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Expert found a way to bypass Windows UAC by mocking trusted Directory
Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2018

David Wells, a security expert from Tenable, devised a method to bypass Windows’ User Account Control (UAC) by spoofing the execution path of a file in a trusted directory.  A security researcher ...

Hacking the hackers - IOT botnet author adds his own backdoor on top of a ZTE router backdoor
Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2018

The author of an IoT botnet is distributing a backdoor script for ZTE routers that also includes his own backdoor to hack script kiddies A weaponized IoT exploit script is being used by script kiddie ...

Reading the Android Ecosystem Security Transparency Report
Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2018

According to Android Ecosystem Security Transparency Report the number of potentially harmful applications has fallen from 0.66% in Lollipop to 0.06% in Pie Google published the first Android Ecosy ...

France seeks Global Talks on Cyberspace security and a "code of good conduct"
Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2018

The French government announced a "Paris Call" for global talks about cyberspace security aimed at laying out a shared framework of rules. The French government is promoting a series of Global Talk ...

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Ohio’s Union County suffers ransomware attack impacting 45,000 people

A ransomware attack resulted in the theft of Social Security and financial data from Union County, Ohio, impacting 45,487 people. A ransomware attack hit Union County, Ohio, and crooks stole Socia ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2025
Hacking
ForcedLeak flaw in Salesforce Agentforce exposes CRM data via Prompt Injection

Researchers disclosed a critical flaw, named ForcedLeak, in Salesforce Agentforce that enables indirect prompt injection, risking CRM data exposure. Noma Labs researchers discovered a critical vul ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2025
Malware
Microsoft uncovers new variant of XCSSET macOS malware in targeted attacks

Microsoft Threat Intelligence researchers found a new XCSSET macOS malware variant used in limited attacks. Microsoft Threat Intelligence researchers have discovered a new version of the macOS mal ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2025
Hacking
Hackers exploit Fortra GoAnywhere flaw before public alert

watchTowr Labs says hackers exploited the Fortra GoAnywhere MFT flaw CVE-2025-10035 on Sept 10, 2025, a week before public disclosure. Cybersecurity firm watchTowr Labs revealed that it has 'credi ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2025
Hacking
UK NCSC warns that attackers exploited Cisco firewall zero-days to deploy RayInitiator and LINE VIPER malware

UK NCSC warns that threat actors exploited Cisco firewall zero-days to deploy new malware strains RayInitiator and LINE VIPER. The U.K. NCSC reported that threat actors exploited recently disclose ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2025
Malware
Google warns of Brickstorm backdoor targeting U.S. legal and tech sectors

China-linked actors used Brickstorm malware to spy on U.S. tech and legal firms, stealing data undetected for over a year, Google warns. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) observed the use o ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2025
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds CISCO Secure Firewall ASA and Secure FTD flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds CISCO Secure Firewall ASA and Secure FTD flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastr ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2025
Cyber Crime
Operation HAECHI VI seized $439M from global cybercrime rings

Interpol announced that Operation HAECHI VI seized $439M from global cybercrime rings, with 40 countries joining the five-month crackdown. Interpol announced that an international law enforcement ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2025
Data Breach
Volvo North America disclosed a data breach following a ransomware attack on IT provider Miljödata

Volvo North America disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal data of its employees after a ransomware attack hit third-party supplier Miljödata. Volvo NA disclosed a data breach that ex ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2025
Hacking
Cisco fixed actively exploited zero-day in Cisco IOS and IOS XE software

Cisco addressed a high-severity zero-day in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software that is being actively exploited in attacks in the wild. Cisco fixed an actively exploited zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-2 ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2025
Hacking
Nation-State hackers exploit Libraesva Email Gateway flaw

State-sponsored hackers exploited a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-59689, in Libraesva Email Gateway via malicious attachments. Nation-state actors exploited a command injection flaw, tracked ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2025
Security
SolarWinds fixed a critical RCE flaw in its Web Help Desk software

SolarWinds fixed a critical flaw in its Web Help Desk software that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable systems. SolarWinds has released hot fixes to address a critic ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2025
Hacking
How threat actors breached a U.S. federal civilian agency by exploiting a GeoServer flaw

US CISA revealed that threat actors exploited an unpatched vulnerability in GeoServer to breach a U.S. federal civilian agency’s network. Threat actors breached a U.S. federal agency via unpatch ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2025
Security
Cloudflare mitigates largest-ever DDoS attack at 22.2 Tbps

Cloudflare blocked a new record-breaking DDoS attack peaking at 22.2 Tbps and 10.6 billion packets per second. Cloudflare announced it has mitigated a new record-breaking distributed denial-of-ser ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2025
Security
U.S. CISA adds Google Chromium flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (C ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2025
Intelligence
US Secret Service dismantled covert communications network near the U.N. in New York

Secret Service seizes a covert communications network near U.N. composed of sophisticated equipment, including 100K SIMs and 300 servers The U.S. Secret Service uncovered a covert communications n ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2025
Cyber Crime
A suspected Scattered Spider member suspect detained for casino network attacks

A suspected Scattered Spider member linked to cyber attacks on Las Vegas casinos was arrested on September 17. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department arrested on September 17 a suspected Sca ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2025
Security
$150K awarded for L1TF Reloaded exploit that bypasses cloud mitigations

Researchers earned $150K for “L1TF Reloaded,” combining L1TF and half-Spectre to leak VM memory from public clouds despite mitigations. Researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam earned $15 ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2025
Cyber Crime
Canada's RCMP closes TradeOgre, seizes $40M in country’s largest crypto bust

RCMP shuts down TradeOgre, seizing $40M from crime, the first crypto exchange closure and largest asset seizure in Canada’s history. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police shut down the crypto exchan ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2025
Data Breach
Stellantis probes data breach linked to third-party provider

Stellantis is investigating a data breach after unauthorized access to a third-party provider’s platform potentially exposed customer data. Car maker giant Stellantis announced it is investigati ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2025