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AlienVault discovered Watering Hole attacks using Scanbox for reconnaissance
Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2014

Security experts at AlienVault discovered a series of watering hole attacks using the Scanbox reconnaissance Framework that is targeting several industries. Security experts at AlienVault Labs have u ...

Analyze VirusTotal Metadata to profile hackers
Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2014

An independent researcher has analyzed for years the metadata on submissions to VirusTotal service identifying patterns related to many bad actors. VirusTotal is the Google owned company which offer ...

Brazilian cyber criminals targeting home routers
Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2014

Experts at Kaspersky spotted an interesting attack from Brazilian criminals that try to change the DNS settings of home routers by using a web-based attack. Experts at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a ...

Hacking traffic light systems
Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2014

In this article published on the Infosec Institute are analyzed the principal studies on the security of traffic light systems and techniques to hack them. http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/hacki ...

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Cyber warfare
U.S. warns of incoming cyber threats following Iran airstrikes

U.S. warns of cyberattacks by pro-Iranian groups after launching airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites amid the Iran –Israel war starting June 13, 2025. The Iran conflict raises cyber threat leve ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2025
Data Breach
McLaren Health Care data breach impacted over 743,000 people

The ransomware attack that hit McLaren Health Care in 2024 exposed the personal data of 743,000 individuals. McLaren Health Care is notifying over 743,000 people of a data breach discovered on Aug ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2025
Data Breach
American steel giant Nucor confirms data breach in May attack

American steel giant Nucor confirms hackers stole data in a May cyberattack, following its earlier disclosure of the incident. Nucor, North America's largest steel maker, confirmed hackers stole s ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2025
Cyber Crime
The financial impact of Marks & Spencer and Co-op cyberattacks could reach £440M

UK's Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) labels Marks & Spencer and Co-op cyberattacks a Category 2 event, estimating financial impact at £270M–£440M. The Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) has label ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2025
Cyber warfare
Iran-Linked Threat Actors Cyber Fattah Leak Visitors and Athletes' Data from Saudi Games

Cyber Fattah leaked thousands of records on athletes and visitors from past Saudi Games, per U.S.-based cybersecurity firm Resecurity. Resecurity (USA) identified the threat actors associated with ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2025
Breaking News
Qilin ransomware gang now offers a "Call Lawyer" feature to pressure victims

Qilin ransomware gang now offers a "Call Lawyer" feature to help affiliates pressure victims into paying, per Cybereason. The Qilin ransomware group is now offering legal support to its affiliates ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2025
Breaking News
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 50

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Critical Langflow Vulnerability (CVE-2025-3248) Actively Explo ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2025
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 529 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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 June 22, 2025
Cyber warfare
Iran confirmed it shut down internet to protect the country against cyberattacks

Iran confirmed an Internet shutdown to counter Israeli cyberattacks, citing threats to critical infrastructure, and interfere with drone control. Iran experienced a near-total internet blackout on ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2025
Malware
Godfather Android trojan uses virtualization to hijack banking and crypto apps

Godfather Android trojan uses virtualization to hijack banking and crypto apps, stealing user funds, warns mobile security firm Zimperium. Zimperium zLabs has uncovered a major evolution of the Go ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2025
Hacking
Cloudflare blocked record-breaking 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack against a hosting provider

Cloudflare blocked a record-breaking 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack in May 2025. Cloudflare blocked a record 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack in May 2025, 12% greater than its previous peak and 1 Tbps greater than the ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2025
Security
Linux flaws chain allows Root access across major distributions

Researchers discovered two local privilege escalation flaws that could let attackers gain root access on systems running major Linux distributions. Qualys researchers discovered two local privileg ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2025
Security
A ransomware attack pushed the German napkin firm Fasana into insolvency

A cyberattack pushed the German napkin firm Fasana into insolvency, likely worsening existing financial troubles and serving as the final blow. German napkin maker Fasana filed for insolvency afte ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2025
Data Breach
Researchers discovered the largest data breach ever, exposing 16 billion login credentials

Researchers discovered the largest data breach ever, exposing 16 billion login credentials, likely due to multiple infostealers. Researchers announced the discovery of what appears to be the large ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2025
Security
China-linked group Salt Typhoon breached satellite firm Viasat

China-linked APT Salt Typhoon has reportedly targeted satellite firm Viasat, the group has breached multiple telecom providers in the past. China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon hacked the satellite ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2025
Security
Iran experienced a near-total national internet blackout

Iran experienced a near-total internet blackout on Wednesday as tensions with Israel escalated into the first week of conflict. Global internet monitor NetBlocks reported almost near-total Interne ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2025
Malware
Malicious Minecraft mods distributed by the Stargazers DaaS target Minecraft gamers

Java-based malware targets Minecraft users via fake cheat tools, utilizing the Stargazers Ghost Network distribution-as-a-service (DaaS). Check Point researchers found a multi-stage malware on Git ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2025
Data Breach
Healthcare services company Episource data breach impacts 5.4 Million people

Data breach at Healthcare services company Episource exposes personal and health data of over 5.4 million people in major cyberattack. A cyberattack on healthcare firm Episource led to a data brea ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2025
Security
Watch out, Veeam fixed a new critical bug in Backup & Replication product

Veeam addressed a new critical flaw in Backup & Replication product that could potentially result in remote code execution. Veeam has rolled out security patches to address a critical security ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2025
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Linux Kernel flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Linux Kernel vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Age ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2025