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Censorship, governments and corporations enemies of internet
Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2013

The use of technologies to support censorship is deplorable and condemnable but it must be considered that is a sad reality that has sustained the growth of a billionaire market. Many IT companies aro ...

Researcher demonstrated serious flaw in Apple App Store
Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2013

Once again the security of large scale application and platform is challenged, today is the turn of Apple, in particular of its famous Apple store that according the Researchers Elie Bursztein  was v ...

The malicious mobile marketplace explained by Group-IB
Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2013

Recently many security portals, including Security Affairs, have presented analysis on underground markets and the increased demand of malware and exploit tools. In this post I desire to prop ...

Microsoft Skype accused of supporting the surveillance in China
Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2013

In many occasion we have discussed about the consequences of monitoring activities on internet and communication channels operated by governments all over the world, in particular of the censorship an ...

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Security
Cisco fixed four critical flaws in Identity Services and Webex

Cisco fixed four critical flaws in Identity Services and Webex that could allow code execution and user impersonation. Cisco has addressed four critical vulnerabilities affecting its Identity Serv ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2026
Cyber Crime
Cookeville Regional Medical Center hospital data breach impacts 337,917 people

A ransomware attack on Cookeville Regional Medical Center hospital (Tennessee) exposed data of 337,000 people after hackers stole 500GB of sensitive information from its systems. A ransomware atta ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2026
Hacking
AI platform n8n abused for stealthy phishing and malware delivery

Attackers abuse AI automation platform n8n to run phishing campaigns, deliver malware, and evade security by using trusted infrastructure. Threat actors are exploiting the popular AI workflow auto ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2026
APT
From clinics to government: UAC-0247 expands cyber campaign across Ukraine

CERT-UA reports UAC-0247 targeting Ukrainian clinics and government bodies with malware stealing data from Chromium browsers and WhatsApp. CERT-UA has revealed a cyber campaign by the threat actor ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2026
Hacking
CVE-2026-33032: severe nginx-ui bug grants unauthenticated server access

An actively exploited critical nginx-ui flaw (CVE-2026-33032) lets attackers bypass authentication and take full control of Nginx servers. A critical vulnerability in nginx-ui, tracked as CVE-2026 ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2026
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft Office Excel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft Office Excel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecuri ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2026
Uncategorized
Mirax malware campaign hits 220K accounts, enables full remote control

Mirax, a new Android RAT, spread via Meta ads, infected 220,000 users and turns devices into SOCKS5 proxies, giving attackers full remote control. Mirax is a new Android remote access trojan sprea ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2026
Security
PHP Composer flaws enable remote command execution via Perforce VCS

Two high-severity flaws in PHP Composer could let attackers run arbitrary commands via malicious repository configs and crafted inputs affecting Perforce VCS. Two high-severity vulnerabilities in ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2026
Security
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2026 fixed actively exploited SharePoint zero-day

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for April 2026 fixed 165 vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited SharePoint zero-day. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates addressed 165 vulne ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2026
Data Breach
Personal data of 1 million gym members compromised in Basic-Fit security incident

A breach at Basic-Fit exposed data of 1M members, including names, birth dates and bank details after unauthorized access. Basic-Fit, Europe’s largest gym chain, has disclosed a data breach affe ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2026
Cyber Crime
US, UK and Canada disrupt $45M crypto theft in Operation Atlantic

US, UK and Canada ran Operation Atlantic, uncovering $45M in crypto theft and freezing $12M to return to victims. An international law enforcement operation from the US, UK and Canada, codenamed O ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2026
Data Breach
ShinyHunters claim the hack of Rockstar Games breach and started leaking data

Leak of 8.1GB data tied to Rockstar Games includes anti-cheat code, game data, analytics and more, reportedly exposed by ShinyHunters. An 8.1GB data leak reportedly linked to Rockstar Games has su ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2026
Hacking
Attackers target unpatched ShowDoc servers via CVE-2025-0520

A critical RCE flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-0520, in ShowDoc is being actively exploited, putting unpatched servers at serious risk. A critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-0520 (C ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Adobe, Fortinet, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Microsoft Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Adobe, Fortinet, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Microsoft Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. C ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2026
Malware
Fake Claude AI installer abuses DLL sideloading to deploy PlugX

Fake Claude website impersonates Anthropic and delivers PlugX RAT via ZIP download using DLL sideloading. A fake website impersonating Anthropic’s Claude service was found distributing the PlugX ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2026
Data Breach
Hackers access Booking.com user data, company secures systems

Hackers accessed some Booking.com user data, including names, emails, phone numbers, and booking details. The issue is now contained. Booking.com warned that hackers may have accessed customer dat ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2026
Security
iPhone forensics expose Signal messages after app removal in U.S. case

An FBI case in Texas shows Signal messages can still be recovered from iPhones even after app uninstall, via system artifacts, challenging privacy assumptions. The recent revelations about FBI for ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2026
Intelligence
Citizen Lab: Webloc tracked 500M devices for global law enforcement

Citizen Lab reported that law enforcement used the surveillance tool Webloc to track up to 500M devices via ad data globally. A report by Citizen Lab revealed that law enforcement agencies in the ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2026
Hacking
Iran-linked group Handala claims to have breached three major UAE organizations

Iran-linked group Handala claims to have breached three major UAE organizations, Dubai Courts, Dubai Land Department, and Dubai Roads & Transport Authority The group Handala claimed a major c ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2026
Malware
CPUID watering hole attack spreads STX RAT malware

Threat actors compromised the CPUID website and spread STX RAT through fake CPU-Z and HWMonitor downloads. Attackers breached the website CPUID and replaced download links for CPU-Z and HWMonitor ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2026