Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2026
Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 targets energy, nuclear, and policy staff in Turkey, Europe, North Macedonia, and Uzbekistan with credential-harvesting attacks. Between February and September 2025, Recorded Future’s Insikt Group observed Russia-linked group APT28 (aka UAC-0001, Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Group, Sednit, BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM) running credential-harvesting campaigns. Targets included Turkish energy and nuclear agency staff, European think tank personnel, and organizations […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2026
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) exposed personal and health data of nearly 700,000 residents due to incorrect privacy settings. The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS ) disclosed a data breach after misconfigured privacy settings exposed personal and health data of nearly 700,000 residents. On September 22, 2025, IDHS discovered that internal maps meant […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2026
Trend Micro fixed three Apex Central flaws discovered by Tenable that could allow remote code execution or denial-of-service attacks. Trend Micro patched three flaws (CVE-2025-69258, CVE-2025-69259, CVE-2025-69260) in its Apex Central management console after Tenable disclosed details and PoC code. The researchers discovered the vulnerabilities in August 2025, which could enable remote code execution or denial-of-service attacks. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2026
China-linked UAT-7290 has targeted South Asia and Southeastern Europe since 2022, conducting espionage and deploying RushDrop, DriveSwitch, and SilentRaid. China-linked threat actor UAT-7290 has conducted espionage attacks since at least 2022, targeting South Asia and Southeastern Europe. UAT-7290 primarily targets telecom providers, it conducts espionage by deeply embedding in victim networks and also operates Operational […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2026
Chinese-speaking attackers used a hacked SonicWall VPN to deploy ESXi zero-days that were likely exploited over a year before public disclosure. Chinese-speaking attackers were seen abusing a hacked SonicWall VPN to deliver a toolkit targeting VMware ESXi. The exploit chain included a sophisticated VM escape and appears to have been developed more than a year […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 08, 2026
Cisco addressed a medium-severity vulnerability in ISE and ISE-PIC after a public PoC exploit was disclosed. Cisco addressed a medium-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20029 (CVSS score: 4.9), in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) after a public PoC exploit was disclosed. The vulnerability resides in the licensing feature of Cisco ISE […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 08, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds HPE OneView and Microsoft Office PowerPoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added HPE OneView and Microsoft Office PowerPoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2009-0556 is a memory corruption flaw […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2026
Attackers exploit misconfigured email routing to spoof internal emails, using PhaaS platforms like Tycoon2FA to steal credentials. Attackers exploit misconfigured email routing and spoof protections to send phishing emails appearing internal, using PhaaS platforms like Tycoon2FA to steal credentials. “Phishing actors are exploiting complex routing scenarios and misconfigured spoof protections to effectively spoof organizations’ domains […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2026
Attackers are exploiting a critical flaw (CVE-2026-0625) in old D-Link DSL routers that allows remote command execution. Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical RCE flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0625 (CVSS score of 9.3), in legacy D-Link DSL routers. The vulnerability is an improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS Command (‘OS Command Injection’), […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 05, 2026
Russia-linked APT UAC-0184 targets Ukrainian military and government bodies via Viber, delivering malicious ZIP files for espionage in 2025. Russia-linked threat actor UAC-0184 (aka Hive0156) is targeting Ukrainian military and government entities, using Viber messages to deliver malicious ZIP files as part of ongoing intelligence-gathering operations in 2025. “Recent monitoring data from the 360 Advanced […]
