Pierluigi Paganini
December 15, 2024
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. PROXY.AM Powered by Socks5Systemz Botnet AppLite: A New AntiDot Variant Targeting Mobile Employee Devices Inside Zloaderâs Latest Trick: DNS Tunneling BSI points out pre-installed malware on IoT devices Declawing PUMAKIT Image-Based Malware Classification Using QR and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 14, 2024
Iran-linked threat actors target IoT and OT/SCADA systems in US and Israeli infrastructure with IOCONTROL malware. Claroty’s Team82 obtained a sample of a custom-built IoT/OT malware called IOCONTROL used by the Iran-linked threat actors to target devices in infrastructure located in Israel and U.S.. According to the experts Iran-linked threat group CyberAv3ngers reportedly targeted fuel […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 14, 2024
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the vulnerability CVE-2024-50623 (CVSS score 8.8), which impacts multiple Cleo products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. “Cleo has identified an unrestricted file upload and download vulnerability (CVE-2024-50623) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2024
The German agency BSI has sinkholed a botnet composed of 30,000 devices shipped with BadBox malware pre-installed. The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) announced it had blocked communication between the 30,000 devices infected with the BadBox malware and the C2. The devices were all located in Germany, they were all using outdated Android versions. “The Federal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the seizure of the cybercrime marketplace Rydox (“rydox.ru” and “rydox[.]cc”). The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) seized Rydox, a cybercrime marketplace for selling stolen personal data and fraud tools. Kosovars authorities arrested three Kosovo nationals and administrators of the service, Ardit Kutleshi, Jetmir Kutleshi, and Shpend Sokoli. Kosovo […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2024
The Russia-linked APT Gamaredon used two new Android spyware tools called BoneSpy and PlainGnome against former Soviet states. Lookout researchers linked the BoneSpy and PlainGnome Android surveillance families to the Russian APT group Gamaredon (a.k.a. Armageddon, Primitive Bear, and ACTINIUM). These are the first known mobile malware families linked to the Russian APT. The cyberespionage group is behind a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2024
US Bitcoin ATM operator Byte Federal suffered a data breach impacting 58,000 customers, attackers gained unauthorized access to a server via GitLab flaw. US Bitcoin ATM operator Byte Federal disclosed a data breach after threat actors gained unauthorized access to a company server by exploiting a GitLab vulnerability. Byte Federal is a company specializing in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2024
Chinese law enforcement uses the mobile surveillance tool EagleMsgSpy to gather data from Android devices, as detailed by Lookout. Researchers at the Lookout Threat Lab discovered a surveillance tool, dubbed EagleMsgSpy, used by Chinese law enforcement to spy on mobile devices. The researchers analyzed multiple samples of the malware and gained access to internal documents obtained from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2024
Operation PowerOFF took down 27 DDoS stresser services globally, disrupting illegal platforms used for launching cyberattacks. A global law enforcement operation codenamed Operation PowerOFF disrupted 27 of the most popular platforms (including zdstresser.net, orbitalstress.net, and starkstresser.net) to launch Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. “Law enforcement agencies worldwide have disrupted a holiday tradition for cybercriminals: launching Distributed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2024
Russia-linked APT group Secret Blizzard is using Amadey Malware-as-a-Service to infect systems in Ukraine with the Kazuar backdoor. The Russia-linked APT group Secret Blizzard (aka Turla, Snake, Uroburos, Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON) was spotted using the Amadey malware to deploy the KazuarV2 backdoor on devices in Ukraine. The experts observed threat actors using the Amadey bot malware between March and April 2024. Microsoft highlights […]
