Security

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2025
New Triada Trojan comes preinstalled on Android devices

A new Triada trojan variant comes preinstalled on Android devices, stealing data on setup, warn researchers from Kaspersky. Kaspersky researchers discovered a new Triada trojan variant preinstalled on thousands of Android devices, enabling data theft upon setup. Kaspersky detected 2,600+ infections in Russia from March 13-27, 2025. The malware was discovered on counterfeit Android devices mimicking […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2025
New advanced FIN7’s Anubis backdoor allows to gain full system control on Windows

FIN7 cybercrime group has been linked to Anubis, a Python-based backdoor that provides remote access to compromised Windows systems. The threat actor FIN7, also known as Savage Ladybug, has developed a new Python-based malware, named Anubis Backdoor, which allows attackers to gain full remote control over infected Windows systems. It executes shell commands and system […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Apache Tomcat flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apache Tomcat flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Apache Tomcat path equivalence vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24813, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The Apache Tomcat vulnerability CVE-2025-24813 was recently disclosed and is being actively exploited just 30 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2025
Apple backported fixes for three actively exploited flaws to older devices

Apple backports three critical vulnerabilities actively exploited in attacks against older iOS and macOS models. Apple has backported fixes for three actively exploited vulnerabilities to older devices and OS versions. The three vulnerabilities are: Apple released the following updates: that are available for the following devices: Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini (SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2025
Microsoft warns of critical flaw in Canon printer drivers

Microsoft’s offensive security team discovered a critical code execution vulnerability impacting Canon printer drivers.  Researchers at Microsoft’s Offensive Research and Security Engineering (MORSE) team have discovered a critical code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-1268 (CVSS score of 9.4), impacting Canon printer drivers.  The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds issue that resides in certain printer drivers for […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2025
CrushFTP CVE-2025-2825 flaw actively exploited in the wild

Attackers exploit CrushFTP CVE-2025-2825 flaw, enabling unauthenticated access to unpatched devices using public proof-of-concept code. Threat actors are exploiting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2825, in the CrushFTP file transfer software. Attackers are using exploits based on publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code. The vulnerability impacts CrushFTP versions 10.0.0 through 10.8.3 and 11.0.0, it […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2025
Hiding WordPress malware in the mu-plugins directory to avoid detection

Sucuri researchers spotted threat actors deploying WordPress malware in the mu-plugins directory to evade security checks. In February, Sucuri warned of threat actors exploiting WordPress mu-plugins, which auto-load without activation, to maintain persistence and evade detection by hiding backdoors in the plugin directory. “Unlike regular plugins, must-use plugins are automatically loaded on every page load, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Cisco Smart Licensing Utility flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco Smart Licensing Utility flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Cisco Smart Licensing Utility vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20439, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Last week, Cisco disclosed two vulnerabilities in its Smart Licensing Utility: CVE-2024-20439, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2025
Mozilla fixed critical Firefox vulnerability CVE-2025-2857

Mozilla addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2857, impacting its Firefox browser for Windows. Mozilla has released security updates to address a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-2857, impacting its Firefox browser for Windows. Recently, Google addressed a similar vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2783, in Chrome that has been actively exploited in the wild as a zero-day. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Google Chromium Mojo flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium Mojo flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Google Chromium Mojo sandbox escape vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2783, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week Google has released out-of-band fixes to address a high-severity security […]