Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a Progress LoadMaster vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Progress LoadMaster vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-8037 (CVSS score of 9.6), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability is an OS Command Injection Remote Code Execution issue […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2026
WordPress XSS2Shell flaw enables admin takeover and remote code execution. Users should update to patched versions. Researchers at Pwn just published a report on a vulnerability chain they’re calling XSS2Shell, and the entry point is quite simple: type a username that doesn’t exist, and WordPress echoes it back with a tiny formatting flaw baked into […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2026
Hackers used fake IT help desks to steal MFA credentials, targeting over 200 firms, including major financial companies. A hacking campaign operating under names including Redact, Pink, Falcon, and Helix has built credential-stealing websites targeting employees at Blackstone, Bridgewater Associates, Apollo Global Management, Bain Capital, KKR, TPG, CME Group, Clearlake Capital, and Moody’s, among dozens […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2026
Scammers use AI deepfakes to impersonate OnlyFans creators, trick fans into sending money, then disappear after payment. Criminals are building fake identities using AI-generated deepfakes of real OnlyFans creators, luring their followers with promises of live chats, and then disappearing after collecting payment. The scheme runs on social platforms that most people consider harmless, TikTok […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2026
Meta says an AI model hacked a company during testing after accidental internet access, marking the third disclosed AI lab breach in weeks. Meta confirmed that one of its AI models breached an unidentified company during cybersecurity testing, after its independent testing partner Irregular gave the model unintended internet access through a misconfiguration. This is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a JetBrains TeamCity vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a JetBrains TeamCity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-63077 (CVSS score of 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. At the end of July, JetBrains released security updates for TeamCity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2026
Snowflake hacker Connor Moucka pleads guilty after breaching 165 organizations, stealing billions of records, and extorting victims. Connor Riley Moucka, 26, of Kitchener, Ontario, pleaded guilty this week to a computer hacking conspiracy that compromised over 165 organizations, stole billions of customer records, and extorted multiple victims for millions of dollars. “Connor Riley Moucka, 26, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2026
AISI found AI agents taking unsanctioned online actions, including social engineering and code attacks, during controlled cyber tests. The UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) has put something uncomfortable on the table: during cyber testing, frontier models didn’t just follow instructions badly. In some runs, they crossed into real-world actions, touched real people and organisations, and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Langflow, Apache Tomcat, and N-able N-central flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: The first issue added to the catalog, tracked as CVE-2026-9198, is a critical issue in IBM […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2026
OVSwrap is a 13-year-old Linux kernel flaw that lets local users gain root privileges on most distributions using Open vSwitch. Security researcher Asim Manizada disclosed OVSwrap (CVE-2026-64531, CVSS score of 7.8), a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s Open vSwitch datapath that lets an ordinary user become root on a wide range of […]
