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Security Affairs newsletter Round 557 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION


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A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has 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. French authorities investigate AI ‘undressing’ deepfakes on X Thousands of ColdFusion exploit attempts spotted during Christmas […


A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has 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.





French authorities investigate AI ‘undressing’ deepfakes on X
Thousands of ColdFusion exploit attempts spotted during Christmas holiday
Two U.S. cybersecurity professionals plead guilty in BlackCat/Alphv ransomware case
Covenant Health data breach after ransomware attack impacted over 478,000 people
Phishing campaign abuses Google Cloud Application to impersonate legitimate Google emails
IBM warns of critical API Connect bug enabling remote access
Trust Wallet confirms second Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack, $8.5M in crypto stolen
React2Shell under attack: RondoDox Botnet spreads miners and malware
ESA disclosed a data breach, hackers breached external servers
Singapore CSA warns of maximun severity SmarterMail RCE flaw
MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847): the US, China, and the EU are among the top exploited GEOs
Coupang announces $1.17B compensation plan for 33.7M data breach victims
Mustang Panda deploys ToneShell via signed kernel-mode rootkit driver
Lithuanian suspect arrested over KMSAuto malware that infected 2.8M systems
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in MongoDB Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Romania’s Oltenia Energy Complex suffers major ransomware attack
Korean Air discloses data breach after the hack of its catering and duty-free supplier
MongoBleed flaw actively exploited in attacks in the wild
Evasive Panda cyberespionage campaign uses DNS poisoning to install MgBot backdoor
Condé Nast faces major data breach: 2.3M WIRED records leaked, 40M more at risk
Stolen LastPass backups enable crypto theft through 2025




International Press – Newsletter





Cybercrime





Hacker Leaks 2.3M Wired.com Records, Claims 40M-User Condé Nast Breach 





Foreign hackers who distributed virtual asset embezzlement malwareNew recruits secured through Interpol warrants,extradited to Korea and arrested  





Two Americans Plead Guilty to Targeting Multiple U.S. Victims Using ALPHV BlackCat Ransomware 





Bitfinex crypto thief who was serving five years thanks Trump for early release





Malware





Spearphishing Campaign Abuses npm Registry to Target U.S. and Allied Manufacturing and Healthcare Organizations  





EmEditor Supply Chain Incident Details Disclosed: Distribution of Information-Stealing Malware Sweeps Through Domestic Government and Enterprise Entities  





GlassWorm Goes Mac: Fresh Infrastructure, New Tricks  





RondoDoX Botnet Weaponizes React2Shell  





Hacking





MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847): MongoDB Memory Leak Flaw  





MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847) exploited in the wild: everything you need to know  





Trust Wallet Browser Extension v2.68 Incident: An Update to Our Community  





Phishing Campaign Leverages Trusted Google Cloud Automation Capabilities to Evade Detection  





New ErrTraffic service enables ClickFix attacks via fake browser glitches





ColdFusion++ Christmas Campaign: Catching a Coordinated Callback Calamity  





The Anatomy of a React2Shell Compromise  





Intelligence and Information Warfare





Evasive Panda APT poisons DNS requests to deliver MgBot





The HoneyMyte APT evolves with a kernel-mode rootkit and a ToneShell backdoor  





Silver Fox Targeting India Using Tax Themed Phishing Lures  





DarkSpectre: Unmasking the Threat Actor Behind 8.8 Million Infected Browsers  





You’ve been targeted by government spyware. Now what?





Drones to Diplomas: How Russia’s Largest Private University is Linked to a $25M Essay Mill  





APT36 : Multi-Stage LNK Malware Campaign Targeting Indian Government Entities  





Cybersecurity





December 27 Advisory: MongoBleed – Critical MongoDB Uninitialized Memory Disclosure Vulnerability [CVE-2025-14847]





Data breach at Korean Air leaks 30,000 employee records     





Coupang to Issue $1.17 Billion in Vouchers Over Data Breach  





European Space Agency confirms breach following leak of internal data  





Non Proliferation and Iran-related Designations; Cyber-related and Russia-related Designations Removals  





France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok 





REGARDING THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN ASSETS OF EMCORE CORPORATION BY HIEFO CORPORATION  





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Pierluigi Paganini





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