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Alleged Israeli LockBit Developer Rostislav Panev Extradited to U.S. for Cybercrime Charges

Alleged Israeli LockBit Developer Rostislav Panev Extradited to U.S. for Cybercrime Charges

Mar 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware A 51-year-old dual Russian and Israeli national who is alleged to be a developer of the LockBit ransomware group has been extradited to the United States, nearly three months… 

GSMA Confirms End-to-End Encryption for RCS, Enabling Secure Cross-Platform Messaging

GSMA Confirms End-to-End Encryption for RCS, Enabling Secure Cross-Platform Messaging

Mar 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Encryption The GSM Association (GSMA) has formally announced support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for securing messages sent via the Rich Communications Services (RCS) protocol, bringing much-needed security protections to… 

Why Most Microsegmentation Projects Fail—And How Andelyn Biosciences Got It Right

Why Most Microsegmentation Projects Fail—And How Andelyn Biosciences Got It Right

Most microsegmentation projects fail before they even get off the ground—too complex, too slow, too disruptive. But Andelyn Biosciences proved it doesn’t have to be that way. Microsegmentation: The Missing Piece in Zero Trust Security… 

New MassJacker Malware Targets Piracy Users, Hijacking Cryptocurrency Transactions

New MassJacker Malware Targets Piracy Users, Hijacking Cryptocurrency Transactions

Mar 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Cybercrime Users searching for pirated software are the target of a new malware campaign that delivers a previously undocumented clipper malware called MassJacker, according to findings from CyberArk. Clipper… 

OBSCURE#BAT Malware Uses Fake CAPTCHA Pages to Deploy Rootkit r77 and Evade Detection

OBSCURE#BAT Malware Uses Fake CAPTCHA Pages to Deploy Rootkit r77 and Evade Detection

Mar 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Malware A new malware campaign has been observed leveraging social engineering tactics to deliver an open-source rootkit called r77. The activity, condemned OBSCURE#BAT by Securonix, enables threat actors to… 

Microsoft Warns of ClickFix Phishing Campaign Targeting Hospitality Sector via Fake Booking[.]com Emails

Microsoft Warns of ClickFix Phishing Campaign Targeting Hospitality Sector via Fake Booking[.]com Emails

Microsoft has shed light on an ongoing phishing campaign that targeted the hospitality sector by impersonating online travel agency Booking.com using an increasingly popular social engineering technique called ClickFix to deliver credential-stealing malware. The activity,… 

North Korea’s ScarCruft Deploys KoSpy Malware, Spying on Android Users via Fake Utility Apps

North Korea’s ScarCruft Deploys KoSpy Malware, Spying on Android Users via Fake Utility Apps

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as ScarCruft is said to have been behind a never-before-seen Android surveillance tool named KoSpy targeting Korean and English-speaking users. Lookout, which shared details of the malware campaign, said… 

GitHub Uncovers New ruby-saml Vulnerabilities Allowing Account Takeover Attacks

GitHub Uncovers New ruby-saml Vulnerabilities Allowing Account Takeover Attacks

Mar 13, 2025Ravie LakshmananAuthentication / Vulnerability Two high-severity security flaws have been disclosed in the open-source ruby-saml library that could allow malicious actors to bypass Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) authentication protections. SAML is an…