Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2026
Attackers are exploiting the patched Ghost CMS flaw CVE-2026-26980, compromising over 700 unpatched sites, including universities. Threat actors are actively exploiting a security flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-26980, in Ghost CMS that was fixed months ago in real attacks against unpatched websites. According to Qianxin, the campaign has already affected more than 700 sites, including well-known organizations and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2026
A zero-click attack targeting iPhones on iOS 16 hijacked WhatsApp accounts without linked devices, warnings, or user interaction. There is a particular kind of security incident that is harder to explain than most: your WhatsApp account is sending messages you did not write, asking your contacts for money transfers, and when you check the “Linked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2026
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. CVE-2026-9082: Drupal’s Highly Critical SQL Injection Flaw Is Already Under Active Attack Why pure extortion is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2026
Anthropic said its AI Project Glasswing found over 10,000 serious vulnerabilities in one month, exposing a growing patching gap. Anthropic announced on Friday that Project Glasswing, its defensive cybersecurity initiative built around Claude Mythos Preview, has uncovered more than 10,000 high- or critical-severity vulnerabilities in the month since the program went live. The number is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2026
Attackers began exploiting Drupal SQL injection flaw CVE-2026-9082 within 48 hours of patch release. Drupal issued a highly critical security patch on May 20 for CVE-2026-9082, a SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to compromise sites running PostgreSQL databases. The project maintainers warned ahead of the release that exploits could surface within hours or […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2026
Ghostwriter targeted Ukrainian government agencies with phishing emails delivering malware and Cobalt Strike payloads. The Belarus-nexus APT group Ghostwriter (also tracked as UAC-0057 and UNC1151) has resurfaced with a new phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian government organizations. This time the lure is Prometheus, a legitimate Ukrainian online learning platform that many government employees actually use. Using […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2026
Canadian authorities arrested a 23-year-old Ottawa man accused of running the Kimwolf DDoS botnet. The US is now seeking extradition. US authorities have charged 23-year-old Jacob Butler (aka “Dort”), an Ottawa resident, for allegedly operating the recently disrupted Kimwolf botnet. Authorities arrested the suspect in Canada, he could face up to 10 years in prison […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Trend Micro Apex One and Langflow flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2025-34291 (CVSS score of 9.4) is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2026
Hunt.io mapped 1,350+ C2 servers across the Middle East, revealing how a small group of providers quietly supports major malware activity. For years, threat intelligence focused mostly on malware families, phishing domains, and individual indicators. But a new report from Hunt.io shows why defenders may need to pay closer attention to something more boring, hosting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft and Adobe flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2008-4250 (CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8) is a […]
