Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2021
White hat hackers earned $1.88 million at the Tianfu Cup hacking contest by finding vulnerabilities in popular software. The Tianfu Cup is the most important hacking contest held in China, this y ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2021
Twitch provided an update for the recent security breach, the company confirmed that it only had a limited impact on a small number of users. Twitch downplayed the recent security breach in an upd ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2021
The customers of Banco Pichincha, the largest bank in Ecuador, are still experiencing service disruptions after a massive cyberattack hit the financial organization early this week. The cyberatta ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2021
TrickBot operators are back and expand the distribution channels with partnership with cybercrime affiliates. The operators behind the infamous TrickBot (ITG23 and Wizard Spider) malware have resu ...
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PayPal disclosed a six-month data breach that exposed sensitive user data, including Social Security numbers, due to a software error. PayPal has disclosed a data breach caused by a software bug i ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2026
A Ukrainian man was sentenced to five years in the U.S. for helping North Korean IT workers use stolen identities to get hired by U.S. firms. Oleksandr “Alexander” Didenko, a 29-year-old Ukrai ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2026
The FBI warns ATM jackpotting is rising nationwide, with over $20 million lost in 2025 and 1,900 incidents reported since 2020. The FBI has warned of a sharp rise in ATM jackpotting attacks across ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2026
INTERPOL’s Operation Red Card 2.0 led to 651 arrests across 16 African countries and recovered over $4.3 million from online scams. INTERPOL’s Operation Red Card 2.0, a joint effort involving ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2026
PromptSpy is the first Android malware to abuse Google’s Gemini AI, enabling persistence and advanced spying features. Security researchers at ESET have uncovered PromptSpy, the first known Andr ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2026
Germany’s national rail operator, Deutsche Bahn, suffered a major DDoS attack that disrupted booking and information systems for several hours. Germany’s rail operator Deutsche Bahn was hit by ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Dell RecoverPoint and GitLab flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secur ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2026
CISA warns Honeywell CCTVs are affected by a critical auth bypass flaw (CVE-2026-1670) allowing unauthorized access or account hijacking. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2026
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission opened a probe into X over Grok AI tool allegedly generating sexual images, including of children. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has launched anothe ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2026
Amnesty reports Angolan journalist’s iPhone was infected by Intellexa’s Predator spyware via a WhatsApp link in May 2024. Amnesty International reports that in May 2024, Intellexa’s Predator ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2026
A hacker accessed data from 1.2 million French bank accounts using stolen official credentials, the Economy Ministry said. A hacker gained access to data from 1.2 million French bank accounts usin ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2026
Notepad++ patched a vulnerability that attackers used to hijack its update system and deliver malware to targeted users. Notepad++ fixed a vulnerability that allowed a China-linked APT group to hi ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2026
Four popular VS Code extensions with 125M+ installs have flaws that could let hackers steal files and run code remotely. OX Security researchers warn that security flaws in four widely used VS Cod ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2026
A suspected Chinese state-linked group exploited a critical Dell RecoverPoint flaw (CVE-2026-22769) in zero-day attacks starting mid-2024. Mandiant and Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium CSS, Microsoft Windows, TeamT5 ThreatSonar Anti-Ransomware, and Zimbra flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities c ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2026
Kaspersky uncovered Keenadu, an Android backdoor used for ad fraud that can even take full control of devices. Kaspersky has identified a new Android malware called Keenadu. It can be preinstalled ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2026
Hackers used a fake Oura MCP server to trick users into downloading malware that installs the StealC info-stealer. Straiker's AI Research (STAR) Labs team uncovered a SmartLoader campaign in which ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2026
Officers from Poland's Central Bureau of Cybercrime Control (CBZC) police arrested a 47-year-old man linked to the Phobos ransomware operation. Polish authorities arrested a 47-year-old man suspec ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2026
Attackers used a fake PDF incident report hosted on AWS to scare victims into enabling 2FA, though a poorly crafted phishing campaign. Freelance security consultant Xavier Mertens reported a phis ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2026
South Korea fined Dior, Louis Vuitton, and Tiffany $25M after hackers breached their Salesforce systems, exposing customer data. South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission fined lu ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2026
