Pierluigi Paganini
July 31, 2017
At DEF CON hacking conference experts demonstrated how to abuse a machine learning system dubbed OpenAI Gym to create malware that can avoid detection. We have discussed several times about the impa ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 31, 2017
Microsoft has announced that the SMBv1 SMBloris bug described at DEF CON won't be patched because it could be fixed simply blocking incoming connections. Recently security researchers at RiskSense ha ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 31, 2017
Hackers attending Def Con hacking conference were invited to hack into voting machines used in US past elections to assess their level of security. DEF CON 2017 - Are voting systems secure? In Aug ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2017
In compliance with Chinese Internet monitoring law, Apple has started removing all IOS VPN apps from it App Store in China. The company complies with a request from the Chinese Government that wa ...
April 23, 2026
Attackers spent five months silently stealing emails from a stock exchange executive's Outlook account in a suspected espionage operation. A threat actor quietly sat inside a senior executive's Ou ...
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2026
Russia's FSB claims foreign intelligence planted malware on senior officials' phones to intercept calls and activate cameras. No technical evidence, no country named. On June 2, 2026, Russia's Fed ...
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Android and Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2026
Google fixed 124 Android flaws, including CVE-2025-48595, an actively exploited privilege escalation bug linked to targeted attacks. Google has released its June 2026 Android security updates, fix ...
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2026
Rapid7 details a critical unauthenticated overflow in HP Poly VoIP phones that can lead to root RCE, with patches available for affected models. Rapid7’s latest disclosure on CVE-2026-0826 shoul ...
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2026
Attackers exploited Meta’s AI support chatbot to reset Instagram passwords and hijack accounts without accessing victims’ email inboxes. Attackers abused Meta’s AI-powered support chatbot to ...
Pierluigi Paganini
June 02, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Oracle WebLogic flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CI ...
Pierluigi Paganini
June 02, 2026
ENISA NIS360 2026 shows cybersecurity improving across EU critical sectors, but health, water, rail, and space remain in the risk zone. ENISA has published its third annual NIS360 report, assessin ...
Pierluigi Paganini
June 02, 2026
Malware on approximately 2,000 WordPress sites hid C2 instructions in Steam profile comments using invisible Unicode. GoDaddy researchers spotted a command-and-control infrastructure for a malware ...
Pierluigi Paganini
June 02, 2026
16,699 ransomware leak posts over 2 years show 84% drop Monday–Friday, peak at European afternoon hours. October spikes yearly. Someone analyzed 16,699 ransomware leak-site posts across 200 gro ...
Pierluigi Paganini
June 01, 2026
CVE-2026-8732 in WP Maps Pro lets unauthenticated attackers create WordPress admin accounts. 2,858 attacks blocked in 24 hours. WP Maps Pro plugin allows WordPress site owners to embed Google Maps ...
Pierluigi Paganini
June 01, 2026
CIFSwitch is a 19-year-old Linux logic bug turning forged CIFS auth keys into root. Affects Mint, CentOS, Rocky, Kali, SLES. CIFSwitch stands apart from typical privilege escalation vulnerabilitie ...
Pierluigi Paganini
June 01, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...
Pierluigi Paganini
June 01, 2026
The Pentagon confirmed adversaries are using commercial location data to track U.S. troops, exposing risks tied to smartphones and ad-tech networks. For years, security researchers, privacy advoca ...
Pierluigi Paganini
June 01, 2026
CVE-2026-0257 lets attackers forge Palo Alto GlobalProtect auth cookies and bypass VPN login. Exploitation confirmed since May 17. Palo Alto Networks addressed the vulnerability CVE-2026-0257 on M ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 31, 2026
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Ghost CMS Mass Compromised via CVE-2026- ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 31, 2026
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
May 31, 2026
Cybercrime group ShinyHunters leaked data allegedly stolen from Charter Communications, exposing millions of customer records after a failed extortion attempt. The ShinyHunters extortion group has ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 30, 2026
Attackers are texting Signal users posing as Support, asking for backup recovery keys. Once obtained, they can decrypt the entire message history, not just future chats. A phishing campaign is cur ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 30, 2026
Dutch authorities seized 200 servers running a 17-million-device botnet linked to proxy service Asocks. Dutch authorities have taken offline a massive botnet of at least 17 million devices and sei ...
Pierluigi Paganini
May 30, 2026
