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Insider perspectives on the status of global cyber safety and security status (Part 2 of 4)
Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2012

Article published on The Malta Indipendent Critical infrastructure protection, StuxNet, exploding computers, blackouts, collapsing banking systems, and cyber war!! None of us have escaped the he ...

Concerns for Chinese firms and the cyberespionage
Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2012

We often discuss about warfare and cyberespionage, focusing on the usage of technology to steal intellectual property of foreign states. Of course the countries that have valuable technology skills ar ...

Syria,uncomfortable assumptions on the control of dissidents
Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2012

The public opinion is daily informed regarding the situation in Syria that is still critic, according UN representative in the country several clashes are undermining a virtual ceasefire. Deputy Re ...

Zeus P2P variant against Facebook,Hotmail,Yahoo & Google Mail
Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2012

The experts of Trusteer firm have discovered a new variant Zeus malware responsible of  a series of attacks against principal internet service providers. The variant carried out attacks using the P2P ...

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Cyber Crime
German police seized eXch crypto exchange

Germany's BKA shut down eXch crypto exchange, seizing its infrastructure over money laundering and illegal trading platform charges. On April 30, 2025, Germany’s Federal Criminal Police (BKA) sh ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2025
Breaking News
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 45

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape iClicker site hack targeted students with malware via fake CAP ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2025
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 523 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffair ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2025
Data Breach
Ascension reveals personal data of 437,329 patients exposed in cyberattack

A data breach at Ascension, caused by a former partner's compromise, exposed the health information of over 430,000 patients. Ascension is one of the largest private healthcare systems in the  ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2025
Malware
Operation Moonlander dismantled the botnet behind Anyproxy and 5socks cybercriminals services

Law enforcement dismantled a 20-year botnet behind Anyproxy and 5socks cybercriminals services and arrested four suspects. Authorities dismantled a 20-year-old botnet tied to Anyproxy and 5socks ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2025
Hacking
A cyber attack briefly disrupted South African Airways operations

A cyberattack briefly disrupted South African Airways' website, app, and systems, but core flight operations remained unaffected. South African Airways (SAA) is the national flag carrier of South ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2025
Cyber Crime
Cybercriminal services target end-of-life routers, FBI warns

The FBI warns that attackers are using end-of-life routers to deploy malware and turn them into proxies sold on 5Socks and Anyproxy networks. The FBI released a FLASH alert warning about 5Socks an ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2025
APT
Russia-linked ColdRiver used LostKeys malware in recent attacks

Since early 2025, Russia-linked ColdRiver has used LostKeys malware to steal files in espionage attacks on Western governments and organizations. Google's Threat Intelligence Group discovered LOST ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2025
Hacking
SonicWall fixed SMA 100 flaws that could be chained to execute arbitrary code

SonicWall addressed three SMA 100 flaws, including a potential zero-day, that could allow remote code execution if chained. SonicWall patches three SMA 100 vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-32819, CVE-202 ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2025
Cyber Crime
The LockBit ransomware site was breached, database dump was leaked online

Lockbit ransomware group has been compromised, attackers stole and leaked data contained in the backend infrastructure of their dark web site. Hackers compromised the dark web leak site of the Loc ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2025
Security
Cisco fixed a critical flaw in its IOS XE Wireless Controller

Cisco addressed a flaw in its IOS XE Wireless Controller that could enable an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files. Cisco released software updates to address a vulnerability ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2025
Security
U.S. CISA adds GoVision device flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds GoVision device flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (C ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2025
Cyber Crime
Polish authorities arrested 4 people behind DDoS-for-hire platforms

Polish police arrested 4 people behind DDoS-for-hire platforms used in global attacks, offering takedowns for as little as €10 via six stresser services. Polish authorities arrested 4 people lin ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2025
Cyber Crime
Play ransomware affiliate leveraged zero-day to deploy malware

The Play ransomware gang exploited a high-severity Windows Common Log File System flaw in zero-day attacks to deploy malware. The Play ransomware gang has exploited a Windows Common Log File Sys ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2025
Security
Canary Exploit tool allows to find servers affected by Apache Parquet flaw

F5 Labs researchers released a PoC tool to find servers vulnerable to the Apache Parquet vulnerability CVE-2025-30065. A working proof-of-concept exploit for the critical Apache Parquet vulnerabil ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2025
Security
Unsophisticated cyber actors are targeting the U.S. Energy sector

CISA, FBI, EPA, and DoE warn of cyberattacks on the U.S. Energy sector carried out by unsophisticated cyber actors targeting ICS/SCADA systems. The US cybersecurity agency CISA, the FBI, EPA, and ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2025
Laws and regulations
NSO Group must pay WhatsApp over $167M in damages for attacks on its users

NSO Group must pay WhatsApp over $167M in damages for a 2019 hack targeting 1,400+ users, per U.S. jury ruling after a five-year legal battle. A U.S. jury ordered NSO Group to pay WhatsApp over $1 ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2025
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds FreeType flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds FreeType flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)&nb ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2025
Hacking
Samsung MagicINFO flaw exploited days after PoC exploit publication

Threat actors started exploiting a vulnerability in Samsung MagicINFO only days after a PoC exploit was published. Arctic Wolf researchers observed threat actors beginning to exploit a high-severi ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2025
Hacking
Experts warn of a second wave of attacks targeting SAP NetWeaver bug CVE-2025-31324

Threat actors launch second wave of attacks on SAP NetWeaver, exploiting webshells from a recent zero-day vulnerability. In April, ReliaQuest researchers warned that a zero-day vulnerability, trac ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2025