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DOJ arrested the founders of crypto mixer Samourai for facilitating $2 Billion in illegal transactions
Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the arrest of two co-founders of a cryptocurrency mixer Samourai. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has arrested two co-founders of the cryptocur ...

Google fixed critical Chrome vulnerability CVE-2024-4058
Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2024

Google addressed a critical Chrome vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-4058, that resides in the ANGLE graphics layer engine. Google addressed four vulnerabilities in the Chrome web browser, includ ...

Nation-state actors exploited two zero-days in ASA and FTD firewalls to breach government networks
Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2024

Nation-state actor UAT4356 has been exploiting two zero-days in ASA and FTD firewalls since November 2023 to breach government networks. Cisco Talos warned that the nation-state actor UAT4356 (aka ...

Hackers hijacked the eScan Antivirus update mechanism in malware campaign
Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2024

A malware campaign has been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus to distribute backdoors and cryptocurrency miners. Avast researchers discovered and analyzed a malware campaign ...

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Security
U.S. CISA adds SimpleHelp flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2026
Data Breach
Hackers Steal Data of 4.38 Million Aflac Japan Customers

Hackers stole data from 4.38 million Aflac Japan customers after accessing its systems for 10 days before the breach was detected. Aflac Japan disclosed that hackers stole the personal information ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2026
Security
Apple Fixes WebKit Flaws in iOS and macOS, With Help From AI Tools

Apple released updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari, fixing WebKit flaws, four of which were found using AI tools like Claude and Codex Apple pushed out security updates for iOS, iPadOS, mac ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2026
Security
Attackers actively exploit the Oracle E-Business Suite flaw CVE-2026-46817

Attackers are exploiting a critical flaw in Oracle E-Business Suite, CVE-2026-46817, that allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to take over Oracle Payments. A critical vulnerability in Oracle ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2026
Security
WhatsApp Usernames Are Coming. You Can Reserve Yours Right Now

WhatsApp will introduce usernames later this year, letting its 3 billion users connect without sharing phone numbers. WhatsApp has over three billion users, and it's finally letting them talk to e ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2026
Security
U.S. Targets Russian Cyber Spies With $10M Bounty Over Messaging App Attacks

The U.S. offers up to $10M for information on Russian hackers targeting Signal and WhatsApp accounts of officials and journalists. The U.S. government is offering rewards of up to $10 million for ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2026
Malware
StegoAd: How 119 Fake Browser Extensions Stole Credentials and Ran Ad Fraud for Two Years

Microsoft shut down the StegoAd campaign, which used 119 malicious Edge extensions, hit 2.6M installs, and ran undetected for two years. Microsoft just shut down one of the more technically clever ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2026
Intelligence
SSU and FBI Uncover Russian Cyber Espionage Operation Against Officials and Military Personnel

Ukraine's SSU and the FBI Just Confirmed Russian Intelligence Has Been Systematically Hacking Messenger Accounts for Years. The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), working jointly with the FBI, has ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2026
Data Breach
KDDI Data Breach Impacts up to 14.2 Million Email Accounts at Six ISPs

KDDI Corporation disclosed a breach affecting up to 14.2 million email accounts after attackers exploited a vulnerability in third-party software. KDDI Corporation disclosed a data breach that exp ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 103

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter More Than 4,000 Legacy Routers Compromis ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2026
Security
Security Affairs newsletter Round 583 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 June 28, 2026
Intelligence
New FBI Alert: Russian Intelligence Uses Signal Recovery Keys to Access Messages

FBI warns Russian spies now target Signal Backup Recovery Keys, enabling access to message history and long-term account takeover. The FBI and CISA updated their March 2026 warning about Russian i ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2026
Uncategorized
Hospitality Sector Hit by Phishing Campaign Using Fake Guest Complaint Emails

Microsoft warns of a phishing campaign targeting the hospitality sector with fake guest emails that install TonRAT using resilient persistence. Microsoft Threat Intelligence published a detailed a ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2026
Uncategorized
DirtyClone: Fourth Linux Kernel Flaw in Six Weeks Escalates to Root

DirtyClone: a Linux kernel privilege escalation that silently rewrites executables in memory, leaving no disk trace. Patch now. JFrog Security Research published a working exploit walkthrough on J ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2026
Intelligence
Chinese APT CL-STA-1062 Expands Attacks on Southeast Asian Critical Infrastructure With Custom Malware

Chinese-speaking APT CL-STA-1062 targeted Southeast Asian government and energy networks open-source tools, and a new TinyRCT backdoor. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers published a detailed ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2026
Security
Activist Phone Hacked With Cellebrite After Russia Contract Cancellation

Russian authorities used Cellebrite tools to unlock an activist’s iPhone and analyze private data despite canceled support, raising abuse concerns. On May 31, 2021, Russian security services pul ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Cisco and PTC Windchill and FlexPLM flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco and PTC Windchill and FlexPLM flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructur ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2026
Security
Third-Party Breach at Polymarket Leads to $2.94M Crypto Theft

Polymarket confirmed hackers stole funds from some users after attackers injected malicious code through a compromised third-party vendor. Polymarket confirmed that a security breach at a third-pa ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2026
Malware
macOS.Gaslight: North Korea-Linked Malware That Tries to Gaslight the Analyst

macOS.Gaslight: DPRK Rust implant for Mac with a prompt injection payload designed to fool AI-based malware analysts. SentinelLabs researchers spotted a Rust-based macOS implant, dubbed macOS.Gasl ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2026
Data Breach
Tata Electronics Confirms Data Breach After 630GB Leak Claim Targets Apple and Tesla

Tata Electronics confirmed a data breach after hackers claimed to steal 630GB of data, including alleged Apple supplier and Tesla documents. Tata Electronics, a major supplier to Apple and Tesla, ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2026