Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2017
Google removed 50 malicious apps from the official Play Store after experts discovered a new malware, dubbed ExpensiveWall, eluded Google Bouncer checks. Google has removed 50 malicious apps from th ...
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2017
Around 200,000 WordPress websites using the Display Widgets Plugin were impacted after it was updated to include malicious code. According to security firm Wordfence, roughly 200,000 WordPress w ...
Pierluigi Paganini
September 14, 2017
Experts discovered 4,000 compromised installations on Amazon AWS of open source analytics and search tool Elasticsearch that were running PoS malware. Security researchers from the firm Kromtech h ...
Pierluigi Paganini
September 14, 2017
The company ZERODIUM announced it will pay up to $1 million for fully working zero day exploits for Tor Browser on Tails Linux and Windows OSs. The zero-day broker Zerodium offers $1 million for Tor ...
April 23, 2026
TuxBot v3, an AI-built IoT botnet for 17 architectures, shipped with LLM bugs and safety disclaimers the developer never removed. Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 identified a previously undocumented m ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2026
Chinese actors used Claude Code and DeepSeek to automate attacks that breached government systems and targeted financial firms. Hunt.io researchers stumbled onto an active intrusion campaign in Ju ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2026
Zoom warns of a critical Windows flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-53412, that could let attackers take over accounts without authentication. Zoom has fixed a critical Windows vulnerability, tracked as CV ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2026
LegacyHive PoC exposes a Windows Privilege Escalation flaw affecting fully patched Windows desktop and server systems. Just hours after Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday, security researcher Nig ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2026
AsyncAPI npm packages with 2M weekly downloads were compromised, spreading malware with info-stealing, crypto-theft and RAT capabilities. OX Security researchers disclosed on July 14 that the Asyn ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds SonicWall and Microsoft flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security A ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2026
SonicWall warns of active attacks exploiting two SMA 1000 zero-days, including a flaw enabling arbitrary command execution. SonicWall confirmed the active exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilit ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2026
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes a record 621 CVEs, including 2 exploited zero-days and critical flaws affecting SharePoint, RDP, Hyper-V, and AD FS. Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday is, by a sig ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2026
U.S. sanctions hit VPN provider 1VPNS and a cryptor seller for enabling ransomware gangs behind billions in losses to critical infrastructure. The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2026
Huntress found an AI-generated PowerShell script used for AD reconnaissance, showing attackers are using AI to create custom, evasive tools. During an incident response investigation on June 3, 20 ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2026
Japan's largest taxi operator Nihon Kotsu shut down systems after a malware attack, disrupting dispatch and bookings. Nihon Kotsu, Japan's largest taxi company, disclosed on July 13, 2026 that it ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2026
New macOS infostealer CrashStealer uses a signed app to bypass Gatekeeper, steals credentials and wallets, then AES-encrypts stolen data. Jamf Threat Labs first spotted CrashStealer in early May 2 ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2026
Lidl disclosed a third-party data breach affecting online shop customers in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Payment data was not exposed. Lidl contacted customers of its online shop in Germ ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a Cisco IOS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)� ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2026
EU sanctions target nine people and four entities tied to Russia's FSB over a 15-year cyberespionage and critical infrastructure sabotage campaign. The European Union imposed sanctions on Monday t ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2026
Dutch police suspect local hackers behind the Odido breach that exposed 6M customers after a phishing attack and seek public help identifying them. Dutch police have identified strong indications ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2026
Australia warns of a global campaign exploiting CMS flaws to deploy webshells on WordPress, Joomla, and other websites. Australia's Signals Directorate has issued an alert about a large-scale expl ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2026
An alleged Ryuk ransomware member pleaded guilty in the U.S. for helping deploy attacks on American companies and faces up to 15 years in prison. Armenian national Karen Serobovich Vardanyan (34) ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 12, 2026
Progress urged ShareFile Storage Zone customers to shut down internet-facing servers immediately over a credible security threat under investigation. Progress Software sent an urgent email to Shar ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 12, 2026
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Novel Java-Based QuimaRAT Targets Window ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 12, 2026
