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CloudMensis spyware went undetected for many years
Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2022

Researchers spotted previously undocumented spyware, dubbed CloudMensis, that targets the Apple macOS systems. Researchers from ESET discovered a previously undetected macOS backdoor, tracked as C ...

Russia-linked APT29 relies on Google Drive, Dropbox to evade detection
Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2022

Russia-linked threat actors APT29 are using the Google Drive cloud storage service to evade detection. Palo Alto Networks researchers reported that the Russia-linked APT29 group, tracked by the re ...

Crooks create rogue cryptocurrency-themed apps to steal crypto assets from users
Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2022

The U.S. FBI has warned of crooks developing malicious cryptocurrency-themed apps to steal crypto assets from the users. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned of crooks creatin ...

Several apps on the Play Store used to spread Joker, Facestealer and Coper malware
Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2022

Google blocked dozens of malicious apps from the official Play Store that were spreading Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families. Google has removed dozens of malicious apps from the offici ...

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Data Breach
SafePal Says 39,798 Customers Hit by Data Breach

SafePal says a breach exposed personal data of 39,798 customers, but not wallet credentials, private keys, seed phrases, or payment information. SafePal disclosed a data breach affecting about 39, ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2026
Hacking
LiteLLM Supply-Chain Attack - Technology, Banking and Healthcare the Most Affected

The SANDCLOCK LiteLLM supply-chain attack exposed credentials across 2,038 repositories, affecting technology, finance, healthcare, retail and more. Resecurity (USA) estimated the most affected se ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Invisible AI Prompts Trigger Court Sanctions

A litigant hid AI prompt injections in a court filing to influence a ruling. The judge caught it and banned him from electronic filing. A man suing the New York Bariatric Group reportedly hid AI p ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2026
Cyber Crime
McDonald’s Employee Data Appears in Leak, Seller Claims 1.7M Records Stolen

A seller claims 1.7M McDonald’s employee records were stolen from Azure. An 8,000-row sample appears genuine, but its age and full size remain unconfirmed. A seller on a data-trading forum poste ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2026
Malware
Akira Ransomware Uses Safe Mode to Bypass EDR

Akira attackers used Safe Mode to disable EDR before deploying ransomware, but memory issues caused the encryptor to fail. An Akira ransomware affiliate broke into a company through an MFA-less So ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2026
Hacking
DDoS Attacks Cause Major Threema Outages

Large DDoS attacks disrupted Threema, causing severe communication outages. Threema On-Prem users were unaffected by the attacks. Threema suffered multiple large-scale DDoS attacks that disrupted ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 110

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Kimsuky Integrates AI into Attack Operat ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2026
APT
Mustang Panda Upgrades CoolClient With a Kernel Rootkit

Mustang Panda upgraded CoolClient with a signed kernel driver that hides processes, files and network activity, making the backdoor harder to detect. HoneyMyte, also known as Mustang Panda, has pu ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2026
Cyber Crime
Sophisticated Cyberattack Exposes Data of 678,000 French Taxpayers

France's tax agency says hackers stole data on 678,000 taxpayers, including income and tax details, in a sophisticated cyberattack. A threat actor claimed to have breached France’s tax agency in ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 590 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 August 16, 2026
Intelligence
APT36 Suspected in PATCHCORD Espionage Campaign Using Google Sheets C2

Acronis uncovered PATCHCORD, a stealthy backdoor targeting Afghan telecom and South Asian infrastructure via fake VPN tools and Google Sheets C2. Researchers at Acronis just documented an espionag ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2026
Cyber Crime
Crooks Are Buying Your Expired Domains and Using Them to Deliver Malware

Attackers are buying expired domains to exploit their reputation, traffic and DNS history, using them for malware delivery, scams and C2 infrastructure. Every day, roughly 65,000 domain names that ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2026
Uncategorized
macOS Screen Sharing Flaw Exploited to Deploy Monero Miners

Hackers are exploiting a macOS Screen Sharing flaw to gain root access and install Monero miners on Macs with port 5900 exposed online. The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre confirmed active ex ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2026
Hacking
GeoServer Zero-Day Is Already Being Probed. That’s the Problem

GeoServer faces an unpatched zero-day enabling SQL injection and potentially RCE, with attackers already probing exposed systems. A newly disclosed GeoServer zero-day is already attracting active ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2026
Malware
Apple warned hundreds of users of mercenary spyware attacks

Apple warns users of credible, targeted attacks and urges immediate verification, stronger protections, and expert assistance. Apple has sent a new round of threat notifications to users it believ ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2026
Malware
AmnesiaStealer Gives Attackers Live Control of Victims’ macOS Browsers

AmnesiaStealer targets macOS users through fake GitHub pages, stealing passwords, cookies and data while giving attackers live control of the browser. Jamf Threat Labs researchers disclosed Amnesi ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2026
Breaking News
Chess.com Leak Exposes 7.3 Million Users - Evidence Points to Scraping

7.3 million Chess.com profiles leaked online: the data is genuine, but evidence points to large-scale scraping, not a server breach. Free is a strange price for stolen data, and that's exactly wha ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2026
Laws and regulations
US Authorizes Private Cyber Firms to Hack Transnational Criminal Networks

Trump authorizes vetted US cybersecurity firms to conduct government-approved cyber operations against transnational criminal networks. President Trump signed a national security memorandum on Aug ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2026
Hacking
Adobe Commerce CVE-2026-71362 Comes Under Attack Shortly After Public Disclosure

Hackers began targeting a critical Adobe Commerce flaw that could let unauthenticated attackers hijack customer accounts and access private data. Hackers began targeting CVE-2026-71362 (CVSS score ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2026
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Metabase, Windows, and Cisco Secure Firewall flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Metabase, Windows, and Cisco Secure Firewall flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infr ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2026