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Coverage under this tag concerns a named threat actor or intrusion set: an individual, group, or organized operation assessed to be responsible for malicious cyber activity. Reports may describe incidents, malware, attack infrastructure, disruption efforts, or analyst assessments. Attribution is often provisional, so actor names and reported links should be treated as intelligence judgments rather than established identity, nationality, sponsorship, or motive.

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Russian-speaking UAT-11795 spreads trojanized Zoom, Webex, and MobaXterm installers to deliver Starland RAT and the WLDR memory-only implant. Cisco Talos researchers published a detailed technical report on July 16 disclosing UAT-11795, a financially motivated, Russian-speaking threat actor that has been running a malware campaign against users in the United States and Europe since at least […]

Security Affairs 17 Jul 2026, 9:08 p.m. Incident · 2 stories America Cisco Europe Malware Remote Access Trojan Report Research Russia Threat Actor

Accenture confirmed a breach after a hacker claimed to steal 35 GB of source code, keys, and Azure credentials now offered for sale. A threat actor using the handle “888” claimed on the cybercrime forum PwnForums this week to have stolen 35 gigabytes of data from Accenture in July and offered it for sale. “Today […]

Security Affairs 9 Jul 2026, 6:33 a.m. Incident · 3 stories Azure Breach Credentials Cybercrime Forums Source Code Theft Threat Actor

RedWing: The Android Banking Trojan You Can Rent on Telegram for Less Than a Coffee Subscription Zimperium’s zLabs team has uncovered RedWing, an Android spyware operation sold as a subscription service through Telegram, with links to Russian threat actors and apparent roots in the Oblivion malware family. It comes with documentation, tutorial videos, a referral […]

Security Affairs 8 Jul 2026, 11:09 p.m. Theme · 3 stories Android Banking Malware Russia Spyware Threat Actor Trojan
Security Affairs 1 week, 5 days ago

SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 104

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Hijacked npm Packages Use Novel VSCode Autorun and Blockchain Dead Drops to Deploy a Credential/Crypto Stealer   Building a CI/CD pipeline for Sigma rules   Inside StegoAd: How a Threat Actor Evolved to Fuel Silent Ad […]

Security Affairs 6 Jul 2026, 5:37 a.m. Theme · 8 stories Credentials Cryptocurrency Malware Node.js Research Threat Actor

A U.S. government agency paid $1M to Kairos, a group focused on data theft and extortion rather than ransomware, Ransom-ISAC reports. A new case study from Ransom-ISAC reconstructs a complete data-extortion incident involving a U.S. government body and a threat actor called Kairos, using a leaked negotiation transcript and blockchain tracing of the ransom payment. […]

Security Affairs 5 Jul 2026, 4:53 a.m. America Cryptocurrency Extortion Government Incident Leak Ransom Ransomware Study Theft Threat Actor

Chinese-speaking APT CL-STA-1062 targeted Southeast Asian government and energy networks open-source tools, and a new TinyRCT backdoor. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers published a detailed report on a Chinese-speaking threat actor, tracked as CL-STA-1062, that has been running persistent operations across East Asia since at least March 2022 and shifted focus to Southeast Asian […]

Security Affairs 27 Jun 2026, 5:16 a.m. Incident · 6 stories Advanced Persistent Threat Backdoor China Critical Infrastructure Government Malware Open Source Palo Alto Networks Report Research Threat Actor

Novo Nordisk suffered a cyberattack where clinical trial data was copied. The breach is confirmed, but no threat actor has claimed responsibility. The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk disclosed a cybersecurity breach that resulted in unauthorized access to internal IT systems and the theft of personal data. The company sells some of the most in-demand […]

Security Affairs 16 Jun 2026, 1:13 a.m. Breach Cyberattack Denmark Disclosure PII Theft Threat Actor

Attackers are exploiting the critical CVE-2026-10520 flaw in Ivanti Sentry, compromising many internet-exposed gateways shortly after patches were released. Threat actors have started exploiting a maximum-severity OS command injection flaw in Ivanti Sentry, tracked as CVE-2026-10520, that allows remote code execution with root privileges. “An OS Command Injection vulnerability in Ivanti Sentry before the R10.5.2, R10.6.2 and R10.7.1 versions allows a remote […]

Security Affairs 12 Jun 2026, 5:57 a.m. Incident · 2 stories Actively exploited CVE-2026-10520 Compromise Critical Vulnerability CVE Exposure Flaw Patch Remote Code Execution Root Access Threat Actor Vulnerability

Attackers are exploiting the critical CVE-2026-10520 flaw in Ivanti Sentry, compromising many internet-exposed gateways shortly after patches were released. Threat actors have started exploiting a maximum-severity OS command injection flaw in Ivanti Sentry, tracked as CVE-2026-10520, that allows remote code execution with root privileges. “An OS Command Injection vulnerability in Ivanti Sentry before the R10.5.2, R10.6.2 and R10.7.1 versions allows a remote […]

Security Affairs 12 Jun 2026, 5:57 a.m. Incident · 2 stories Actively exploited CVE-2026-10520 Compromise Critical Vulnerability CVE Exposure Flaw Patch Remote Code Execution Root Access Threat Actor Vulnerability

Researchers uncovered a 230-node cloud-based email relay network after the actor PCPJack accidentally exposed tools, logs, and C2 files online A threat actor tracked as PCPJack compromised 230 cloud servers across Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure and turned them into a covert email relay network. Hunt.io researchers discovered the operation because PCPJack […]

Security Affairs 5 Jun 2026, 10:19 p.m. Incident · 2 stories Amazon (company) Amazon Web Services Azure Cloud Compromise Email Exposure Google Microsoft Research Threat Actor

Attackers spent five months silently stealing emails from a stock exchange executive’s Outlook account in a suspected espionage operation. A threat actor quietly sat inside a senior executive’s Outlook account at a major global stock exchange for roughly 150 days, from October 2025 to March 2026. Broadcom’s Symantec and Carbon Black threat-hunting team investigated the […]

Security Affairs 4 Jun 2026, 6:13 a.m. Incident · 3 stories Antivirus Finance Symantec Theft Threat Actor

Threat actors are exploiting a critical FortiClient EMS flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-35616, to deploy malware on unpatched systems. Threat actors are exploiting a critical FortiClient EMS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-35616 (CVSS score of 9.1), that allows remote code execution without authentication. Fortinet released fixes in April after confirming zero-day attacks in the wild and urged […]

Security Affairs 29 May 2026, 4:05 a.m. Incident · 3 stories Actively exploited CVE-2026-35616 0-Day Authentication CVE Flaw Fortinet Malware Patch Remote Code Execution Theft Threat Actor Vulnerability

Microsoft and Resecurity disrupted Fox Tempest, a malware-signing service that used fake Microsoft certificates to make malware look legitimate. Resecurity supported Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) in its disruption of Fox Tempest, a financially motivated threat actor operating a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) capability used by cybercriminals to make malicious files appear legitimate. On May 19, 2026, […]

Security Affairs 29 May 2026, 3:29 a.m. Incident · 4 stories Certificates Malware Microsoft Outage Threat Actor

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT Group is using a stealthy memory-only RAT that leaves almost no forensic traces behind. North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus has never been shy about its ambitions, the threat actor has been tied to some of the most audacious financial heists in recent memory, draining hundreds of millions from cryptocurrency exchanges and […]

Security Affairs 26 May 2026, 8:01 p.m. Incident · 2 stories Advanced Persistent Threat Cryptocurrency Evasion Finance Lazarus North Korea Remote Access Trojan Threat Actor Trojan

Attackers are exploiting the patched Ghost CMS flaw CVE-2026-26980, compromising over 700 unpatched sites, including universities. Threat actors are actively exploiting a security flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-26980, in Ghost CMS that was fixed months ago in real attacks against unpatched websites. According to Qianxin, the campaign has already affected more than 700 sites, including well-known organizations and […]

Security Affairs 26 May 2026, 6:07 a.m. Incident · 3 stories CVE-2026-26980 Compromise CVE Fixed Flaw Patch Threat Actor
Security Affairs 1 month, 3 weeks ago

340 Million OnlyFans Profiles Allegedly Rebuilt from Leaks

A hacker is selling a 340M-strong OnlyFans-linked dataset built by correlating old breaches and public data, not by hacking OnlyFans directly. A threat actor is adverertising a purported database containing data of 340 million OnlyFans users, but the available evidence points to something less dramatic than a direct breach. According to HackRead, which reported the […]

Security Affairs 26 May 2026, 5:10 a.m. Breach Database Hacking Leak Threat Actor