Malware

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2026
Magento Campaign Infects 953 Online Stores Across Five Domains

Sansec tracks a Magento skimmer campaign that infected 953 stores, using five domains, bot filtering and malicious code hidden in CMS blocks. A criminal group has infected 953 online stores since July 2025, mostly Magento shops, according to Sansec researchers. The attackers add a small piece of code to store pages. When someone visits a […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2026
AI-Generated Fake Bank Calls and NFC App Enabled €380,000 Fraud, Dutch Police Say

Dutch police arrest two men over AI-voiced bank fraud that allegedly used a fake app to steal card data from 170 victims, causing €380,000 in losses. Rotterdam police have arrested two men over a new type of bank fraud that used AI-generated phone calls, a fake banking app, and NFC technology to steal bank card […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2026
Researchers Uncover Rentable Android Spyware uCreater Targeting WeChat and Telegram

uCreater is Android spyware disguised as trusted apps, stealing credentials, messages and wallet data through a rentable platform. uCreater is a rentable Android spyware platform that hides inside repackaged legitimate apps, targeting messaging services and mobile wallets. Its YingGai framework can intercept one-time passwords, steal account and chat data, collect contacts, manipulate sessions and spoof […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2026
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 120

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Auditing the auditor: Unmasking Apex Accelerator GhostAction Attack Escalates By Targeting GitHub Users       Plex vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild to drop a cryptominer   WordPress Rank Math SEO PRO Plugin 3.0.123 is vulnerable […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2026
FBI and CISA Warn of SafePay Ransomware Attacks on 600 Organizations

SafePay ransomware has hit 600+ organizations since 2024, using stolen credentials, VPN access and double extortion to pressure victims into paying. CISA, the FBI, the US Secret Service, Germany’s Landeskriminalamt Rheinland-Pfalz, and two UK law enforcement agencies jointly published an advisory this week on SafePay, a ransomware group they describe as one of the most […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2026
NSO Spyware Pegasus Hit a Serbian University Rector Six Days Before Snap Elections

Citizen Lab confirmed Pegasus on a Serbian rector’s iPhone 6 days before elections, raising the known civil society spyware target count to 16. The Citizen Lab published a research note confirming that the iPhone of Vladan Đokić, Rector of the University of Belgrade, was infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware sometime in 2026. The infection […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2026
Rust-Based CikaBika Bot Turns Discord into a Command Center

CikaBika Bot uses fake documents to infect Windows systems, then abuses Discord and Ngrok to execute commands, spy on victims, and steal files. Darktrace researchers have documented a new campaign distributing a remote access trojan called CikaBika Bot, written in Rust and controlled entirely through Discord. The infection chain starts with a disk image that […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2026
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 119

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter IronChain Ransomware Threatens Businesses with Permanent Data Loss and Costly Downtime   AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter XWorm Reborn: From infostealer to surveillance platform  Hirudo: From Fake Updates […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2026
PEERSTITCH malware: How Attackers Compromised 500 Firewalls Through FortiManager

PEERSTITCH malware exploited FortiManager to expose 500+ firewalls, evade detection inside FortiOS memory, and maintain stealthy access. PEERSTITCH, a stealthy implant deployed during a prolonged intrusion, helped attackers maintain access to a telecom managed service provider after compromising its FortiManager appliance. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 documented the operation, which began in September 2024 and […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2026
Silent Lynx: Kazakhstan-Linked Hackers Target Russian Refinery and Government

Silent Lynx, a group likely based in Kazakhstan, targets Russian energy and government entities in espionage campaigns across Central Asia. Researchers from Cisco Talos and Recorded Future published a detailed paper on a threat actor they call Silent Lynx (aka UAT-6275, TAG-193), a Kazakhstan nexus group conducting espionage across Central Asia. The targets include the […]