Undisclosed European ministry
July 31, 2025
•[ malware, apt, intelligence collection ]
HackRead reports DoNot APT deployed LOPTiKMod malware against a European ministry to collect intelligence; attribution aligns with prior DoNot operations.
Undisclosed gaming mouse manufacturer (download site)
July 29, 2025
•[ malware, supply chain attack ]
PCWorld reports a gaming mouse vendors download page hosted malware for weeks, infecting users who downloaded driver/software packages.
Curaçao Tax & Customs Administration
July 24, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Ransomware attack on July 24, 2025 encrypted and paralyzed systems of Curaaos Tax & Customs Administration, disabling counters, phone lines, and internal operations. Online tax filing remained active. Services restored by August 4. No perpetrator identified; no data exfiltration reported.
Joint Court of Justice (Dutch Caribbean)
July 23, 2025
•[ hack, malware, government ]
A malware infection on July 23, 2025 forced the shutdown of the Joint Court of Justices entire IT network across six islands. Judicial case management, filings, and email were fully disrupted until restoration began around July 28. No group has claimed responsibility; no data exfiltration confirmed.
Palo Alto Networks (investigator)
July 17, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Ransomware deployment (4L4MD4R) via exploitation of Microsoft SharePoint ToolShell vulnerabilities; attackers disabled defenses, bypassed certificate validation, and encrypted files; ransom note threatened deletion upon decryption attempts.
One undisclosed university in the United States
July 15, 2025
•[ espionage, vulnerability exploitation, malware ]
China-linked operators abused CVE-2025-53770 (ToolShell) weeks after Microsofts July patch to gain initial access at a telecom, escalate privileges (e.g., PetitPotam), harvest credentials, and deploy ShadowPad/Zingdoor/KrustyLoader for persistent espionage against telecom and government networks. Primary effect was covert access and collection, not service outage.
Undisclosed European telecommunications company
July 15, 2025
•[ espionage, vulnerability exploitation, malware ]
China-nexus operators breached a telecom by exploiting an edge service (e.g., NetScaler/SharePoint), then established persistence with SnappyBee-family tooling, harvested credentials and moved laterally to support systems for intelligence collection. No service interruption reported; primary effect is covert access and data staging.
Gravity Forms (Rocketgenius)
July 14, 2025
•[ vulnerability, malware ]
Patchstack reported malicious code in official Gravity Forms installers affecting versions 2.9.11.1 and 2.9.12, enabling command execution on sites using the installers.
Woodlawn Health
July 5, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Woodlawn Health in Rochester, Indiana suffered a ransomware attack starting July 5, 2025, which encrypted systems and disrupted clinical and administrative operations. Systems were gradually restored, and officials confirmed that some patient care was impacted. Investigations continue into whether personal or medical data was exfiltrated.
Undisclosed European telecommunications organisation
July 3, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, vulnerability exploitation ]
Darktrace reports a China-aligned espionage actor (Salt Typhoon) breached a European telecom by exploiting a Citrix NetScaler Gateway, deploying SnappyBee malware for persistence and data staging. Activity reflects classic intelligence collection rather than service disruption; defenders observed beaconing, credential access, and movement to support systems.
At least one Crypto firm targeted via macOS malware
June 30, 2025
•[ malware, cryptocurrency, theft ]
Indonesian outlet Liputan6 reports North Korean actors using macOS malware to target cryptocurrency companies, consistent with DPRKs crypto theft campaigns.
MPOWERHealth
June 29, 2025
•[ ransomware, leak, hack ]
WorldLeaks, a criminal ransomware group, claimed responsibility for a June 29, 2025 cyberattack on MPOWERHealth in Addison, Texas. The attackers exfiltrated roughly 1.5 TB of data (over 1.6 million files), including PHI, insurance claims, internal documents, login credentials, and cyber-insurance records. While negotiations began, the company ceased responding, after which WorldLeaks leaked the stolen files. Reports indicate data theft and exposure but no confirmed operational outage.
Operation Endgame 2.0
June 23, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
In May 2025, a coalition of law enforcement agencies took down the criminal infrastructure behind the malware used to launch ransomware attacks in a new phase of "Operation Endgame". This followed the first Operation Endgame exercise a year earlier, with the latest action resulting in 15.3M victim email addresses being provided to HIBP by law enforcement. A further 43.8M victim passwords were also provided for HIBP's Pwned Passwords service.
Unnamed hotels in Brazil
June 13, 2025
•[ phishing, financial, malware ]
TA558 used LLM-generated JS/PowerShell loaders in phishing emails (Portuguese/Spanish) to deploy Venom RAT against hotels (Brazil/Spanish-speaking markets), aiming to siphon guest credit-card data from hotel systems/OTAs; observed in summer 2025, with no named victims or outages.
Manassas Park City Schools
June 12, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The MPCS network was infiltrated and encrypted via ransomware around June 12, 2025; data may have been accessed including full names paired with SSNs, passport numbers, or financial account details. No group has claimed responsibility. Investigation ongoing and FBI notified.
Undisclosed Ukrainian Energy Organization
June 6, 2025
•[ malware, apt, data destruction ]
PathWiper malware associated with a pro-Russian APT destroyed data at an undisclosed Ukrainian energy organization on June 6, 2025; Cisco Talos and CERT-UA confirmed data destruction; no data theft reported.
Ingonyama Trust Board
June 1, 2025
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
On June 1, 2025, the NightSpire ransomware group attacked the Ingonyama Trust Board in South Africa, stealing around 30 GB of potentially sensitive organizational data. Reports confirm exfiltration but no encryption or disruption of systems. The incident became public on August 29, 2025.
WhatsApp/Apple
June 1, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
A zero-click spyware campaign exploited WhatsApp and Apple zero-day flaws, infecting fewer than 200 civil society individuals globally between June and August 2025. Attackers likely state-sponsored.
At least one Ukrainian grain producer
June 1, 2025
•[ malware, wiper attack, state-sponsored attack ]
Russian state-backed threat group Sandworm, also known as APT44, used several data-wiping malware families in a series of destructive attacks against Ukrainian organizations in 2025, including newly reported operations targeting the countrys grain sector. An ESET APT activity report cited by BleepingComputer says that in June and September Sandworm deployed wipers like ZEROLOT and Sting against entities in the governmental, energy, logistics, and grain industries, with the grain sector highlighted as a less frequent but strategically important target. The wipers corrupt files, disk partitions, and master boot records in ways that prevent recovery, likely aiming to weaken Ukraines war economy by disrupting a critical export industry.
Undisclosed Kyrgyzstan organization
June 1, 2025
•[ phishing, malware, state-sponsored ]
A nation-state actor known as Bloody Wolf conducted spearphishing impersonating the Kyrgyz Ministry of Justice to deploy JAR loaders and install NetSupport RAT for persistent access to organizational systems; no data theft was reported.
