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How to rob ATMs with a couple of SMS messages
Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2014

Symantec experts demonstrated how to rob ATMs using a mobile device and sending a couple of SMS. Cybercriminals are increasing sophistication of attacks. What will happen after that Microsoft will st ...

Another zero-day vulnerability is threatening the Microsoft world
Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2014

Microsoft issued a security advisory for the presence of a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word products which allows a remote code execution.Another zero-day vulnerability is threatening the Mic ...

Pileup flaws in Android PMS menace more than 1 Billion devices
Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2014

A group of researchers discovered a series of 6 vulnerabilities, dubbed Pileup flaws, in Android PMS that exposes more than 1 Billion Google-based devices. Android is the mobile OS that most of all ...

Cisco on large-scale attacks against unpatched or not updated servers
Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2014

Cisco observed 400 hosts were infected on daily base and more than 2,700 URLs have been used in a multistage attack against websites running older OS versions. In the last months a growing number of ...

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Intelligence
Signal Phishing Campaign Targets German Officials in Suspected Russian Operation

Suspected Russian phishing via Signal targeted German officials, exploiting trust to access accounts and sensitive political communications. A new wave of cyber operations targeting European polit ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2026
Security
Microsoft fixes Entra ID flaw enabling privilege escalation

Microsoft fixed a Microsoft Entra ID flaw where the Agent ID Administrator role could enable privilege escalation and account takeover. Microsoft addressed a flaw in Microsoft Entra ID that could ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2026
Malware
New Android spyware Morpheus linked to Italian surveillance firm

Osservatorio Nessuno uncovered Morpheus spyware spreading via fake Android apps to steal data, highlighting rising covert surveillance tools. The non-partisan, non-religious, nonprofit organizatio ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2026
Security
NCSC launches SilentGlass, a plug-in device to secure HDMI and DisplayPort links

NCSC’s SilentGlass blocks malicious HDMI/DisplayPort links, protecting monitors from hardware attacks. Now commercialized for global use. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has lau ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2026
Cyber Crime
Medtronic discloses security incident after ShinyHunters claimed theft of 9M+ records

Medtronic confirmed a breach of its IT systems after ShinyHunters claimed the theft of over 9 million records. Medtronic confirmed a cyberattack on its corporate IT systems after the hacker group ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2026
Intelligence
Chinese spy posed as researcher in spear-phishing campaign targeting NASA to steal defense software

A Chinese national posed as a U.S. researcher, tricking NASA staff in a phishing campaign to steal sensitive data tied to defense software and exports. A Chinese national ran a spear-phishing camp ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2026
Security
LINKEDIN BROWSERGATE

BrowserGate claims LinkedIn secretly fingerprints users via extensions and device data, sending encrypted results to third parties for tracking. BrowserGate is an investigation conducted by Fairli ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2026
Security
Firefox bug CVE-2026-6770 enabled cross-site tracking and Tor fingerprinting

CVE-2026-6770 let attackers fingerprint Firefox and Tor users, even in Private mode. Firefox 150 and Tor Browser 15.0.10 fixed it. A vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-6770, allowed attackers to f ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2026
Malware
Fast16: Pre-Stuxnet malware that targeted precision engineering software

Fast16 is a pre-Stuxnet malware that tampered with precision software and spread itself. Evidence suggests links to U.S. operations during early cyber tensions. SentinelOne uncovered Fast16, a sab ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2026
APT
Italy moves to extradite Chinese national to the U.S. over hacking charges

Italy plans to extradite Xu Zewei to the U.S. over alleged hacks on COVID-19 research tied to state-backed operations. Italy is moving to extradite Xu Zewei, the Chinese national arrested in 2025 ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2026
Data Breach
U.S. utility giant Itron discloses a security breach

Itron detected unauthorized access to part of its IT environment on April 13, 2026, and launched incident response and notified authorities. Itron disclosed a cyber incident involving unauthorized ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2026
Hacking
Critical bug in CrowdStrike LogScale let attackers access files

CrowdStrike fixed CVE-2026-40050 in LogScale self-hosted, a critical flaw allowing unauthenticated file access via path traversal. CrowdStrike recently disclosed a critical vulnerability, tracked ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 94

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Morpheus: A new Spyware linked to IPS Intelligence The iPho ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2026
Cyber Crime
Trigona ransomware adopts custom tool to steal data and evade detection

Trigona ransomware now uses a custom command-line tool to steal data faster and evade detection, replacing tools like Rclone and MegaSync. Symantec researchers report that recent Trigona ransomwar ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 574 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 26, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds SimpleHelp, Samsung, and D-Link flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds SimpleHelp, Samsung, and D-Link flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Se ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2026
Uncategorized
Over 400,000 sites at risk as hackers exploit Breeze Cache plugin flaw (CVE-2026-3844)

Attackers exploit a Breeze Cache flaw (CVE-2026-3844) to upload files without login. Wordfence researchers detected over 170 attacks. Threat actors are exploiting a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2 ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2026
Hacking
CISA reports persistent FIRESTARTER backdoor on Cisco ASA device in federal network

CISA said a federal Cisco Firepower ASA device was infected with the FIRESTARTER backdoor in Sept 2025, and it survived security patches. CISA revealed that a U.S. federal civilian agency’s Cisc ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2026
Security
12-year-old Pack2TheRoot bug lets Linux users gain root privileges

'Pack2TheRoot' flaw lets local Linux users gain root via PackageKit. CVE-2026-41651 (8.8) has existed for nearly 12 years. The Pack2TheRoot flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-41651, lets unprivileged users ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2026
Intelligence
Signal phishing campaign targets Germany’s Bundestag President Julia Klöckner

Germany’s Bundestag President Klöckner was targeted in a Signal phishing attack via a fake CDU group chat. Germany’s Bundestag President Julia Klöckner has reportedly become the latest Euro ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2026