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A new multi-stage attack deploys a password stealer without using macros
Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2018

Security researchers at Trustwave spotted a new malicious campaign that uses a multi-stage attack to deploy a password stealer. Researchers at Trustwave have spotted a new malware-based campaign tha ...

RubyGems 2.7.6 addresses several flaws and implements some improvements
Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2018

The RubyGems 2.7.6 update released last week for RubyGems includes several security improvements and addresses several types of vulnerabilities. The new RubyGems 2.7.6 release addresses several vul ...

Cyberattacks cost the United States between $57 billion and $109 billion in 2016
Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2018

The report published by the White House Council of Economic Advisers examines the cyberattacks cost that malicious cyber activities cause to the U.S. economy. How much cost cyber attacks to t ...

SIM Hijacking - T-Mobile customers were victims an info disclosure exploit
Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2018

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai published an interesting post on SIM hijacking highlighted the risks for the end users and their exposure to this illegal practice. In 2017, hackers stole some personal ...

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Hacking
Image or Malware? Read until the end and answer in comments :)

A malicious email delivered a .cmd malware that escalates privileges, bypasses antivirus, downloads payloads, sets persistence, and self-deletes. I received this email from a friend to make an ana ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 571 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 April 05, 2026
Cyber Crime
Qilin ransomware group claims the hack of German political party Die Linke

Qilin ransomware claims it stole data from Germany’s Die Linke and threatens to leak it; the party confirmed the incident, but not a breach. The Qilin ransomware group claims it stole data from ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in TrueConf Client to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in TrueConf Client to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Ag ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2026
Security
European Commission breach exposed data of 30 EU entities, CERT-EU says

CERT-EU says a European Commission cloud hack exposed data from 30 EU entities and links the breach to the TeamPCP group. CERT-EU attributed a European Commission cloud breach to the TeamPCP threa ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2026
Hacking
North Korea–linked hackers drain $285M from Drift in sophisticated attack

Drift lost $285M in a sophisticated attack, likely by North Korea, who used nonce-based tricks to gain control and quickly drain funds Drift suffered a $285 million cryptocurrency heist in a highl ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2026
Breaking News
CrystalX RAT: new MaaS malware combines spyware, stealer, and remote access

CrystalX RAT, a new sophisticated MaaS malware, combines spyware, data theft, and remote access, allowing attackers to monitor victims. In March 2026, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a Telegram-ba ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2026
Data Breach
Pro-Iran Handala group breached Israeli defence contractor PSK Wind Technologies

Iran-linked hackers claim to have breached Israeli air defence contractor PSK Wind, which develops command and control systems. Pro-Iran Handala group announced on April 2 that it breached PSK Win ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2026
Security
Cisco fixed critical and high-severity flaws

Cisco fixed critical flaws that could allow attackers to bypass authentication, run code, and gain access to sensitive data. Cisco released patches for two critical and six high-severity vulnerabi ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2026
Hacking
Threat actor UAC-0255 impersonate CERT-UA to spread AGEWHEEZE malware via phishing

Threat actors impersonated CERT-UA to send phishing emails with AGEWHEEZE malware, tricking victims into installing a fake “security tool.” A threat actor, tracked as UAC-0255, impersonated CE ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2026
Malware
Italian spyware vendor creates Fake WhatsApp app, targeting 200 users

WhatsApp blocked a fake app by Italian firm SIO/Asigint that targeted 200 users with spyware, urging them to reinstall the official app. WhatsApp has recently uncovered a malicious fake version of ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2026
Hacking
Google fixes fourth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2026

Google fixed a new Chrome zero-day, tracked as CVE-2026-5281, in the WebGPU Dawn component that is already exploited in the wild. Google released Chrome updates fixing 21 vulnerabilities, includin ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2026
Security
Google links Axios npm supply chain attack to North Korea-linked APT UNC1069

Google links the Axios npm supply chain attack to North Korean threat group UNC1069, targeting financial gain. Google has attributed the recent Axios npm supply chain compromise to a North Korean ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2026
Security
SentinelOne autonomous detection blocks trojaned LiteLLM triggered by Claude Code

SentinelOne AI stopped a LiteLLM supply chain attack in seconds, blocking malicious code automatically without human intervention. SentinelOne’s AI-based security detected and blocked a supply c ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2026
Data Breach
Anthropic accidentally leaks Claude Code

Anthropic accidentally exposed Claude Code source via npm, causing the code to quickly spread online after discovery. Anthropic accidentally leaked the source code of its Claude Code tool after a ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Security
Attackers hijack Axios npm account to spread RAT malware

Threat actors hijacked the npm account of Axios to distribute RAT malware via malicious package updates. Threat actors compromised the npm account of Axios, a widely used library with over 100M we ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Data Breach
Nearly half a Million mobile customers of Lloyds Banking Group affected by security incident

Lloyds Banking Group data incident exposed transactions of ~450,000 mobile banking users due to a faulty update. A faulty software update at Lloyds Banking Group exposed transaction details of nea ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Hacking
Dutch Ministry of Finance takes treasury systems offline amid cyber incident investigation

The Dutch Ministry of Finance took treasury banking portal offline after a cyberattack; core tax systems were not affected. The Dutch Ministry of Finance took parts of its infrastructure offline, ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Citrix NetScaler to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Citrix NetScaler to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Cyber Crime
Qilin Ransomware allegedly breached chemical manufacturer giant Dow Inc

Qilin ransomware claims a breach of Dow Inc., listing it on its Tor leak site, but no proof of the hack has been released yet. Qilin Ransomware group allegedly breached the chemical manufacturing ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026