Pierluigi Paganini
November 24, 2024
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Fake AI video generators infect Windows, macOS with infostealers How Italy became an unexpected spyware hub Babble Babble Babble Babble Babble Babble BabbleLoader One Sock Fits All: The use and abuse of the NSOCKS botnet Helldown […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 24, 2024
The U.S. seized the stolen credit card marketplace PopeyeTools and charged its operators, this is a major success against cybercrime. The US Department of Justice announced the seizure of PopeyeTools, an illegal carding platform, and charges against three administrators (Abdul Ghaffar (25), of Pakistan; Abdul Sami (35) of Pakistan; and Javed Mirza (37), of Afghanistan). […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 23, 2024
A cyberattack on gambling giant IGT disrupted its systems, forcing the company to take certain services offline. International Game Technology (IGT) detected a cyberattack on November 17, the company promptly started its incident response procedures. International Game Technology PLC (IGT), formerly Gtech S.p.A. and Lottomatica S.p.A., is a multinational gambling company that produces slot machines […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 23, 2024
China-linked APT Gelsemium has been observed using a new Linux backdoor dubbed WolfsBane in attacks targeting East and Southeast Asia. China-linked APT Gelsemium has deployed a previously unknown Linux backdoor, WolfsBane, in attacks targeting East and Southeast Asia, according to ESET. Victims include entities in Taiwan, the Philippines, and Singapore, as seen in VirusTotal samples from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 23, 2024
Microsoft disrupted the ONNX phishing service, seizing 240 sites and naming an Egyptian man as the operator behind the operation. Microsoft announced the disruption of the ONNX phishing service, another success against cybercrime which led to the seizure of 240 sites. The IT giant also identified and publicly disclosed the identity of an Egyptian man, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2024
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple, Oracle Agile PLM bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: This week, Apple released security updates for two zero-day vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-44309 and CVE-2024-44308, in iOS, iPadOS, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2024
Threat actors already hacked thousands of Palo Alto Networks firewalls exploiting recently patched zero-day vulnerabilities. Thousands of Palo Alto Networks firewalls have reportedly been compromised in attacks exploiting recently patched zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-0012 and CVE-2024-9474) in PAN-OS. CVE-2024-0012 is a vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS that allows unauthenticated attackers with network access to the management […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 21, 2024
Mexico is investigating a ransomware attack targeting its legal affairs office, as confirmed by the president amidst growing cybersecurity concerns. Mexico’s president announced the government is investigating an alleged ransomware hack that targeted the administration’s legal affairs office. “Today they are going to send me a report on the supposed hacking.” President Claudia Sheinbaum said […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 21, 2024
The U.S. Justice Department charged five suspects linked to the Scattered Spider cybercrime gang with wire fraud conspiracy. The U.S. Justice Department charged five alleged members of the cybercrime gang Scattered Spider (also known as UNC3944, 0ktapus) with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. “Law enforcement today unsealed criminal charges against five defendants who allegedly targeted employees of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 21, 2024
A threat actor had access to electronic patient record system of an unnamed French hospital, and the health data of 750,000 patients was compromised. An unnamed French hospital suffered a data breach that impacted more than 758,000 patients, a threat actor had access to the electronic patient record system of the organization. The threat actor […]
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