Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2025
Qantas confirms customer data breach amid Scattered Spider attacks

Qantas reports a cyberattack after hackers accessed customer data via a third-party platform, amid ongoing Scattered Spider aviation breaches. Qantas, Australia’s largest airline, disclosed a cyberattack after hackers accessed a third-party platform used by a call centre, stealing significant customer data. The breach, linked to ongoing Scattered Spider activity, was detected and contained on Monday. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2025
CVE-2025-6554 is the fourth Chrome zero-day patched by Google in 2025

Google released security patches to address a Chrome vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6554, for which an exploit exists in the wild. Google released security patches to address a Chrome vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6554, for which an exploit is available in the wild. “Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.96 allowed a remote attacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2025
U.S. CISA adds TeleMessage TM SGNL flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds TeleMessage TM SGNL flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added TeleMessage TM SGNL flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the descriptions for these flaws: CVE-2025-48927 is an Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2025
A sophisticated cyberattack hit the International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is probing a sophisticated cyberattack that was discovered and contained last week. On June 30, 2025, the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that it was hit by a sophisticated and targeted cyberattack. The organization confirmed that the incident was detected and contained by its defense systems. “Late last week, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2025
CISA and U.S. Agencies warn of ongoing Iranian cyber threats to critical infrastructure

U.S. warns of rising Iranian cyber threats exploiting outdated software and weak passwords, with attacks likely to escalate due to recent events. U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies warn of rising cyber threats from Iranian state-linked hackers, expected to escalate. These actors typically exploit outdated software, known vulnerabilities, and weak or default passwords on internet-connected systems. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Citrix NetScaler flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Citrix NetScaler vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Citrix NetScaler vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6543, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CVE-2025-6543 (CVSS score of 9.2) is a memory overflow vulnerability in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway when configured […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2025
The FBI warns that Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline sector

The FBI warns that Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline sector. Feds are working with aviation partners to combat the threat and assist affected victims. The FBI reports that the cybercrime group Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline sector. The cybercriminals are using social engineering techniques to gain access to target organizations by […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2025
Taking over millions of developers exploiting an Open VSX Registry flaw

A critical flaw in Open VSX Registry could let attackers hijack the VS Code extension hub, exposing millions of developers to supply chain attacks. Cybersecurity researchers at Koi Security discovered a critical vulnerability in the Open VSX Registry (open-vsx.org) that could have let attackers take over the Visual Studio Code extensions marketplace, endangering millions of […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2025
OneClik APT campaign targets energy sector with stealthy backdoors

A OneClik campaign, likely carried out by China-linked actor, targets energy sectors using stealthy ClickOnce and Golang backdoors. Trellix cybersecurity researchers uncovered a new APT malware campaign, OneClik, targeting the energy, oil, and gas sectors. It abuses Microsoft’s ClickOnce deployment tech and custom Golang backdoors. While links to China-affiliated actors are suspected, attribution remains cautious. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2025
APT42 impersonates cyber professionals to phish Israeli academics and journalists

Iran-linked APT42 targets Israeli experts with phishing attacks, posing as security professionals to steal email credentials and 2FA codes. Iran-linked group APT42 (aka Educated Manticore, Charming Kitten, and Mint Sandstorm) is targeting Israeli journalists, cybersecurity experts, and academics with phishing attacks, posing as security professionals to steal email credentials and 2FA codes, according to Check Point. […]