Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2015
The fourth member of the CryptoWall family of ransomware, CryptoWall 4.0, has just been released, complete with new features and a brand new look. We recently reported that CryptoWall 3.0 has alleg ...
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2015
Security Experts at InfoArmor discovered GovRAT, a malware-signing-as-a-service platform that is offered to APT groups in the underground. In the past, I have explained why digital certificates are s ...
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2015
British police announced Tuesday they had arrested a fourth teenager in connection with a data breach suffered by the Internet Service Provider TalkTalk. The investigation of the TalkTalk data brea ...
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2015
#opKKK - The hacking collective Anonymous is denying involvement in the Monday leak of alleged Ku Klux Klan members that included several US senators. A few days ago the popular Anonymous collectiv ...
April 23, 2026
Nimbus Manticore accelerated cyberattacks during wartime, using AI-assisted malware, fake Zoom installers, and SEO poisoning. When the United States launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran at th ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2026
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT Group is using a stealthy memory-only RAT that leaves almost no forensic traces behind. North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus has never been shy about its ambitions, ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2026
The Oncology Institute disclosed a data breach tied to a third-party vendor, potentially exposing patient information after a 2025 cyberattack. The Oncology Institute has confirmed that patient in ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2026
Attackers are exploiting the patched Ghost CMS flaw CVE-2026-26980, compromising over 700 unpatched sites, including universities. Threat actors are actively exploiting a security flaw, tracked as ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2026
A hacker is selling a 340M-strong OnlyFans-linked dataset built by correlating old breaches and public data, not by hacking OnlyFans directly. A threat actor is adverertising a purported database ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2026
A zero-click attack targeting iPhones on iOS 16 hijacked WhatsApp accounts without linked devices, warnings, or user interaction. There is a particular kind of security incident that is harder to ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2026
Dutch authorities arrested two suspects and seized 800 servers tied to Stark Industries, a hosting firm linked to cyberattacks and disinformation. Dutch financial crime investigators arrested two ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2026
FBI director site went offline after a hack used a fake Cloudflare page to trick users into running a ClickFix attack that installed malware. The merchandise website of FBI director Kash Patel (ba ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2026
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Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2026
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 Security ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2026
Anthropic said its AI Project Glasswing found over 10,000 serious vulnerabilities in one month, exposing a growing patching gap. Anthropic announced on Friday that Project Glasswing, its defensive ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2026
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Drupal Core to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agenc ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2026
Attackers began exploiting Drupal SQL injection flaw CVE-2026-9082 within 48 hours of patch release. Drupal issued a highly critical security patch on May 20 for CVE-2026-9082, a SQL injection vul ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2026
Ransomware gangs are shifting from encryption to pure extortion, focusing on stolen data, reputational pressure, and stealthier attacks. Ransomware groups are quietly changing strategy in 2026. In ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2026
Ghostwriter targeted Ukrainian government agencies with phishing emails delivering malware and Cobalt Strike payloads. The Belarus-nexus APT group Ghostwriter (also tracked as UAC-0057 and UNC1151 ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2026
Canadian authorities arrested a 23-year-old Ottawa man accused of running the Kimwolf DDoS botnet. The US is now seeking extradition. US authorities have charged 23-year-old Jacob Butler (aka “D ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2026
Hunt.io mapped 1,350+ C2 servers across the Middle East, revealing how a small group of providers quietly supports major malware activity. For years, threat intelligence focused mostly on malware ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft and Adobe flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agenc ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2026
Police seized First VPN in a global crackdown, exposed its cybercrime users, and shut down infrastructure tied to ransomware and data theft. A major international law enforcement operation has tak ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2026
Apple 2025 fraud report shows major App Store protections: over 2M apps rejected, 1B fake accounts blocked, and billions in fraud prevented. Apple 's annual fraud prevention report for 2025 paints ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2026
