Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2025
PoisonSeed Campaign uses stolen email credentials to spread crypto seed scams and and empty wallets

A campaign named PoisonSeed uses stolen CRM and bulk email credentials to send crypto seed scams, aiming to empty victims’ digital wallets. Silent Push researchers warn of a malicious PoisonSeed campaign that uses stolen CRM and bulk email provider credentials to send crypto seed phrase spam. Victims are tricked into importing compromised seed phrases into […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2025
EDR-as-a-Service makes the headlines in the cybercrime landscape

Cybercriminals exploit compromised accounts for EDR-as-a-Service (Emergency Data Requests – EDR), targeting major platforms According to a detailed analysis conducted by Meridian Group, an increasingly complex and structured phenomenon, commonly referred to as “EDR-as-a-Service,” is taking hold in the cybersecurity landscape. In a nutshell, some criminal groups are exploiting compromised accounts belonging to law enforcement […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2025
Oracle privately notifies Cloud data breach to customers

Oracle confirms a cloud data breach, quietly informing customers while downplaying the impact of the security breach. Oracle confirms a data breach and started informing customers while downplaying the impact of the incident. A threat actor using the moniker ‘rose87168’ claimed to possess millions of data lines tied to over 140,000 Oracle Cloud tenants, including […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2025
Port of Seattle ‘s August data breach impacted 90,000 people

Port of Seattle is notifying 90,000 people of a data breach after personal data was stolen in a ransomware attack in August 2024. In August 2024, a cyber attack hit the Port of Seattle, which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The attack impacted websites and phone systems. According to The Seattle Times, the cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2025
Europol-led operation shuts down CSAM platform Kidflix, leading to 79 arrests

An international law enforcement operation shuts down Kidflix, a child sexual abuse material (CSAM) streaming platform with 1.8M users. An international operation, codenamed Operation Stream, against child sexual exploitation shuts down one of the largest streaming platforms that offered child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in the world, Kidflix. The investigation was led by the State […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2025
New Triada Trojan comes preinstalled on Android devices

A new Triada trojan variant comes preinstalled on Android devices, stealing data on setup, warn researchers from Kaspersky. Kaspersky researchers discovered a new Triada trojan variant preinstalled on thousands of Android devices, enabling data theft upon setup. Kaspersky detected 2,600+ infections in Russia from March 13-27, 2025. The malware was discovered on counterfeit Android devices mimicking […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2025
New advanced FIN7’s Anubis backdoor allows to gain full system control on Windows

FIN7 cybercrime group has been linked to Anubis, a Python-based backdoor that provides remote access to compromised Windows systems. The threat actor FIN7, also known as Savage Ladybug, has developed a new Python-based malware, named Anubis Backdoor, which allows attackers to gain full remote control over infected Windows systems. It executes shell commands and system […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2025
Hiding WordPress malware in the mu-plugins directory to avoid detection

Sucuri researchers spotted threat actors deploying WordPress malware in the mu-plugins directory to evade security checks. In February, Sucuri warned of threat actors exploiting WordPress mu-plugins, which auto-load without activation, to maintain persistence and evade detection by hiding backdoors in the plugin directory. “Unlike regular plugins, must-use plugins are automatically loaded on every page load, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2025
CoffeeLoader uses a GPU-based packer to evade detection

CoffeeLoader is a sophisticated malware that uses numerous techniques to bypass security solutions, Zscaler ThreatLabz warns. Zscaler ThreatLabz discovered CoffeeLoader, a malware family active since September 2024, that uses multiple techniques to evade endpoint security while downloading second-stage payloads. The advanced techniques used by the malware include GPU-based packing, call stack spoofing, sleep obfuscation, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2025
Morphing Meerkat phishing kits exploit DNS MX records

Morphing Meerkat phishing kits exploit DNS MX records to deliver spoofed login pages, targeting over 100 brands. Infoblox researchers discovered a new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform that generated multiple phishing kits, called Morphing Meerkat, using DNS mail exchange (MX) records to deliver fake login pages and targeting over 100 brands. Threat actors are exploiting DNS techniques […]

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