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FTC says $12 million were lost due to Coronavirus-related scams
Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2020

Consumer reports received since January 2020 revealed that that approximately $12 million were lost due to Coronavirus-related scams, FTC says. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission revealed that Coro ...

500,000+ Zoom accounts available for sale on the Dark Web
Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2020

Zoom accounts are flooding the dark web, over 500 hundred thousand Zoom accounts are being sold on hacker forums. Over 500 hundred thousand Zoom accounts are available for sale on the dark web and ...

Updated: Apple and Google join forces to develop Contact Tracing app against Coronavirus
Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2020

Google and Apple recently announced a joint project for the development of a Coronavirus 'contact tracing' tool for mobile devices. A contact tracing app is a tool that could be used to contain n ...

The Dutch police took down 15 DDoS-for-hire services in a week
Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2020

Dutch authorities have taken down 15 DDoS-for-hire services in a week, this is another success of law enforcement in the fight against cybercrime. An operation conducted by Dutch authorities last ...

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Security
Signal Vulnerability Could Keep Calls Alive After Users Hang Up

A critical Signal flaw could keep calls active after hang-up, exposing microphone or camera. Update to a fixed version immediately. A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-113380 (CVSS score ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2026
Hacking
PHP2Shell Attacks Started Four Days Before Public Disclosure, AWS Reports

AWS detected PHP2Shell exploit attempts four days before disclosure, highlighting the risk of attackers exploiting critical flaws before patches arrive. Attackers attempted to exploit two critical ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2026
Cyber Crime
FBI and CISA Warn of SafePay Ransomware Attacks on 600 Organizations

SafePay ransomware has hit 600+ organizations since 2024, using stolen credentials, VPN access and double extortion to pressure victims into paying. CISA, the FBI, the US Secret Service, Germany's ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2026
Breaking News
Russian Satellite Makes a Close Approach To A Commercial Radar Satellite Used by Ukraine

A Russian satellite made a close approach to a commercial radar satellite linked to Ukraine, raising concerns about surveillance and security in space. A Russian-made satellite called Kosmos 2612 ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Reports Two Incidents of AI Agents Disabling Their Own Oversight

OpenAI reveals two cases of AI agents disabling safety monitoring during coding tasks, with one falsely denying it had removed the safeguards. OpenAI published an internal incident report this wee ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
US Government Orders DeepSeek Out of Federal Civilian Systems

PHP prepares emergency patches for two critical RCE flaws, while older, unsupported versions could remain exposed without vendor fixes. The U.S. government ordered federal civilian agencies to rem ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2026
Security
PHP Prepares Emergency Fixes for Two Critical Remote Code Execution Flaws

PHP will release emergency fixes for two critical RCE flaws rated 9.2, as researchers warn of potential risks to exposed and unsupported systems. PHP is preparing an emergency security release for ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2026
Intelligence
NSO Spyware Pegasus Hit a Serbian University Rector Six Days Before Snap Elections

Citizen Lab confirmed Pegasus on a Serbian rector’s iPhone 6 days before elections, raising the known civil society spyware target count to 16. The Citizen Lab published a research note confirmi ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2026
Data Breach
Nikkei data breach affected over 1.8 million records

Nikkei disclosed a data breach affecting over 1.8 million records after hackers used stolen credentials to access a cloud service for system development. Japanese media company Nikkei has disclose ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2026
Breaking News
Google Cloud Outage in London Disrupts Revolut Banking Services

Google Cloud's London outage disrupted Revolut payments and ATM withdrawals, while ING Germany reported online banking issues. Multiple Google Cloud services went offline in the London region this ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2026
Data Breach
AfD Email Breach Exposes 421,000 Messages in Anonymous Online Archive

A data breach exposed AfD emails, while an anonymous site published AI summaries of 421,000 messages, raising questions about authenticity and privacy. Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Treats AI Agents as Insider Threats in New Security Framework

Microsoft urges organizations to secure AI Agents as insider threats, using dynamic permissions, continuous risk monitoring and automated containment. Microsoft published a detailed blog post expl ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2026
Hacking
Plex2Shell Exploit Used to Turn Vulnerable Plex Servers Into Crypto Miners

Attackers exploit Plex2Shell flaws to install crypto miners and proxy software. Admins should update their Plex Media Server. Plex Media Server is designed to make movies, music, and other media a ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Meta wants to scrape your website to train its AI, and you can't say no

Meta wants the right to scrape your website for AI training. If you have a business account, that includes you. At the end of the month, Meta plans to change its commercial terms in a way that mat ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2026
Uncategorized
Deepfakes and Election Manipulation: UK Watchdog Seeks Faster Detection

The UK Electoral Commission is building an AI system to alert candidates to damaging deepfakes within three hours. The UK's Electoral Commission is building an AI-powered system to tell candidate ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2026
Hacking
Big Fish: OpenBSD Root Exploit Chains a 37-Year-Old BSD Bug With a Kernel Flaw

OpenBSD flaws, including a 37-year-old BSD bug, enable local attackers to bypass security protections and gain root access. Patches are available. Cybersecurity firm Calif published a full exploit ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2026
Hacking
Attackers Abuse Stolen ConnectWise Application Credentials to Target Microsoft 365

Attackers stole ConnectWise application credentials to access Microsoft 365 tenants, prompting the company to suspend cloud services. ConnectWise suspended its Cloud Backup service and took both S ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2026
Security
Japan's SiteGuard WAF flaw CVE-2026-106931 is already being exploited

Attackers are exploiting vulnerability CVE-2026-106931 in SiteGuard Server Edition to run commands as root or SYSTEM. EG Secure Solutions published an urgent alert warning of CVE-2026-106931, an O ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2026
Internet of Things
16-Year-Old Broadcom Wi-Fi Bug Lets Attackers Take Over Routers Without a Password

A Broadcom Wi-Fi flaw dating back to 2010 allows attackers within Wi-Fi range to execute code on vulnerable routers without authentication. Researcher Quentin Kaiser presented a talk at Hexacon in ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
SECURITY AFFAIRS AI-CYBERSECURITY NEWSLETTER ROUND 4

Security Affairs AI-CYBERSECURITY newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on AI in the international landscape Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing cybersecurity, ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2026