Pierluigi Paganini
November 29, 2024
Phishing tool Rockstar 2FA targets Microsoft 365 credentials, it uses adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks to bypass multi-factor authentication. Trustwave researchers are monitoring malicious activity associated with Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS) platforms, their latest report focuses on a toolkit called Rockstar 2FA. Rockstar 2FA targets Microsoft 365 accounts and bypasses multi-factor authentication with adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks. In AiTM phishing, threat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2024
Nigerian Kolade Ojelade gets 26 years in U.S. for phishing scams that stole millions by hacking email accounts. A Nigerian national was sentenced to 26 years in prison in the US for stealing millions by compromising the email accounts of real estate businesses. The Nigerian national, Kolade Ojelade, Kolade Akinwale Ojelade (34), a resident of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 23, 2024
Cybercriminals use progressive web applications (PWA) to impersonate banking apps and steal credentials from mobile users. ESET researchers detailed a phishing campaign against mobile users that uses Progressive Web Applications (PWAs). The threat actors used fake apps almost indistinguishable from real banking apps on both iOS and Android. The technique was first disclosed in Poland in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2024
Google disrupted a hacking campaign carried out by the Iran-linked APT group APT42 targeting the US presidential election. Google announced that it disrupted a hacking campaign carried out by Iran-linked group APT42 (Calanque, UNC788) that targeted the personal email accounts of individuals associated with the US elections. APT42 focuses on highly targeted spear-phishing and social […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2024
The APT group SideWinder launched a new espionage campaign targeting ports and maritime facilities in the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. SideWinder (also known as Razor Tiger, Rattlesnake, and T-APT-04) has been active since at least 2012, the group mainly targeted Police, Military, Maritime, and the Naval forces of Central Asian countries. In the 2022 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2024
Researchers detected a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting Microsoft OneDrive users to trick them into executing a PowerShell script. Over the past few weeks, the Trellix Advanced Research Center observed a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting Microsoft OneDrive users. Threat actors rely on social engineering tactics to trick users into executing a PowerShell script, which leads to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 05, 2024
Hackers compromised Ethereum ‘s mailing list provider and sent phishing messages to the members attempting to drain their crypto funds. Hackers compromised Ethereum’s mailing list provider and on the night of June 23, they sent an email to the 35,794 addresses. The email was sent from the address â[email protected]’ and included a link to a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 04, 2024
Resecurity uncovered a cybercriminal group that is providing a sophisticated phishing kit, named V3B, to target banking customers in the EU. Resecurity has uncovered a new cybercriminal group providing Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform that is equipping fraudsters with sophisticated kit (known as “V3B”) to target banking customers in the EU. “Currently, it is estimated that hundreds […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 14, 2024
Experts reported that since April, the Phorpiex botnet sent millions of phishing emails to spread LockBit Black ransomware. New Jersey’s Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC)Â reported that since April, threat actors used the the Phorpiex botnet to send millions of phishing emails as part of a LockBit Black ransomware campaign. The botnet has been active […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2024
An international law enforcement operation led to the disruption of the prominent phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost. An international law enforcement operation, codenamed Nebulae and coordinated by Europol, led to the disruption of LabHost, which is one of the worldâs largest phishing-as-a-service platforms. Law enforcement from 19 countries participated in the operation which resulted in the arrest […]
