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Flaws in solar panels potentially threatening European power grids
Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2017

The Horus scenario, is a scenario describing a large scale cyber attack targeting the vital electrical infrastructure triggering flaws found in solar panels Willem Westerhof, a Dutch security researc ...

Security Affairs newsletter Round 122 – News of the week
Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2017

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. ·      Apple removed iOS VPN apps from Chinese App Store in compliance to c ...

Hackers leak the fourth episode of Game of Thrones season 7 online
Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2017

Episode 4 of the fantasy drama Game of Thrones season 7, 'The Spoils Of War', has been widely shared online through Vidme, Google Drive, and The Pirate Bay. Hackers leaked the fourth episode of Game ...

US Army bans use of Chinese DJI drones over cyber security concerns
Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2017

The US Army has ordered its units to stop using Chinese DJI drones because of "cyber vulnerabilities" in the products. The US Army is going to ban its units from using drones manufactured by the Chin ...

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) fixed maximum severity OneView flaw

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) fixed a critical OneView flaw that could allow attackers to achieve remote code execution. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) addressed a maximum-severity security v ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2025
Cyber Crime
DIG AI: Uncensored Darknet AI Assistant at the Service of Criminals and Terrorists

Resecurity reports a Q4 2025 surge in criminal use of DIG AI on Tor, enabling scalable illicit activity and posing new risks ahead of major 2026 events. During Q4 2025, Resecurity observed a notab ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2025
Security
U.S. CISA adds Cisco, SonicWall, and ASUS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco, SonicWall, and ASUS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Securit ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2025
Hacking
GhostPairing campaign abuses WhatsApp device linking to hijack accounts

Attackers abuse WhatsApp’s device-linking feature to hijack accounts via pairing codes in the GhostPairing campaign. Attackers are exploiting WhatsApp’s device-linking feature to hijack accoun ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2025
Hacking
SonicWall warns of actively exploited flaw in SMA 100 AMC

SonicWall warned users to patch a SMA1000 AMC flaw that was exploited as a zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability in attacks. SonicWall urged customers to address a vulnerability, tracked as ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2025
Hacking
GNV ferry Fantastic under cyberattack probe amid remote hijack fears

French prosecutors probe a suspected cyberattack on GNV ferry Fantastic, raising concerns of a possible remote hijack. French prosecutors are investigating a suspected cyberattack on the GNV ferry ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2025
Security
Askul data breach exposed over 700,000 records after ransomware attack

Askul disclosed that an October RansomHouse ransomware attack compromised over 700,000 records at the Japanese e-commerce and logistics firm. Askul is a Japanese e-commerce and logistics company b ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2025
Cyber warfare
Russian state hackers targeted Western critical infrastructure for years, Amazon says

Amazon disclosed a years-long Russian state-backed cyber campaign targeting Western critical infrastructure from 2021 to 2025. Amazon Threat Intelligence reports a long-running Russian state-backe ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2025
Security
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in multiple Fortinet products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. CISA adds a vulnerability impacting multiple products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Fortinet Multipl ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2025
Security
A cyber attack hit Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) disrupting export operations

A cyber attack hit Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), Venezuela's state-owned oil company, over the weekend, disrupting its export operations. Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA was hit by a cybe ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2025
Security
Hackers are exploiting critical Fortinet flaws days after patch release

Threat actors are exploiting two critical Fortinet flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719, days after patch release, impacting multiple Fortinet products. Threat actors started exploi ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2025
Data Breach
Pornhub targeted in extortion attempt following Mixpanel breach exposing user activity

Hackers tied to ShinyHunters extort PornHub after stealing search and viewing history of Premium users in a Mixpanel data breach. PornHub faces extortion after hackers linked to ShinyHunters alleg ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2025
Hacking
French Interior Minister says hackers breached its email servers

The French interior minister confirmed that a cyberattack breached the Interior Ministry, compromising its email servers. The French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced on Friday that threat ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2025
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Apple and Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple and Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infras ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2025
Security
Atlassian fixed maximum severity flaw CVE-2025-66516 in Apache Tika

Atlassian released security updates to address dozens of flaws, including multiple critical-severity vulnerabilities. Atlassian addressed dozens of vulnerabilities impacting its products, includin ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2025
Data Breach
U.S. fintech and data services firm 700Credit suffered a data breach impacting at least 5.6 million people

A data breach at 700Credit exposed the names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of at least 5.6 million people. 700Credit is a U.S. fintech and data services company that prov ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2025
Hacking
CERT-FR recommends completely deactivate Wi-Fi whenever it’s not in use

The CERT-FR (French Computer Emergency Response Team) is advising iPhone and Android users to fully disable Wi-Fi to reduce risk. CERT-FR warns iPhone and Android users to fully disable Wi-Fi to ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2025
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 75

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter UDPGangster Campaigns Target Multiple Co ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2025
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 554 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 December 14, 2025
Data Breach
Experts found an unsecured 16TB database containing 4.3B professional records

An open 16TB database exposed 4.3B professional records. It was unsecured and only closed after researchers alerted the owner. A 16TB unsecured MongoDB database exposed about 4.3 billion professio ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2025