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BWL Electric and Water Utility shut down by ransomware
Pierluigi Paganini April 30, 2016

The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) utility has had to shut down systems, phone lines in response to a ransomware-based attack. The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) utility has had ...

Psst! You just leaked your Slack’s token on Github!
Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2016

Developers often ignore that they are exposing sensitive data when they publish code containing their Slack access tokens on GitHub. It was the year 2015, the month of March when Slack officially pos ...

Employee Monitoring, a controversial topic
Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2016

Employee monitoring is a complex and controversial topic that can often become the source of discontent between employers and their staff. It is not a secret that most employees have a negative opini ...

US Supreme court allows FBI hacking computers located worldwide
Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2016

The US Supreme Court has approved amendments to Rule 41 that allows judges issue search warrants for hack into computers located worldwide. The US Supreme Court has approved amendments to Rule 41, wh ...

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Data Breach
412,000 The Town 2025 Ticket Buyers’ Data Hits the Dark Web

412,000 The Town 2025 festival buyer records are being sold for $10,000, with Brazil’s data openly marketed for bank fraud, loans and SIM registration. A seller on a Russian-language data-tradin ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2026
Hacking
Chaotic Eclipse Releases Crowdstrike Falcon ZeroDay FalconFlank

Chaotic Eclipse released FalconFlank, a PoC exploit for a Crowdstrike Falcon ZeroDay Elevation of Privileges Vulnerability Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse, also known as INFINITE NIGHTMARE, M ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2026
Intelligence
2,000 Leaked Documents Reveal How Russia Turns Engineering Students Into GRU Cyber Operators

2,000 leaked files expose Bauman University's hidden Department No. 4, which trained GRU-linked hackers and propagandists linked to APT28 and Sandworm. Leaked Documents Expose Bauman University's ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Astra Brings Autonomous Zero-Day Exploitation to AI

OpenAI says Astra can autonomously find zero-days and build exploits, marking its first model to reach the “Critical” cyber risk level. Astra is now officially OpenAI’s highest-risk cybersec ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2026
Security
SonicWall Patches Two New Actively Exploited Zero-Days in SMA 1000 VPNs

SonicWall patched two zero-days in SMA 1000 VPNs, including a CVSS 10 pre-auth SSRF flaw, after confirming active exploitation. SonicWall has released security updates for two vulnerabilities in i ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2026
APT
Iran-linked APT Mirage Kitten Uses Fake Job Tests to Spread Malware

Mirage Kitten used fake LinkedIn coding tests to spread NodeRabbit and PollCat, even banning AI tools that could have spotted the malware. Iran-linked Mirage Kitten hackers just found a genuinely ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2026
Hacking
Hackers Target Langflow in CVE-2026-0768 Attacks

Hackers are exploiting a critical Langflow flaw that lets unauthenticated attackers remotely execute Python code on vulnerable systems. Hackers have started exploiting a critical vulnerability, tr ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2026
Data Breach
Attackers Access Aesto Health AWS Infrastructure, Exposing 9.5 Million Records

Aesto Health suffered a breach exposing personal and health data of more than 9.5 million people after attackers accessed its AWS infrastructure. Aesto Health, a U.S. healthcare technology company ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2026
Hacking
Chaotic Eclipse Releases GenDigital Avast Antivirus ZeroDay PrettyPrague

Chaotic Eclipse released PrettyPrague, a PoC exploit for a GenDigital Avast Antivirus ZeroDay Elevation of Privileges Vulnerability Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse, also known as INFINITE NIG ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2026
Cyber Crime
Five Venezuelan Nationals Plead Guilty in Kansas ATM Jackpotting Attempt

Five Venezuelan nationals pleaded guilty after failed ATM jackpotting attempts in Kansas. The FBI recorded 700+ cases in 2025, causing $20M in losses. Five Venezuelan nationals have pleaded guilty ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2026
APT
North Korea-linked IT Workers Are Getting Hired Inside Western Companies

Huntress found five DPRK-linked workers hired in 2026 using fake identities, remote-access setups and proxy tools to infiltrate legitimate companies. Companies keep accidentally hiring North Korea ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2026
Hacking
Chaotic Eclipse Releases Kaspersky Zero-Day HardBreacher

Chaotic Eclipse released HardBreacher, a PoC exploit for a Kaspersky Endpoint Security privilege escalation flaw, adding another zero-day to his list. Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse, also kn ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds PaperCut NG/MF flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds PaperCut NG/MF flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CI ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2026
Security
ValleyRAT: When Legitimate Software Becomes a Malware Delivery Tool

ValleyRAT hides behind legitimate adware, using DLL sideloading to evade detection, steal data and give Silver Fox control of infected systems. ValleyRAT doesn't always need to disguise itself as ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2026
APT
China-linked Fire Ant Hides Inside Trusted Infrastructure

Fire Ant hijacked Cisco routers, stole credentials and altered logs to hide its tracks, using trusted infrastructure to reach high-value networks. Chinese-linked cyber espionage group Fire Ant has ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Infostealers Are Hijacking Claude Sessions and Draining Subscriptions

Infostealers can steal active Claude sessions, bypass 2FA and drain paid usage. Anthropic is revoking access and refunding unauthorized charges. Anthropic confirmed that several infostealer malwar ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2026
Security
Critical GiveWP Flaw Lets Attackers Run Commands on WordPress Servers

A critical GiveWP flaw lets unauthenticated attackers execute server commands. Version 4.16.7.2 fixes the PHP object injection chain. A critical vulnerability in GiveWP, one of the most widely use ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2026
Cyber Crime
Extortion Group FulcrumSec Claims 86GB Manchester Airports Group Data Theft

Extortion group FulcrumSec claims they stole 86GB of Manchester Airports Group data after finding API credentials exposed in client-side JavaScript. Manchester Airports Group (MAG) disclosed a dat ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 112

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Operation QUICSILVER: China-Nexus Actor ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2026
Uncategorized
Hackers Are Probing PaperCut Servers, and 47% Still Have No Patch

PaperCut servers are under active attack, while 47% of tracked installations still run unpatched versions vulnerable to remote code execution. PaperCut, the print management software running in sc ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2026