Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2025
UK’s Legal Aid Agency discloses a data breach following April cyber attack

The UK’s Legal Aid Agency suffered a cyberattack in April and has now confirmed that sensitive data was stolen during the incident. The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) revealed that it had suffered a cyberattack on its systems on April 23.  The Legal Aid Agency (LAA), part of the UK Ministry of Justice, ensures access to […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2025
Mozilla fixed zero-days recently demonstrated at Pwn2Own Berlin 2025

Mozilla addressed two critical Firefox vulnerabilities that could be potentially exploited to access sensitive data or achieve code execution. Mozilla released security updates to fix two critical vulnerabilities in the Firefox browser that could be potentially exploited to access sensitive data or achieve code execution. “This week at the security hacking competition pwn2own, security researchers […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2025
Pwn2Own Berlin 2025: total prize money reached $1,078,750

Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 wrapped up with $383,750 awarded on the final day, pushing the total prize money to $1,078,750 over three days. On the final day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2025, participants earned $383,750 for demonstrating zero-day in VMware Workstation, ESXi, Windows, NVIDIA, and Firefox. During the competition, the participants earned a total of $1,078,750, demonstrating […]

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 […]