Pierluigi Paganini
August 16, 2026
France’s tax agency says hackers stole data on 678,000 taxpayers, including income and tax details, in a sophisticated cyberattack. A threat actor claimed to have breached France’s tax agency in late June. France’s tax administration confirmed that a cyberattack exposed personal data of 678,000 individuals and businesses, prompting an immediate criminal investigation. The cybercrime unit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 16, 2026
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including international press. Crooks Are Buying Your Expired Domains and Using Them to Deliver Malware SAP Commerce Cloud CVE-2026-58231 Exploited […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 16, 2026
Acronis uncovered PATCHCORD, a stealthy backdoor targeting Afghan telecom and South Asian infrastructure via fake VPN tools and Google Sheets C2. Researchers at Acronis just documented an espionage operation that reads like it was built by someone with genuinely good taste in disguises. Their Threat Research Unit report tracks a previously undocumented backdoor called PATCHCORD, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2026
Attackers are buying expired domains to exploit their reputation, traffic and DNS history, using them for malware delivery, scams and C2 infrastructure. Every day, roughly 65,000 domain names that once belonged to someone else get re-registered by a new owner. Infoblox Threat Intel calls these dropcatch domains, and in the first half of 2026 they […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2026
Attackers are actively exploiting a maximum severity SAP Commerce Cloud vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-58231, just days after SAP released a patch. A critical SAP Commerce Cloud vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-58231 (CVSS score of 10.0), is under active exploitation just days after SAP released a patch. The flaw stems from insufficient authorization checks and input validation. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2026
GeoServer faces an unpatched zero-day enabling SQL injection and potentially RCE, with attackers already probing exposed systems. A newly disclosed GeoServer zero-day is already attracting active exploitation attempts, and there is no patch available yet. Organisations running the open-source geospatial platform should check their exposure. A security researcher with the handler q1uf3ng discloded the vulnerability […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 14, 2026
Apple warns users of credible, targeted attacks and urges immediate verification, stronger protections, and expert assistance. Apple has sent a new round of threat notifications to users it believes may have been singled out by mercenary spyware. The company told TechCrunch the latest alerts reached people in 110 countries, adding to notifications it has already […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 13, 2026
Hackers began targeting a critical Adobe Commerce flaw that could let unauthenticated attackers hijack customer accounts and access private data. Hackers began targeting CVE-2026-71362 (CVSS score of 9.1), a critical Adobe Commerce flaw, shortly after its public disclosure. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to switch customer sessions, hijack accounts and access private data. Cybersecurity firm […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 13, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Metabase, Windows, and Cisco Secure Firewall flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: CVE-2026-20349 is a vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD software that could allow unauthenticated, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 13, 2026
Attackers are exploiting SharePoint flaw CVE-2026-55040 after a public PoC was released, allowing unauthenticated users to impersonate administrators. Attackers started exploiting CVE-2026-55040 (CVSS score of 9.1), a critical SharePoint authentication bypass patched in July, within days of Rapid7 releasing a public proof-of-concept on August 12. The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker impersonate any SharePoint user […]
