malware

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2024
INC Ransom stole 3TB of data from the National Health Service (NHS) of Scotland

The INC Ransom extortion group hacked the National Health Service (NHS) of Scotland and is threatening to leak three terabytes of alleged stolen data. The INC Ransom extortion gang added the National Health Service (NHS) of Scotland to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. The cybercrime group claims to have stolen three terabytes of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2024
TheMoon bot infected 40,000 devices in January and February

A new variant of TheMoon malware infected thousands of outdated small office and home office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices worldwide. The Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies uncovered an updated version of “TheMoon” bot targeting end-of-life (EoL) small home/small office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices. The new version of the bot has been […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2024
US Treasury Dep announced sanctions against members of China-linked APT31

The US Treasury Department announced sanctions on two APT31 Chinese hackers linked to attacks against organizations in the US critical infrastructure sector. The US government announced sanctions against a pair of Chinese hackers (Zhao Guangzong and Ni Gaobin), alleged members of the China-linked APT31 group, who are responsible for “malicious cyber operations targeting U.S. entities that operate […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2024
Security Affairs newsletter Round 464 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 for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Russia-linked APT29 targeted German political parties with WINELOADER backdoor Mozilla fixed Firefox zero-days exploited at Pwn2Own […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2024
Cybercriminals Accelerate Online Scams During Ramadan and Eid Fitr

During the month of Ramadan, Resecurity observed a significant increase in fraudulent activities and scams. During the month of Ramadan, Resecurity observed a significant increase in fraudulent activities and scams, coinciding with a surge in retail and online transactions. Middle Eastern enterprises, facing this heightened risk, are urged to bolster consumer protection and reinforce their […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2024
Large-scale Sign1 malware campaign already infected 39,000+ WordPress sites

A large-scale malware campaign, tracked as Sign1, has already compromised 39,000 WordPress sites in the last six months. Sucurity researchers at Sucuri spotted a malware campaign, tracked as Sign1, which has already compromised 39,000 WordPress sites in the last six months. The experts discovered that threat actors compromised the websites implanting malicious JavaScript injections that […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2024
Threat actors actively exploit JetBrains TeamCity flaws to deliver malware

Multiple threat actors are exploiting the recently disclosed JetBrains TeamCity flaw CVE-2024-27198 in attacks in the wild. Trend Micro researchers are exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerabilities CVE-2024-27198 (CVSS score: 9.8) and CVE-2024-27199 (CVSS score 7.3) security flaws in JetBrains TeamCity to deploy multiple malware families and gain administrative control over impacted systems. In early March, Rapid7 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2024
BunnyLoader 3.0 surfaces in the threat landscape

Researchers found a new variant of the BunnyLoader malware with a modular structure and new evasion capabilities. In October 2023, Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) called BunnyLoader, which was advertised for sale in multiple cybercrime forums since September 4, 2023. The BunnyLoader malware loader is written in C/C++ and is sold on various forums for […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2024
Earth Krahang APT breached tens of government organizations worldwide

Trend Micro uncovered a sophisticated campaign conducted by Earth Krahang APT group that breached 70 organizations worldwide. Trend Micro researchers uncovered a sophisticated campaign conducted by a threat actor tracked as Earth Krahang while investigating the activity of China-linked APT Earth Lusca.  The campaign seems active since at least early 2022 and focuses primarily on […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2024
Fujitsu suffered a malware attack and probably a data breach

Technology giant Fujitsu announced it had suffered a cyberattack that may have resulted in the theft of customer information. Japanese technology giant Fujitsu on Friday announced it had suffered a malware attack, threat actors may have stolen personal and customer information. The company revealed that multiple work computers were infected with malware, in response to […]