosed a data breach that impacted its Hertz, Thrifty, and Dollar brands. Threat actors gained access to customer data via Cleo zero-day exploits in late 2024. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2025
New malware ‘ResolverRAT’ targets healthcare, pharmaceutical firms

New malware ‘ResolverRAT’ is targeting healthcare and pharmaceutical firms, using advanced capabilities to steal sensitive data. Morphisec researchers discovered a new malware dubbed ‘ResolverRAT’ that is targeting healthcare and pharmaceutical firms, using advanced capabilities to steal sensitive data. ResolverRAT spreads via phishing emails using localized languages and legal lures. Victims download a malicious file triggering […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2025
Tycoon2FA phishing kit rolled out significant updates

The operators of the Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform Tycoon2FA have rolled out significant updates to enhance its evasion capabilities. Tycoon2FA, a phishing kit discovered in 2023 by cybersecurity firm Sekoia, was recently updated to improve its evasion capabilities. The phishing kit now uses advanced evasion tactics such as a custom CAPTCHA via HTML5 canvas, invisible Unicode […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2025
South African telecom provider Cell C disclosed a data breach following a cyberattack

Cell C, one of the biggest telecom providers in South Africa confirms a data breach following a 2024 cyberattack. Cell C is the fourth-largest mobile network operator in South Africa, ,after Vodacom, MTN, and Telkom. The company founded in 2001 offers prepaid and postpaid mobile plans, data bundles and internet services, fiber broadband, roaming and […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2025
AkiraBot: AI-Powered spam bot evades CAPTCHA to target 80,000+ websites

AkiraBot, a CAPTCHA-evading Python framework, has spammed over 80,000 websites with AI-generated messages, targeting small and medium-sized businesses. SentinelOne’s SentinelLabs researchers warn that AkiraBot, a spam framework, targets websites’ chats and contact forms to promote low-quality SEO services, AkiraBot has already targeted more than 400,000 websites and successfully spammed at least 80,000 websites since September […]