Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2025
ATM Jackpotting ring busted: 54 indicted by DoJ

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted 54 individuals over a multi-million-dollar ATM jackpotting fraud scheme. U.S. DoJ indicted 54 people for a nationwide ATM jackpotting scheme that stole millions via malware. The case links the crimes to the cybercrime group Tren de Aragua, including charges of fraud, money laundering, and material support to a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2025
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in WatchGuard Fireware OS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a WatchGuard Fireware OS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a WatchGuard Firebox OS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-14733 (CVSS Score of 9.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This flaw is a critical out-of-bounds write vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2025
Russia was behind a destructive cyber attack on a water utility in 2024, Denmark says

Denmark has blamed Russia for a destructive cyberattack on a water utility, calling it part of Moscow’s hybrid campaign against Western critical infrastructure. Denmark has accused Russia of orchestrating destructive cyberattacks against a water utility in 2024, framing them as part of broader hybrid attacks on Western critical infrastructure. Denmark’s Defence Intelligence Service attributed a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2025
CLOP targets Gladinet CentreStack servers in large-scale extortion campaign

The Clop ransomware group is targeting Gladinet CentreStack file servers in a new large-scale extortion campaign. The Clop ransomware group is targeting Gladinet CentreStack file servers in a new large-scale extortion campaign aimed at stealing sensitive data from organizations worldwide. Gladinet CentreStack is a software platform that allows organizations to turn their existing file servers, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2025
China-linked APT UAT-9686 is targeting Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager

Cisco disclosed a critical zero-day (CVE-2025-20393) in Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager, actively exploited by a China-linked group. Cisco disclosed a critical zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-20393, in Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email/Web Manager, which is actively exploited by a China-linked threat group. Cisco reported a December 10 campaign targeting certain […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Cisco, SonicWall, and ASUS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco, SonicWall, and ASUS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apple and Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: Cisco reported a December 10 campaign […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2025
GhostPairing campaign abuses WhatsApp device linking to hijack accounts

Attackers abuse WhatsApp’s device-linking feature to hijack accounts via pairing codes in the GhostPairing campaign. Attackers are exploiting WhatsApp’s device-linking feature to hijack accounts using pairing codes in a campaign dubbed GhostPairing, without requiring authentication. Gen Digital first observed the GhostPairing campaign in Czechia, but warns that it can spread globally via compromised accounts. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2025
SonicWall warns of actively exploited flaw in SMA 100 AMC

SonicWall warned users to patch a SMA1000 AMC flaw that was exploited as a zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability in attacks. SonicWall urged customers to address a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-40602, in the SMA1000 Appliance Management Console that was exploited as a zero-day in attacks in the wild. The flaw is a local privilege escalation issue […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2025
GNV ferry Fantastic under cyberattack probe amid remote hijack fears

French prosecutors probe a suspected cyberattack on GNV ferry Fantastic, raising concerns of a possible remote hijack. French prosecutors are investigating a suspected cyberattack on the GNV ferry Fantastic, raising fears of a potential remote hijack. The ferry Fantastic sails between Sète and North Africa, and French authorities are investigating a suspected attempt to compromise […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2025
Russian state hackers targeted Western critical infrastructure for years, Amazon says

Amazon disclosed a years-long Russian state-backed cyber campaign targeting Western critical infrastructure from 2021 to 2025. Amazon Threat Intelligence reports a long-running Russian state-backed campaign (2021–2025) targeting Western critical infrastructure. Threat actors shifted from exploiting vulnerabilities to abusing misconfigured network edge devices, enabling credential theft and lateral movement with lower risk. The researchers linked the […]