Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2026
A massive breach exposed data of 17.5M Instagram users, triggering mass password reset emails and fears that stolen data is already circulating online. A major data breach has exposed the personal data of about 17.5 million Instagram users, Malwarebytes Labs researchers warn. Exposed data includes usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses,. Since January […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2026
FBI warns that North Korea–linked APT group Kimsuky is targeting governments, think tanks, and academic institutions with quishing attacks. North Korea–linked APT group Kimsuky is targeting government agencies, academic institutions, and think tanks using spear-phishing emails that contain malicious QR codes (quishing), the FBI warns. “As of 2025, Kimsuky actors have targeted think tanks, academic […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2026
Trend Micro fixed three Apex Central flaws discovered by Tenable that could allow remote code execution or denial-of-service attacks. Trend Micro patched three flaws (CVE-2025-69258, CVE-2025-69259, CVE-2025-69260) in its Apex Central management console after Tenable disclosed details and PoC code. The researchers discovered the vulnerabilities in August 2025, which could enable remote code execution or denial-of-service attacks. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2026
Iran shut down the internet as protests spread nationwide. Dozens were killed in a violent crackdown amid soaring inflation and a collapsing currency. Iran has shut down the internet nationwide as protests spread across multiple cities. Security forces responded with a violent crackdown that reportedly killed dozens. Demonstrations continued despite the blackout, with shops closing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2026
China-linked UAT-7290 has targeted South Asia and Southeastern Europe since 2022, conducting espionage and deploying RushDrop, DriveSwitch, and SilentRaid. China-linked threat actor UAT-7290 has conducted espionage attacks since at least 2022, targeting South Asia and Southeastern Europe. UAT-7290 primarily targets telecom providers, it conducts espionage by deeply embedding in victim networks and also operates Operational […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2026
Chinese-speaking attackers used a hacked SonicWall VPN to deploy ESXi zero-days that were likely exploited over a year before public disclosure. Chinese-speaking attackers were seen abusing a hacked SonicWall VPN to deliver a toolkit targeting VMware ESXi. The exploit chain included a sophisticated VM escape and appears to have been developed more than a year […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 08, 2026
Cisco addressed a medium-severity vulnerability in ISE and ISE-PIC after a public PoC exploit was disclosed. Cisco addressed a medium-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20029 (CVSS score: 4.9), in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) after a public PoC exploit was disclosed. The vulnerability resides in the licensing feature of Cisco ISE […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 08, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds HPE OneView and Microsoft Office PowerPoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added HPE OneView and Microsoft Office PowerPoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2009-0556 is a memory corruption flaw […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 08, 2026
Taiwan says China-linked cyberattacks on its energy sector rose tenfold in 2025, hitting critical infrastructure across nine sectors, with total incidents up 6%. Taiwan reports China-linked cyberattacks on its energy sector surged tenfold in 2025, targeting critical infrastructure across nine sectors, with total incidents up 6% YoY. Taiwan’s National Security Bureau (NSB) reports China launched […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2026
A critical n8n flaw (CVE-2026-21858, CVSS 10.0), dubbed Ni8mare, allows unauthenticated attackers to fully take over vulnerable instances. Researchers uncovered a maximum severity n8n vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21858 (CVSS score of 10.0). The flaw, dubbed Ni8mare by Cyera researchers who discovered the vulnerability, lets unauthenticated attackers fully compromise affected instances. n8n is a workflow automation […]
APT / February 05, 2026
