Hacking

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2025
Xerox fixed path traversal and XXE bugs in FreeFlow Core

Xerox patched two serious flaws in FreeFlow Core, path traversal and XXE injection, that allowed unauthenticated remote code execution. Xerox addressed two serious flaws, respectively tracked as CVE-2025-8355 and CVE-2025-8356, in FreeFlow Core. The vulnerabilities are a path traversal (CVE-2025-8355) and XXE injection (CVE-2025-8356), which allowed an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution. FreeFlow […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2025
Colt Technology faces multi-day outage after WarLock ransomware attack

WarLock ransomware hit Colt Telecom, causing outages in hosting, porting, Colt Online, and Voice API since August 12. UK-based Colt Technology Services suffered a cyberattack, reportedly caused by WarLock ransomware, resulting in multi-day outages for hosting, porting, Colt Online, and Voice API services. Colt, officially known as Colt Technology Services Group Limited, is a multinational […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2025
Man-in-the-Prompt: The invisible attack threatening ChatGPT and other AI systems

Man-in-the-Prompt: a new threat targeting AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini via simple browser extensions, no complex attack needed. A new type of threat is alarming the world of cyber security: it is called Man-in-the-Prompt and is capable of compromising interactions with leading generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Claude. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2025
Taiwan Web Infrastructure targeted by APT UAT-7237 with custom toolset

APT group UAT-7237, linked to UAT-5918, targets web infrastructure in Taiwan using customized open-source tools to maintain long-term access. A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) group, tracked as UAT-7237, has been observed targeting web infrastructure entities in Taiwan using customized versions of open-sourced tools with an aim to establish long-term access within high-value victim environments. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2025
Hackers exploit Microsoft flaw to breach Canada ’s House of Commons

Hackers breached Canada ’s House of Commons, exploiting a recent Microsoft flaw, compromising data, according to CBC News. Threat actors reportedly breached Canada’s House of Commons by exploiting a recently disclosed Microsoft vulnerability. “The House of Commons and Canada’s cybersecurity agency are investigating a significant data breach caused by an unknown “threat actor” targeting employee […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2025
Norway confirms dam intrusion by Pro-Russian hackers

Norway’s security service PST says pro-Russian hackers took over a dam in April, opening outflow valves. Norway’s Police Security Service (PST) says pro-Russian hackers seized control of a dam’s systems in April, opening outflow valves. On April 7, the attackers took control of a dam in Bremanger, western Norway, opening a flood gate to release […]