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A sophisticated variant of OceanLotus trojan targets OS X systems
Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2016

In May 2015, the Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 published a report on a Trojan called OceanLotus that was being used since 2012 for APT attacks in the Chinese market. The APT attacks based  on the ...

VXE Flaw allowed threats to bypass FireEye detection engine
Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2016

Researchers at Blue Frost Security firm discovered a flaw in the FireEye Virtual Execution Engine (VXE) that allows an attacker to completely bypass virtualization-based dynamic analysis and whitelist ...

Researcher hacks medical devices and the whole hospital with ease
Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2016

Sergey Lozhkin, a security expert at Kaspersky Lab demonstratd how it is easy for hackers to compromise medical devices and critical healthcare infrastructure. The ascent in the Internet of Things (I ...

Anonymous leaked 18GB of data belonging to the Turkish national police
Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2016

Members of the Anonymous group have stolen 18GB worth of data belonging to Turkey’s national police force and leaked it online. The group of hacktivists Anonymous has just released roughly 18GB of ...

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Security
Attackers exploit FortiGate devices to access sensitive network information

Attackers are exploiting FortiGate devices to breach networks and steal configuration data containing service account credentials and network details. SentinelOne researchers warn that attackers a ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2026
APT
APT28 conducts long-term espionage on Ukrainian forces using custom malware

APT28 used BEARDSHELL and COVENANT malware to spy on Ukrainian military personnel, enabling long-term surveillance since April 2024. The Russia-linked group APT28 (aka UAC-0001, aka Fancy Bear,  ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2026
Security
Threat actors use custom AuraInspector to harvest data from Salesforce systems

Attackers are mass-scanning Salesforce Experience Cloud sites using a modified AuraInspector tool to exploit misconfigurations and access sensitive data. Salesforce CSOC warns that threat actors a ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Ivanti EPM, SolarWinds, and Omnissa Workspace One flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds EPM, SolarWinds, and Omnissa Workspace One flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infras ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2026
Data Breach
Ericsson US confirms breach after third-party provider attack

Ericsson US reports a data breach after attackers hacked a service provider, exposing employee and customer information. Ericsson Inc., the U.S. branch of the Swedish telecom giant, disclosed a da ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2026
Cyber Crime
Law enforcement disrupted Tycoon 2FA phishing-as-a-service platform

Authorities disrupted the Tycoon 2FA phishing-as-a-service platform used to send millions of phishing emails to over 500,000 orgs worldwide. The joint effort, led by Microsoft, Europol, and indust ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2026
Cyber Crime
FBI alert: scammers target zoning permit applicants

The FBI warns of phishing attacks where crooks impersonate U.S. city and county officials to target people requesting planning and zoning permits. The FBI warns that scammers are impersonating U.S ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2026
Intelligence
Russia-linked hackers target Signal, WhatsApp of officials globally

Russia-linked hackers are targeting Signal and WhatsApp accounts of government and military officials worldwide, warns Dutch intelligence. Dutch intelligence agencies (MIVD and AIVD) warn of a glo ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2026
Data Breach
Cognizant’s TriZetto Provider Solutions data breach impacted over 3.4 million patients

A breach at Cognizant’s TriZetto Provider Solutions exposed sensitive health data belonging to more than 3.4 million patients. A data breach at Cognizant’s TriZetto Provider Solutions exposed ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Claude Opus AI model discovers 22 Firefox bugs

Anthropic used Claude Opus 4.6 to identify 22 Firefox vulnerabilities, most of which were high severity, all of which were fixed in Firefox 148, released in January 2026. Anthropic discovered 22 s ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2026
Security
Critical Nginx UI flaw CVE-2026-27944 exposes server backups

Nginx UI flaw CVE-2026-27944 lets attackers download and decrypt server backups without authentication, exposing sensitive data on public management interfaces. A critical vulnerability in Nginx U ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2026
Malware
Massive GitHub malware operation spreads BoryptGrab stealer

Trend Micro found BoryptGrab stealer spreading through 100+ GitHub repositories, stealing browser data, crypto wallets, system information, and user files. Trend Micro uncovered a campaign distrib ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 87

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Malware Reverse Engineering is no longer ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 566 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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 Security ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2026
Hacking
FBI probing intrusion into a system managing sensitive surveillance information

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing suspicious activity on an internal system containing sensitive surveillance and investigation data. The FBI is investigating suspicious cyber a ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2026
Cyber warfare
Iran-linked hackers target IP cameras across Israel and Gulf states for military intelligence

Researchers observed Iran-linked actors targeting IP cameras across Israel and Gulf countries, likely to support military intelligence and battle damage assessment. According to the Check Point Cy ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2026
APT
Iran-linked MuddyWater deploys Dindoor malware against U.S. organizations

Iran-linked APT MuddyWater targeted U.S. organizations, deploying the new Dindoor backdoor across sectors including banks, airports, and nonprofits. Broadcom’s Symantec Threat Hunter Team uncove ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2026
Security
Cisco flags ongoing exploitation of two recently patched Catalyst SD-WAN flaws

Cisco warns that two recently patched Catalyst SD-WAN flaws, CVE-2026-20128 and CVE-2026-20122, are already being actively exploited in the wild. Cisco warned customers that threat actors are acti ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2026
Malware
Microsoft warns of ClickFix campaign exploiting Windows Terminal to deliver Lumma Stealer

Microsoft warns of ClickFix campaign using Windows Terminal to deliver Lumma Stealer via social engineering attacks. Microsoft revealed a new ClickFix campaign where attackers exploit Windows Term ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2026
APT
Iran-nexus APT Dust Specter targets Iraq officials with new malware

A campaign by Iran-linked group Dust Specter is targeting Iraqi officials with phishing emails delivering new malware families. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers linked the Iran-nexus group Dust Spec ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2026