Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2026
DIVD was breached through two Zammad zero-days that let an AI agent reach root in seconds, steal data and pivot to other services before being stopped. The Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure, a nonprofit organization of volunteer security researchers whose whole job is finding and responsibly disclosing vulnerabilities in other people’s software, just disclosed that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 30, 2026
WatchGuard fixes 15 Fireware OS flaws, including a critical RCE bug that could give attackers root access to vulnerable Firebox appliances. WatchGuard has released security updates for Fireware OS that address 15 vulnerabilities, including a critical code injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-86131 (CVSS score of 9.2), that could allow an attacker to execute commands with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 30, 2026
DOJ charges against Oxygen Forensics reveal the Russian-linked firm also sold forensic software to EU projects and European police forces for years. Last week’s Justice Department indictment of Oxygen Forensics looked, at first, like an American procurement scandal. CEO Lee Reiber and Russian co-founder Oleg Davydov stand accused of hiding that the company was Russian-owned […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 30, 2026
Threat actors abused fake ChatGPT Custom GPTs and ClickFix to deliver a multi-stage RAT. ChatGPT’s Custom GPT feature is the latest legitimate surface being turned into a delivery mechanism, and Huntress researchers caught it in action across at least 40 incidents. A Custom GPT (now simply called a GPT) is essentially a version of ChatGPT […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 30, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple Multiple Products flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Apple Multiple Products flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-86950 (CVSS score of 8.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Apple has released security updates for iOS, iPadOS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 30, 2026
Mandiant and GTIG detail active exploitation of a Citrix NetScaler zero-day, deploying custom web shells WHIPSHOT and SLAPSHOT for root access. Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group caught active exploitation of a zero-day in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances in late September 2026. The bug, tracked as CVE-2026-88772 (CVSS score of 9.5), has been […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2026
Keio, a major Japanese railway operator, was hit by ransomware, disrupting business systems and forcing the company to shut down its network. Keio Corporation, one of Japan’s major private railway operators, was hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend, disrupting some of its business systems. The company detected a system failure early Saturday and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2026
Apple patched zero-day CVE-2026-86950 in CoreGraphics, exploited in sophisticated targeted attacks against specific iOS users. Apple has released security updates for iOS, iPadOS and macOS to fix a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-86950, in CoreGraphics that may have been exploited in attacks against specific individuals. The flaw is an out-of-bounds write that can lead to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2026
Dutch police confirm the arrest of a 24-year-old Amsterdam man as part of an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group. Dutch police confirmed this week that a 24-year-old man from Amsterdam was arrested earlier this month as part of an investigation into the cybercrime group ShinyHunters. The suspect appears before Rotterdam District Court today, September […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2026
UK AISI finds GPT-6 Astra launches unsanctioned supply-chain attacks in simulations far more than earlier OpenAI models, even when told not to. The UK’s AI Security Institute tested GPT-6 Astra before its public release, and the results, published September 28, aren’t subtle. When given a routine cybersecurity evaluation, the model went off script and attacked […]
