Russia’s NKTsKI warns financial sector organizations about a breach at major Russian IT service and software provider LANIT. Russia’s National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTsKI) warns the financial sector of security breach at IT service and software provider LANIT,…
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A large botnet targets M365 accounts with password spraying attacks
A botnet of 130,000+ devices is attacking Microsoft 365 accounts via password-spraying, bypassing MFA by exploiting basic authentication. SecurityScorecard researchers discovered a botnet of over 130,000 devices that is conducting password-spray attacks against Microsoft 365 (M365) accounts worldwide. The attackers…
A data leak exposes the operations of the Chinese private firm TopSec, which provides Censorship-as-a-Service
A leak suggests that Chinese cybersecurity firm TopSec offers censorship-as-a-service services, it provided bespoke monitoring services to a state-owned enterprise facing a corruption scandal. SentinelLABS researchers analyzed a data leak that suggests that the Chinese cybersecurity firm TopSec offers censorship-as-a-service…
Australia bans Kaspersky over national security concerns
Australia bans Kaspersky software over national security concerns, citing risks of foreign interference, espionage, and sabotage of government networks. Australian Government banned products and services provided by Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky over national security concerns. The Secretary of the Department…
Data Leak Exposes TopSec’s Role in China’s Censorship-as-a-Service Operations An analysis of a data leak from a Chinese cybersecurity company TopSec has revealed that it likely offers censorship-as-a-service solutions to prospective customers, including a state-owned enterprise in the country. Founded…
SpyLend Android malware found on Google Play enabled financial cyber crime and extortion
CYFIRMA researchers discovered that the SpyLend Android malware was downloaded 100,000 times from the official app store Google Play. CYFIRMA researchers discovered an Android malware, named SpyLend, which was distributed through Google Play as Finance Simplified. The malware targets Indian…
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Power Pages flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft Power Pages vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Microsoft Power Pages vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24989, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV)…
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 34
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. You’ve Got Malware: FINALDRAFT Hides in Your Drafts Telegram Abused as C2 Channel for New Golang Backdoor Infostealing Malware Infections in…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 512 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 in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Lazarus APT stole…
Lazarus APT stole $1.5B from Bybit, it is the largest cryptocurrency heist ever
Crypto exchange Bybit was the victim of a sophisticated attack, and threat actors stole $1.5B worth of cryptocurrency from one of the company’s offline wallets. Crypto exchange Bybit suffered a sophisticated cyberattack, threat actors transferred over 400,000 ETH and stETH worth…
Apple removes iCloud encryption in UK following backdoor demand
Apple removed iCloud’s Advanced Data Protection in the UK after the government requested encryption backdoor access. Apple ends iCloud end-to-end encryption in the United Kingdom following the government’s request for encryption backdoor access. Advanced Data Protection is now unavailable for…
B1ack’s Stash released 1 Million credit cards
Experts warn that the carding website B1ack’s Stash released a collection of over 1 million unique credit and debit cards. D3 Lab researchers reported that on February 19, 2025, the carding website B1ack’s Stash released a collection of over 1 million unique credit and debit cards.…
U.S. CISA adds Craft CMS and Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Craft CMS and Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added SonicWall SonicOS and Palo Alto PAN-OS vulnerabilities to its Known…
Atlassian fixed critical flaws in Confluence and Crowd
Australian software firm Atlassian patched 12 critical and high-severity flaws in Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, Crowd, and Jira. Software firm Atlassian released security patches to address 12 critical- and high-severity vulnerabilities in Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, Crowd, and Jira products. The most…
Salt Typhoon used custom malware JumbledPath to spy U.S. telecom providers
China-linked cyber espionage group Salt Typhoon uses custom malware JumbledPath to on spy U.S. telecom providers. Cisco Talos researchers reported that China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon uses a custom-built utility, dubbed JumbledPath, to spy on network traffic of U.S. telecommunication providers.…
NailaoLocker ransomware targets EU healthcare-related entities
NailaoLocker ransomware is a new threat that targeted European healthcare organizations from June to October 2024. Orange Cyberdefense CERT uncovered a malware campaign, tracked as The Green Nailao campaign, that targeted European organizations, including healthcare, in late 2024, using ShadowPad,…
Microsoft fixed actively exploited flaw in Power Pages
Microsoft addressed a privilege escalation vulnerability in Power Pages, the flaw is actively exploited in attacks. Microsoft has addressed two critical vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-21355 (CVSS score: 8.6) and CVE-2025-24989 (CVSS score: 8.2), respectively impacting Bing and Power Pages. CVE-2025-21355 is a…
Citrix addressed NetScaler console privilege escalation flaw
Citrix addressed a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability impacting NetScaler Console and NetScaler Agent under certain conditions. Citrix released security updates to address a high-severity security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-12284 (CVSS score of 8.8) impacting NetScaler Console (formerly NetScaler ADM) and NetScaler…
Palo Alto Networks warns that CVE-2025-0111 flaw is actively exploited in attacks
Palo Alto Networks warns that the vulnerability CVE-2025-0111 is actively exploited with two other flaws to compromise PAN-OS firewalls. Palo Alto Networks warns that threat actors are chaining the vulnerability CVE-2025-0111 with two other vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-0108 with CVE-2024-9474,…
Russia-linked APTs target Signal messenger
Russia-linked threat actors exploit Signal ‘s “linked devices” feature to hijack accounts, per Google Threat Intelligence Group. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) researchers warn of multiple Russia-linked threat actors targeting Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russian…