Alessandro Mascellino

Articles by Alessandro Mascellino

New Mobile Spyware ZeroDayRAT Targets Android and iOS

Crypto February 11, 2026

A new mobile spyware operation known as ZeroDayRAT has been documented targeting both Android and iOS devices. The cross-platform tool provides attackers with persistent access to personal communicaοΏ½...

CISA Releases List of Post-Quantum Cryptography Product Categories

Crypto January 27, 2026

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an initial list of hardware and software product categories that support or are expected to support post-quantum cryptograοΏ½...

DeadLock Ransomware Uses Polygon Smart Contracts For Proxy Rotation

Crypto January 15, 2026

A ransomware operation known as DeadLock has been observed abusing Polygon blockchain smart contracts to manage and rotate proxy server addresses. DeadLock first appeared in July 2025 and has maintaοΏ½...

GoBruteforcer Botnet Targets Linux Servers

Crypto January 9, 2026

A botnet known as GoBruteforcer has been actively targeting Linux servers exposed to the internet, using large-scale brute-force attacks against common services such as FTP, MySQL, PostgreSQL and phpοΏ½...

Ilya Lichtenstein Released Early After Bitfinex Hack Conviction

Crypto January 6, 2026

A former cryptocurrency hacker convicted over the 2016 Bitfinex exchange breach has been released from prison earlier than expected, according to public statements and federal records. Ilya LichtensοΏ½...

SEC Charges Crypto Firms in $14m Investment Scam

Crypto December 25, 2025

Federal regulators have filed charges against several purported crypto asset trading platforms and investment clubs accused of defrauding US retail investors of more than $14m through an elaborate inοΏ½...

New BeaverTail Malware Variant Linked to Lazarus Group

Crypto December 19, 2025

A newly observed variant of the BeaverTail malware has been tied toΒ hackers associated with North Korea. The findings come from Darktrace’s latest The State of Cybersecurity report, which links Be...

Russian Phishing Campaign Delivers Phantom Stealer Via ISO Files

Crypto December 16, 2025

A new phishing campaign delivering the Phantom information-stealing malware through a multi-stage attachment chain has been identified by cybersecurity researchers. The activity, observed by SeqriteοΏ½...

Malicious VS Code Extensions Deploy Advanced Infostealer

Crypto December 10, 2025

A new pair of malicious Visual Studio Code extensions capable of harvesting screenshots, browser sessions and stored credentials has been discovered by cybersecurity researchers. The extensions, BitοΏ½...

DeadLock Ransomware Uses BYOVD to Evade Security Measures

Crypto December 10, 2025

A new set of tactics linked to a financially motivated threat actor deploying DeadLock ransomware has been observed by cybersecurity researchers. Detailed inΒ theΒ latest analysis from Cisco Talos, p...