Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2025
Orange Belgium July data breach impacted 850,000 customers

Orange Belgium revealed that a July attack resulted in the exposure of the information of 850,000 customer accounts. Orange Belgium announced that 850,000 customer accounts were impacted by a July data breach. Threat actors had access to one of the IT systems containing customers data, including surname, first name, telephone number, SIM card number, PUK […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2025
Apple addressed the seventh actively exploited zero-day

Apple addressed a vulnerability impacting iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that it is under active exploitation in the wild. Apple addressed an actively exploited zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-43300, in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The vulnerability is zero-day out-of-bounds write issue that resides in the ImageIO framework, an attacker could exploit it to cause memory corruption when processing […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2025
Hackers deploy DripDropper via Apache ActiveMQ flaw, patch systems to evade detection

Hackers exploit Apache ActiveMQ flaw to install DripDropper on Linux, then patch it to block rivals and hide their tracks. Red Canary researchers observed attackers exploit a 2-year-old Apache ActiveMQ vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-46604 (CVSS score of 10.0), to gain persistence on cloud Linux systems and deploy DripDropper malware. Uniquely, they patch the flaw post-exploit […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2025
A Scattered Spider member gets 10 years in prison

A 20-year-old Scattered Spider member gets 10 years in prison and $13M restitution for SIM-swapping crypto thefts. Scattered Spider hacker, Noah Michael Urban (20), was sentenced to 10 years in U.S. prison and ordered to pay $13M restitution for SIM-swapping crypto thefts. “A 20-year-old Palm Coast man linked to a massive cybercriminal gang was sentenced […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2025
FBI: Russia-linked group Static Tundra exploit old Cisco flaw for espionage

FBI warns FSB-linked group Static Tundra is exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco IOS/IOS XE flaw to gain persistent access for cyber espionage. The FBI warns that Russia-linked threat actor Static Tundra exploits Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and end-of-life networking devices running an unpatched vulnerability (CVE-2018-0171) in Cisco Smart Install (SMI) to target organizations in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2025
Britain targets Kyrgyz financial institutions, crypto networks aiding Kremlin

The UK has imposed new sanctions on Kyrgyz financial institutions and crypto networks accused of helping Russia evade restrictions. The UK imposed sanctions on Kyrgyz financial institutions and crypto networks accused of aiding Russian sanctions evasion, war funding, and ransomware activities. The U.K. imposed new sanctions on Kyrgyzstan’s Capital Bank and director Kantemir Chalbayev, accused […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2025
Pharmaceutical firm Inotiv discloses ransomware attack. Qilin group claims responsibility for the hack

Pharmaceutical firm Inotiv says a ransomware attack encrypted systems and data, disrupting operations, according to its SEC filing. U.S. pharmaceutical firm Inotiv reported a ransomware attack that encrypted some systems and data, disrupting business operations. Inotiv is a U.S.-based pharmaceutical research and contract research organization (CRO). It provides nonclinical and analytical drug discovery and development […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2025
A hacker tied to Yemen Cyber Army gets 20 months in prison

UK hacker Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky, tied to Yemen Cyber Army, gets 20 months in prison for website defacements and stolen data possession. Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky (26), a man from South Yorkshire, linked to the Yemen Cyber Army, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for hacking and defacing websites in hacktivist campaigns. The UK’s National Crime […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2025
Exploit weaponizes SAP NetWeaver bugs for full system compromise

Exploit chaining CVE-2025-31324 & CVE-2025-42999 in SAP NetWeaver enables auth bypass and RCE, risking compromise and data theft. A new exploit chaining two vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-31324 and CVE-2025-42999, in SAP NetWeaver exposes organizations to the risk of system compromise and data theft. CVE-2025-31324 (CVSS score: 10.0) is a missing authorization check in NetWeaver’s Visual Composer […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Trend Micro Apex One flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Trend Micro Apex One flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Trend Micro Apex One flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-54948, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Early this month, Trend Micro released fixes for two critical vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-54948 and […]