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Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2026
Two U.S. cybersecurity professionals plead guilty in BlackCat/Alphv ransomware case

Two U.S. cybersecurity professionals pleaded guilty to charges tied to their roles in BlackCat/Alphv ransomware attacks. The U.S. cybersecurity professionals Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin pleaded guilty to charges tied to their roles in BlackCat/Alphv ransomware attacks that occurred in 2023. Court records show Ryan Goldberg, Kevin Martin, and a co-conspirator deployed ALPHV BlackCat ransomware […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2026
Covenant Health data breach after ransomware attack impacted over 478,000 people

Covenant Health suffered a ransomware attack by the Qilin group in May 2025, compromising data of over 478,000 individuals. Covenant Health, Inc., based in Andover, Massachusetts, is a healthcare organization that provides medical services and patient care. Covenant Health operates hospitals, clinics, or related healthcare facilities in multiple states, including Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2026
Phishing campaign abuses Google Cloud Application to impersonate legitimate Google emails

Researchers uncovered a phishing campaign abusing Google Cloud Application Integration to send emails posing as legitimate Google messages. Check Point researchers have revealed a phishing campaign that abuses Google Cloud Application Integration to send emails impersonating legitimate Google messages. The attack uses layered redirection with trusted cloud services, user validation checks, and brand impersonation to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2026
IBM warns of critical API Connect bug enabling remote access

IBM disclosed a critical API Connect flaw (CVE-2025-13915, CVSS 9.8) that allows remote access via an authentication bypass. IBM addressed a critical API Connect vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-13915 (CVSS score of 9.8) that allows remote access via an authentication bypass. API Connect is IBM’s API management platform. It’s used by organizations to create, secure, manage, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2026
Trust Wallet confirms second Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack, $8.5M in crypto stolen

Trust Wallet says a second Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack likely compromised its Chrome extension, leading to the theft of about $8.5M in crypto. Trust Wallet linked a second Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack to its Chrome extension hack, which resulted in the theft of about $8.5 million in crypto assets. The investigation reveals that the attacker independently developed […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2025
ESA disclosed a data breach, hackers breached external servers

ESA confirmed a data breach after a hacker offered to sell stolen data, confirming that external science servers were compromised. The European Space Agency (ESA) disclosed a data breach after a threat actor offered to sell data allegedly stolen from the organization.  A hacker who goes online with the moniker “888” announced on BreachForums the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2025
Singapore CSA warns of maximun severity SmarterMail RCE flaw

Singapore’s CSA warns of CVE-2025-52691, a critical SmarterMail flaw enabling unauthenticated remote code execution via arbitrary file upload. Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) warns of a maximum severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-52691 (CVSS score of 10.0), in SmarterMail. The vulnerability enables unauthenticated remote code execution via arbitrary file upload. “Successful exploitation of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2025
MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847): the US, China, and the EU are among the top exploited GEOs

MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847) lets attackers remotely leak memory from unpatched MongoDB servers using zlib compression, without authentication. A critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-14847 (MongoBleed), was disclosed right after Christmas, an unwelcome “gift” for the cybersecurity community, impacting MongoDB Server deployments that use zlib network compression. MongoDB is a popular open-source NoSQL database used to store and manage data […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2025
Coupang announces $1.17B compensation plan for 33.7M data breach victims

Coupang will spend about $1.17B to compensate 33.7 million users affected by a data breach, providing purchase vouchers to those impacted. Coupang announced it will spend about $1.17 billion to compensate 33.7 million people affected by a recent data breach, providing purchase vouchers to impacted users. “Coupang plans to provide customers with purchase vouchers worth […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2025
Mustang Panda deploys ToneShell via signed kernel-mode rootkit driver

China-linked APT Mustang Panda used a signed kernel-mode rootkit driver to load shellcode and deploy its ToneShell backdoor. China-linked APT Mustang Panda (aka Hive0154, HoneyMyte, Camaro Dragon, RedDelta or Bronze President) was observed using a signed kernel-mode rootkit driver with embedded shellcode to deploy its ToneShell backdoor. Mustang Panda has been active since at least 2012, targeting American and European entities such as […]