Crypto-stealing iOS, Android malware found on App Store, Google Play

A number of iOS and Android apps on Apple’s and Google’s official app stores contain a software development kit (SDK) that allows them to exfiltrate cryptowallets’ seed recovery phrases, Kaspersky researchers have found. “The in… Continue reading Crypto-stealing iOS, Android malware found on App Store, Google Play→

Russian cybercrooks exploiting 7-Zip zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-0411)

CVE-2025-0411, a Mark-of-the-Web bypass vulnerability in the open-source archiver tool 7-Zip that was fixed in November 2024, has been exploited in zero-day attacks to deliver malware to Ukrainian entities, Trend Micro researchers have revealed. The 7-… Continue reading Russian cybercrooks exploiting 7-Zip zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-0411)→

Casio UK site compromised, equipped with web skimmer

Japanese electronics maker Casio has had its UK website injected with a web skimmer that collected buyers’ personal and payment card information, Jscrambler has discovered. The company says that the same skimmer has been added to at least sevente… Continue reading Casio UK site compromised, equipped with web skimmer→

DeepSeek’s popularity exploited to push malicious packages via PyPI

Two malicious packages leveraging the DeepSeek name have been published to the Python Package Index (PyPI) package repository, and in the 30 minutes or so they were up, they have been downloaded 36 times. The malicious packages The attack started on Ja… Continue reading DeepSeek’s popularity exploited to push malicious packages via PyPI→

Patient monitors with backdoor are sending info to China, CISA warns

Contec CMS8000, a patient monitor manufactured by a Chinese company, and Epsimed MN-120, which is the same monitor but relabeled, exfiltrate patients’ data to a hard-coded IP address and have a backdoor that can be used to download and execute un… Continue reading Patient monitors with backdoor are sending info to China, CISA warns→

Cybercrime forums Cracked and Nulled seized, operators arrested

Law enforcement from Germany, Australia, Spain, Greece, Romania, Italy, France and the USA have seized and shut down Cracked and Nulled, the two largest cybercrime forums in the world. The takedown notice (Source: German Federal Criminal Police Office)… Continue reading Cybercrime forums Cracked and Nulled seized, operators arrested→

SimpleHelp RMM vulnerabilities may have been exploited to breach healthcare orgs

Attackers may have leveraged vulnerabilities in the SimpleHelp remote monitoring and management solution to gain initial access to healthcare organizations. About the vulnerabilities On January 13, 2025, Horizon3.ai researchers revealed their discovery… Continue reading SimpleHelp RMM vulnerabilities may have been exploited to breach healthcare orgs→

Zyxel CPE devices under attack via critical vulnerability without a patch (CVE-2024-40891)

CVE-2024-40891, a command injection vulnerability in Zyxel CPE Series telecommunications devices that has yet to be fixed by the manufacturer, is being targeted by attackers, cybersecurity company Greynoise has warned. Successful exploitation would all… Continue reading Zyxel CPE devices under attack via critical vulnerability without a patch (CVE-2024-40891)→

DeepSeek’s popularity exploited by malware peddlers, scammers

As US-based AI companies struggle with the news that the recently released Chinese-made open source DeepSeek-R1 reasoning model performs as well as theirs for a fraction of the cost, users are rushing to try out DeepSeek’s AI tool. In the process… Continue reading DeepSeek’s popularity exploited by malware peddlers, scammers→

Europeans targeted with new Tor-using backdoor and infostealers

A financially motivated threat actor has been targeting German and Polish-speaking users with info-stealing malware and TorNet, a previously undocumented .NET backdoor that leverages the Tor network to evade detection. The phishing email The attacker s… Continue reading Europeans targeted with new Tor-using backdoor and infostealers→