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WordPress Easy WP SMTP zero-day potentially exposes hundreds of thousands of sites to hack
Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2020

Threat actors are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the popular Easy WP SMTP WordPress plugin installed on more than 500,000 sites. Hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnera ...

Spotify reset user passwords after accidentally personal information exposure
Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2020

Spotify is informing users that their personal information might have been accidentally shared with some of its business partners. Spotify is informing users that their personal information might ...

Facebook links cyberespionage group APT32 to Vietnamese IT firm
Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2020

Facebook has suspended some accounts linked to APT32 that were involved in cyber espionage campaigns to spread malware. Facebook has suspended several accounts linked to the APT32 cyberespionage t ...

Threat actors target K-12 distance learning education, CISA and FBI warn
Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2020

The US Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency and the FBI warned about the increase in ransomware attacks targeting the US K-12 educational sector. The US CISA and the FBI warned about t ...

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Security
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft SharePoint and Check Point SmartConsole flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds SharePoint and Check Point flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Securit ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2026
Malware
Chaos ransomware deploys browser-based msaRAT to evade network detection

Cisco Talos uncovered msaRAT, a Chaos ransomware RAT that hides C2 traffic by routing it through Chrome or Edge using the Chrome DevTools Protocol. Cisco Talos disclosed msaRAT, a Rust-based remot ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2026
Security
Google Released Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber AI, a Specialized AI Model for Vulnerability Hunting

Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, an AI model for vulnerability discovery and patching, available only to governments and trusted partners. Google DeepMind announced Gemini 3.5 Flas ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2026
Hacking
Check Point patches actively exploited SmartConsole authentication bypass flaw

Check Point addressed a critical authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-16232, in SmartConsole that is being actively exploited. Check Point has released security updates to fix multiple ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2026
Security
CVE-2026-8933: Ubuntu security flaw breaks Snap sandbox protections

Qualys disclosed CVE-2026-8933, a high-severity Ubuntu flaw that lets local attackers gain root privileges through a race condition in snap-confine. Qualys has disclosed a high-severity local priv ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2026
Hacking
Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension bug enabled silent WhatsApp data theft

Adobe patched CVE-2026-48294, a flaw in Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension that could let attackers steal WhatsApp Web chats by luring users to a webpage. Guardio Labs researcher Shaked Biner disclose ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds DD-WRT, Langflow and WordPress flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds DD-WRT, Langflow, and WordPress flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Se ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI AI models exploited zero-days to reach Hugging Face in benchmark test

OpenAI confirmed its AI models exploited zero-days during internal testing, reaching Hugging Face servers in an unintended real-world cyberattack. OpenAI admitted on July 21 that its own AI models ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2026
Security
Public PoC triggers active exploitation of critical SharePoint RCE vulnerability CVE-2026-50522

Critical SharePoint RCE vulnerability CVE-2026-50522 is under active exploitation after the release of a PoC exploit code. A critical Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50522 ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2026
Security
Zimbra 10.1.20 patches multiple security issues, including a critical command injection bug

Zimbra patched nine flaws in version 10.1.20, including a critical SNMP monitoring command injection issue enabling arbitrary command execution. Zimbra released version 10.1.20 to fix nine securit ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2026
Cyber Crime
Qilin Ransomware Affiliates Abuse CVE-2026-0257 to Gain Unauthorized VPN Access

Qilin ransomware exploits the PAN-OS GlobalProtect flaw CVE-2026-0257 to gain unauthorized VPN access to unpatched networks. Arctic Wolf researchers warn that the Qilin ransomware gang is exploiti ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2026
Intelligence
Dutch Intelligence Warns Russia Uses Hacked IP Cameras for Military Espionage

Dutch intelligence says Russia hacks IP cameras to monitor NATO military logistics and weapons shipments to Ukraine. The Netherlands' AIVD and MIVD, the civilian and military intelligence services ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2026
Security
Critical 7-Zip Flaw Allows Code Execution by Opening Crafted XZ-Compressed Files. Update it now!

7-Zip fixed a vulnerability that could let attackers run code by tricking users into opening malicious XZ-compressed archive files. 7-Zip released version 26.02 to address a remote code execution ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2026
Hacking
CVE-2026-42533: Critical NGINX Bug Could Turn HTTP Requests Into Server Takeovers

F5 fixes critical nginx flaw CVE-2026-42533 that can crash servers and, in some cases, allow remote code execution through crafted HTTP requests. F5 released patches for a critical nginx vulnerabi ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
AI Agents Turned Into Attackers: Hugging Face Reveals Autonomous Intrusion Campaign

Hugging Face says an autonomous AI agent breached part of its production infrastructure and accessed internal data and service credentials. Hugging Face is one of the world's leading open-source A ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2026
Hacking
Volexity Uncovers Zero-Day Campaign Targeting SonicWall VPN Appliances

Unknown hackers exploited two SonicWall SMA 1000 zero-days to gain root access on VPN appliances before patches became available. Volexity published its findings after conducting an incident respo ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 106

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter CrashStealer: C++ macOS infostealer posi ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 586 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 July 19, 2026
Hacking
Attackers Can Take Over WordPress Sites Using Newly Released wp2shell Exploits

Public exploits are now available for two critical WordPress flaws that attackers can chain to gain remote code execution without authentication. Public proof-of-concept exploits are now available ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2026
Hacking
OpenSSL Fixes HollowByte Memory Exhaustion Bug

Okta disclosed HollowByte, an 11-byte OpenSSL flaw that lets remote attackers exhaust server memory and trigger denial-of-service attacks. Okta's Red Team disclosed a denial-of-service vulnerabili ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2026