Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2025
The FBI warns that attackers are using end-of-life routers to deploy malware and turn them into proxies sold on 5Socks and Anyproxy networks. The FBI released a FLASH alert warning about 5Socks and Anyproxy malicious services targeting end-of-life (EOL) routers. Attackers target EoL devices to deploy malware by exploiting vulnerabilities and create botnets for attacks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2025
Lockbit ransomware group has been compromised, attackers stole and leaked data contained in the backend infrastructure of their dark web site. Hackers compromised the dark web leak site of the LockBit ransomware gang and defaced it, posting a message and a link to the dump of the MySQL database of its backend affiliate panel. “Don’t […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2025
Polish police arrested 4 people behind DDoS-for-hire platforms used in global attacks, offering takedowns for as little as €10 via six stresser services. Polish authorities arrested 4 people linked to 6 DDoS-for-hire platforms, Cfxapi, Cfxsecurity, neostress, jetstress, quickdown, and zapcut, used to launch attacks worldwide for as little as €10. The platforms were used to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2025
The Play ransomware gang exploited a high-severity Windows Common Log File System flaw in zero-day attacks to deploy malware. The Play ransomware gang has exploited a Windows Common Log File System flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-29824, in zero-day attacks to gain SYSTEM privileges and deploy malware on compromised systems. The vulnerability CVE-2025-29824, (CVSS score of 7.8) is a Use after […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 06, 2025
Resecurity found a new smishing kit called ‘Panda Shop,’ mimicking Smishing Triad tactics with improved features and new templates. Resecurity (USA) was the first company to identify the Smishing Triad, a group of Chinese cybercriminals targeting consumers across the globe. In August 2023, our team was able to identify their activity and locate the smishing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 05, 2025
Supply chain attack via 21 backdoored Magento extensions hit 500–1,000 e-stores, including a $40B multinational. Sansec researchers reported that multiple vendors were hacked in a coordinated supply chain attack, the experts discovered that a backdoor was hidden in 21 applications. Curiously, the malicious code was injected 6 years ago, but the supply chain attack was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 05, 2025
A 36-year-old Yemeni man behind Black Kingdom ransomware is indicted in the U.S. for 1,500 attacks on Microsoft Exchange servers. U.S. authorities have indicted Rami Khaled Ahmed (aka “Black Kingdom,” of Sana’a, Yemen), a 36-year-old Yemeni national, suspected of being the administrator of the Black Kingdom ransomware operation. He is believed to have carried out […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2025
Researchers found 3 malicious Go modules with hidden code that can download payloads to wipe a Linux system’s main disk, making it unbootable. The malicious modules contain obfuscated code to fetch next-stage payloads that can wipe a Linux system’s primary disk and make it unbootable. “Socket’s Threat Research Team uncovered a stealthy and highly destructive […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2025
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape io_uring Is Back, This Time as a Rootkit I StealC You: Tracking the Rapid Changes To StealC Interesting WordPress Malware Disguised as Legitimate Anti-Malware Plugin Using Trusted Protocols Against You: Gmail as a C2 Mechanism […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2025
The Rhysida Ransomware gang claims the hack of the Government of Peru, the gang breached Gob.pe, the Single Digital Platform of the Peruvian State. The Rhysida ransomware gang claims responsibility for hacking the Government of Peru, breaching Gob.pe, which is the country’s official digital platform. The group published the images of multiple documents allegedly stolen […]
