Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2025
Experts found rogue devices, including hidden cellular radios, in Chinese-made power inverters used worldwide

Chinese “kill switches” found in Chinese-made power inverters in US solar farm equipment that could let Beijing remotely disable power grids in a conflict. Investigators found “kill switches” in Chinese-made power inverters in US solar farm equipment. These hidden cellular radios could let Beijing remotely cripple power grids during a conflict. The Times reported that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Google Chromium, DrayTek routers, and SAP NetWeaver flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium, DrayTek routers, and SAP NetWeaver flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Google Chromium, DrayTek routers, and SAP NetWeaver flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the descriptions for these flaws: According to Binding Operational […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2025
Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 Day Two: researcher earned 150K hacking VMware ESXi

On day two of Pwn2Own Berlin 2025, participants earned $435,000 for demonstrating zero-day in SharePoint, ESXi, VirtualBox, RHEL, and Firefox. On day two of Pwn2Own Berlin 2025, bug hunters earned a total of $435,000, which brings the contest total to $695,000, after $260,000 was awarded during the first day of the competition. The participants demonstrated […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2025
Google fixed a Chrome vulnerability that could lead to full account takeover

Google released emergency security updates to fix a Chrome vulnerability that could lead to full account takeover. Google released emergency security updates to address a Chrome browser vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-4664, that could lead to full account takeover. The security researcher Vsevolod Kokorin (@slonser_) discovered the vulnerability, which stems from an insufficient policy enforcement in […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2025
Nova Scotia Power discloses data breach after March security incident

Nova Scotia Power confirmed a data breach involving the theft of sensitive customer data after the April cybersecurity incident. Nova Scotia Power Inc. is a vertically integrated electric utility serving the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Headquartered in Halifax, it is a subsidiary of Emera Inc. The company provides electricity to over 500,000 residential, commercial, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2025
U.S. CISA adds a Fortinet flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a Fortinet vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Fortinet Multiple Products Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-32756, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Fortinet released security updates to address a critical remote code execution zero-day, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Microsoft Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the descriptions for these flaws: Microsoft addressed these flaws with the release of the Patch Tuesday Security updates […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2025
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for May 2025 fixed 5 actively exploited zero-days

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for May 2025 addressed 75 security flaws across multiple products, including five zero-day flaws. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates addressed 75 security vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Components, Office and Office Components, .NET and Visual Studio, Azure, Nuance PowerScribe, Remote Desktop Gateway Service, and Microsoft Defender. Of the flaws fixed by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2025
Fortinet fixed actively exploited FortiVoice zero-day

Fortinet fixed a critical remote code execution zero-day vulnerability actively exploited in attacks targeting FortiVoice enterprise phone systems. Fortinet released security updates to address a critical remote code execution zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-32756, that was exploited in attacks targeting FortiVoice enterprise phone systems. The vulnerability is a stack-based overflow issue that impacts in FortiVoice, FortiMail, FortiNDR, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2025
Moldovan Police arrested a 45-year-old foreign man participating in ransomware attacks on Dutch companies

A 45-year-old foreign man has been arrested in Moldova for allegedly participating in ransomware attacks on Dutch companies in 2021. Moldovan police arrested a 45-year-old foreign man as a result of a joint international operation involving Moldovan and Dutch authorities. He is internationally wanted for multiple cybercrime, including ransomware attacks, blackmail, and money laundering, targeting […]