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MASINT discipline & critical infrastructures
Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2012

Every intelligence discipline is used to acquire information concerning specifc subjects, the common categories of these methodologies include human intelligence (HUMINT), signals intelligence (SIGINT ...

Zeus,software as a service - Implications for civil and military
Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2012

As previously said the cyber crime industry is proving to be invoiced in a thriving company that knows no crisis. The reasons are countless, high profits and unpunished crimes most often the main reas ...

Iran - China Axis and the dangerous alliances
Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2012

If you were to ask me what is the most frightened nation in terms of cyber offense without a doubt I say it is China. The Beijing government has distinguished itself in recent years in the field of wa ...

Japan under cyber attack. The cyber threat China
Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2012

The events of recent days from the closure of the Megaupload web site to the heavy offensive of the Anonymous group have distracted media attention from important cyber operations, in my opinion of mi ...

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Hacking
A cyberattack on United Natural Foods caused bread shortages and bare shelves

Cyberattack on United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) disrupts deliveries, causing Whole Foods shortages nationwide after systems were taken offline on June 5. United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) is ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2025
Data Breach
Paraguay Suffered Data Breach: 7.4 Million Citizen Records Leaked on Dark Web

Resecurity researchers found 7.4 million records containing personally identifiable information (PII) of Paraguay citizens on the dark web. Resecurity has identified 7.4 million records containin ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2025
Mobile
Apple confirmed that Messages app flaw was actively exploited in the wild

Apple confirmed that a security flaw in its Messages app was actively exploited in the wild to target journalists with Paragon's Graphite spyware. Apple confirmed that a now-patched vulnerability, ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2025
Security
Trend Micro fixes critical bugs in Apex Central and TMEE PolicyServer

Trend Micro fixed multiple vulnerabilities that impact its Apex Central and Endpoint Encryption (TMEE) PolicyServer products. Trend Micro address remote code execution and authentication bypass vu ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2025
Mobile
Paragon Graphite Spyware used a zero-day exploit to hack at least two journalists' iPhones

Security researchers at Citizen Lab revealed that Paragon's Graphite spyware can hack fully updated iPhones via zero-click attacks. Citizen Lab has confirmed that Paragon’s Graphite spyware was ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2025
Security
SinoTrack GPS device flaws allow remote vehicle control and location tracking

Two vulnerabilities in SinoTrack GPS devices can allow remote vehicle control and location tracking by attackers, US CISA warns. U.S. CISA warns of two vulnerabilities in SinoTrack GPS devices tha ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2025
Security
U.S. CISA adds Wazuh, and WebDAV flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Wazuh, and WebDAV flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2025
Internet of Things
Exposed eyes: 40,000 security cameras vulnerable to remote hacking

Over 40,000 internet-exposed security cameras worldwide are vulnerable to remote hacking, posing serious privacy and security risks. Bitsight warns that over 40,000 security cameras worldwide are ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2025
Cyber Crime
Operation Secure: INTERPOL dismantles 20,000+ malicious IPs in major cybercrime crackdown

INTERPOL announced that a joint operation code-named Operation Secure took down 20,000+ malicious IPs/domains tied to 69 info-stealers. Between January and April 2025, INTERPOL led Operation Secur ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2025
Hacking
Over 80,000 servers hit as Roundcube RCE bug gets rapidly exploited

A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Roundcube was exploited days after patch, impacting over 80,000 servers. Threat actors exploited a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2025
Hacking
A flaw could allow recovery of the phone number associated with any Google account

A vulnerability could allow recovery of the phone number associated with a Google account by carrying out a brute force attack. The security researcher who goes online with the moniker "brutecat" ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2025
Data Breach
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) data breach exposes 300,000 crash reports

Hackers breached Texas DOT (TxDOT), stealing 300,000 crash reports with personal data from its Crash Records Information System (CRIS). Threat actors compromised the Crash Records Information Syst ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2025
Security
SAP June 2025 Security Patch Day fixed critical NetWeaver bug

SAP fixed a critical NetWeaver flaw that let attackers bypass authorization and escalate privileges. Patch released in June 2025 Security Patch. SAP June 2025 Security Patch addressed a critical N ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2025
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds RoundCube Webmail and Erlang Erlang/OTP SSH server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds RoundCube Webmail and Erlang Erlang/OTP SSH server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity a ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2025
Malware
Mirai botnets exploit Wazuh RCE, Akamai warned

Mirai botnets are exploiting CVE-2025-24016, a critical remote code execution flaw in Wazuh servers, Akamai warned. Akamai researchers warn that multiple Mirai botnets exploit the critical remote ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2025
APT
China-linked threat actor targeted +70 orgs worldwide, SentinelOne warns

China-linked threat actor targeted over 70 global organizations, including governments and media, in cyber-espionage attacks from July 2024 to March 2025. In April 2025, cybersecurity firm Sentine ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2025
Cyber Crime
DOJ moves to seize $7.74M in crypto linked to North Korean IT worker scam

US seeks to seize $7.74M in crypto linked to North Korean fake IT worker schemes, per a new DOJ forfeiture complaint. The DOJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint for $7.74M in crypto tied to North ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2025
Intelligence
OpenAI bans ChatGPT accounts linked to Russian, Chinese cyber ops

OpenAI banned ChatGPT accounts tied to Russian and Chinese hackers using the tool for malware, social media abuse, and U.S. satellite tech research. OpenAI banned ChatGPT accounts that were used b ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2025
Malware
New Mirai botnet targets TBK DVRs by exploiting CVE-2024-3721

A new variant of the Mirai botnet exploits CVE-2024-3721 to target DVR systems, using a new infection method. Researchers from Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky discovered a new variant of the ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2025
Malware
BadBox 2.0 botnet infects millions of IoT devices worldwide, FBI warns

BadBox 2.0 malware has infected millions of IoT devices globally, creating a botnet used for cyber criminal activities, the FBI warns. The FBI published a Public Service Announcement (PSA) to warn ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2025