Security

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2025
AI for Cybersecurity: Building Trust in Your Workflows

In cybersecurity, speed matters, but trust is crucial. AI must ensure both rapid response and reliable decisions to avoid errors and disruption. In cybersecurity, speed matters. But speed without trust can be just as dangerous – if not more so – as no action at all. A hasty, inaccurate decision can disrupt critical systems, cause […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2025
Human resources firm Workday disclosed a data breach

Human resources firm Workday disclosed a data breach after attackers accessed a third-party CRM platform via social engineering. Workday is a cloud-based software company that specializes in enterprise applications for human capital management (HCM), financial management, and planning.  The company provides services to over 11,000 organizations, including over 60% of Fortune 500 firms. The HR […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2025
DoJ seizes $2.8M linked to Zeppelin Ransomware

DoJ seized $2.8M in crypto from Ianis Antropenko, indicted in Texas and tied to the defunct Zeppelin ransomware. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) seized more than $2.8 million in cryptocurrency from Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko. Antropenko was allegedly involved in now defunct Zeppelin ransomware operation (2019 – 2022), he also laundered proceeds via ChipMixer and structured […]

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 17, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 58

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter From Drone Strike to File Recovery: Outsmarting a Nation State  New Ransomware Charon Uses Earth Baxia APT Techniques to Target Enterprises   Unmasking Interlock Group’s Evolving Malware Arsenal   Persistent Risk: XZ Utils Backdoor Still Lurking […]

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 15, 2025
Cisco fixed maximum-severity security flaw in Secure Firewall Management Center

Cisco patches critical Secure Firewall Management Center flaw allowing remote code execution on vulnerable systems. Cisco released security updates to address a maximum-severity security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20265 (CVSS score of 10.0), in Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software. The vulnerability affects the RADIUS subsystem implementation of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software. An […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2025
‘Blue Locker’ Ransomware Targeting Oil & Gas Sector in Pakistan

Blue Locker ransomware hits Pakistan’s oil & gas sector, severely impacting Pakistan Petroleum; NCERT warns ministries of severe ongoing risk. This week Pakistan’s National Cyber Emergency Response Team (NCERT – National CERT – Pakistan) has issued an advisory to 39 key ministries and institutions and warned them of a “severe risk” posed by the ongoing […]

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 […]