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29C3 Chaos Communication Congress.What do USB memory sticks say?
Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2013

The Chaos Communication Congress is an annual meeting of international hackers organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), one of the world’s biggest hackers organizations. The CCC group, ...

Cyberespionage, another watering hole attack against US website
Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2012

It’s Christmas time everywhere but cyberspace there isn’t holiday time for governments, last week a new cyber espionage attack has been detected, the website for the Council on Foreign Relations� ...

Hacktivism and web monitoring in 2013 for Security Affairs
Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2012

The year is ending and it’s very easy to read forecast for next year, experts are sure that we will assist to a sensible increase of state-sponsored attacks and to the raise of sophisticated malware ...

TheAndroid.DDoS.1.origin, a new malware detected on Android mobile
Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2012

In line with expectations a new cyber threat is menacing the mobile, in particular the most diffused OS, Android. The Russian anti-virus vendor Doctor Web has detected a new malware, dubbed  TheAndro ...

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Data Breach
Qantas data breach impacted 5.7 million individuals

Australia’s largest airline Qantas has confirmed that the recent data breach impacted 5.7 million individuals. Early this month, Australian airline Qantas disclosed a cyberattack after hackers a ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2025
APT
DoNot APT is expanding scope targeting European foreign ministries

DoNot APT, likely an India-linked cyberespionage group, targets European foreign ministries with LoptikMod malware. The DoNot APT group, likely linked to India, has expanded its operations and is ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2025
Data Breach
Nippon Steel Solutions suffered a data breach following a zero-day attack

Nippon Steel Solutions reported a data breach caused by hackers exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in their network equipment. Nippon Steel Solutions, a subsidiary of Japan's Nippon Steel, disclo ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2025
Malware
Iranian group Pay2Key.I2P ramps Up ransomware attacks against Israel and US with incentives for affiliates

An Iranian ransomware group, Pay2Key.I2P, has intensified attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets, offering affiliates higher profits. The Iranian ransomware group Pay2Key.I2P is stepping up attacks ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2025
Malware
Hackers weaponize Shellter red teaming tool to spread infostealers

Hackers are abusing the legitimate red teaming tool Shellter to spread stealer malware after a licensed copy was leaked. Elastic Security Labs has identified several malware campaigns using the c ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2025
Security
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for July 2025 fixed a zero-day

Microsoft released Patch Tuesday security updates for July 2025, which addressed 130 flaws, including one a Microsoft SQL Server zero-day. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for July 2025 ad ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2025
Intelligence
Italian police arrested a Chinese national suspected of cyberespionage on a U.S. warrant

Italian police arrested a Chinese national linked to Silk Typhoon APT group at Milan's Malpensa Airport on a U.S. warrant. Italian police arrested a Chinese national, Zewei Xu (33), at Milan's Mal ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2025
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds MRLG, PHPMailer, Rails Ruby on Rails, and Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Multi-Router Looking Glass (MRLG), PHPMailer, Rails Ruby on Rails, and Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) flaws to its Known Ex ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2025
Cyber Crime
IT Worker arrested for selling access in $100M PIX cyber heist

Brazil arrests IT worker João Roque for aiding $100M PIX cyber heist, one of Brazil’s biggest banking system breaches. Brazilian police arrested João Roque (48), an IT employee at C&M, for ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2025
Malware
New Batavia spyware targets Russian industrial enterprises

Since March 2025, fake contract emails have been spreading Batavia spyware in targeted attacks on Russian organizations. Since March 2025, a targeted phishing campaign against Russian organization ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2025
Security
Taiwan flags security risks in popular Chinese apps after official probe

Taiwan warns Chinese apps like TikTok and WeChat pose security risks due to excessive data collection and data transfers to China. Taiwan National Security Bureau (NSB) warns that Chinese apps lik ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2025
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Google Chromium V8 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Chromium V8 vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agenc ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2025
Cyber Crime
Hunters International ransomware gang shuts down and offers free decryption keys to all victims

Hunters International ransomware gang announced its shutdown, citing unspecified "recent developments" and acknowledging its impact. The ransomware group Hunters International announced on its dar ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2025
Security
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 52

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape 10 Things I Hate About Attribution: RomCom vs. TransferLoader� ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2025
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 531 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 July 06, 2025
Malware
North Korea-linked threat actors spread macOS NimDoor malware via fake Zoom updates

North Korea-linked hackers use fake Zoom updates to spread macOS NimDoor malware, targeting crypto firms with stealthy backdoors. North Korea-linked threat actors are targeting Web3 and crypto fir ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2025
Security
Critical Sudo bugs expose major Linux distros to local Root exploits

Critical Sudo flaws let local users gain root access on Linux systems, the vulnerabilities affect major Linux distributions. Cybersecurity researchers disclosed two vulnerabilities in the Sudo com ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2025
Laws and regulations
Google fined $314M for misusing idle Android users' data

Google must pay $314M after a California court ruled it misused idle Android users' data. The case ends a class-action suit filed in August 2019. A San Jose jury ruled that Google misused Android ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2025
Malware
A flaw in Catwatchful spyware exposed logins of +62,000 users

A flaw in Catwatchful spyware exposed logins of 62,000 users, turning the spy tool into a data leak, security researcher Eric Daigle revealed. A flaw in the Catwatchful Android spyware exposed its ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2025
APT
China-linked group Houken hit French organizations using zero-days

China-linked group Houken hit French govt, telecom, media, finance and transport sectors using Ivanti CSA zero-days, says France’s ANSSI. France's cyber agency ANSSI revealed that a Chinese hack ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2025