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Ransomware attack hit the City of Johannesburg municipality
Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2019

A new ransomware attack made the headlines, this time the victim is the City of Johannesburg municipality. A ransomware attack infected systems at the City of Johannesburg municipality shutting do ...

Spear-phishing attacks target United Nations and NGOs
Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2019

Experts have uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign targeting the United Nations and NGOs, including UNICEF and UN World Food. Security firm Lookout uncovered an ongoing spear-phishing campaign ai ...

Google addresses High-Severity sandbox escape issues in Chrome
Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2019

Google has patched three serious flaws in Chrome that can be exploited to escape the sandbox of the popular web browser. Google has addressed three serious vulnerabilities affecting its Chrome br ...

Experts attribute NukeSped RAT to North Korea-Linked hackers
Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2019

Experts at Fortinet analyzed NukeSped malware samples that share multiple similarities with malware associated with North Korea-linked APTs. Fortinet has analyzed the NukeSped RAT that is believed ...

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Security
Attackers hijack Axios npm account to spread RAT malware

Threat actors hijacked the npm account of Axios to distribute RAT malware via malicious package updates. Threat actors compromised the npm account of Axios, a widely used library with over 100M we ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Data Breach
Nearly half a Million mobile customers of Lloyds Banking Group affected by security incident

Lloyds Banking Group data incident exposed transactions of ~450,000 mobile banking users due to a faulty update. A faulty software update at Lloyds Banking Group exposed transaction details of nea ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Hacking
Dutch Ministry of Finance takes treasury systems offline amid cyber incident investigation

The Dutch Ministry of Finance took treasury banking portal offline after a cyberattack; core tax systems were not affected. The Dutch Ministry of Finance took parts of its infrastructure offline, ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Citrix NetScaler to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Citrix NetScaler to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Cyber Crime
Qilin Ransomware allegedly breached chemical manufacturer giant Dow Inc

Qilin ransomware claims a breach of Dow Inc., listing it on its Tor leak site, but no proof of the hack has been released yet. Qilin Ransomware group allegedly breached the chemical manufacturing ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
APT
China-Linked groups target Southeast Asian government with advanced malware in 2025

China-linked groups hit a Southeast Asian government in 2025, deploying multiple malware families in a sophisticated cyber campaign. In 2025, three China-linked threat clusters targeted a Southeas ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2026
Security
It's a mystery ... alleged unpatched Telegram zero-day allows device takeover, but Telegram denies

A critical Telegram flaw could allow zero-click remote code execution on devices, but Telegram denies it. Researcher Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of TrendAI Zero Day disclosed a new Telegram vulne ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2026
Security
Critical Fortinet FortiClient EMS flaw exploited for Remote Code Execution

Attackers are exploiting a critical Fortinet FortiClient EMS flaw (CVE-2026-21643) that allows remote code execution via SQL injection. A critical Fortinet FortiClient EMS vulnerability, tracked a ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2026
Security
New macOS Infinity Stealer uses Nuitka Python payload and ClickFix

Infinity Stealer targets macOS via fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA, using Nuitka; first such campaign per Malwarebytes. Researchers at Malwarebytes spotted a new macOS infostealer, named Infinity Stealer, ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2026
APT
Russia-linked APT TA446 uses DarkSword exploit to target iPhone users in phishing wave

Russia-linked TA446 is using the DarkSword iOS exploit kit in targeted phishing campaigns to compromise iPhone users. Russia-linked APT group TA446 (aka SEABORGIUM, ColdRiver, Callisto, and Star B ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2026
Hacking
Urgent Alert: NetScaler bug CVE-2026-3055 probed by attackers could leak sensitive data

Attackers are actively probing a critical Citrix NetScaler flaw (CVE-2026-3055) that can leak sensitive data via a memory overread issue. A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-3055 (CVSS s ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 90

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape New Malware Targets Users of Cobra DocGuard Software &nbs ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2026
Uncategorized
Security Affairs newsletter Round 569 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 March 29, 2026
Security
Apple issues urgent lock screen warnings for unpatched iPhones and iPads

Apple is alerting users of outdated iPhones and iPads via lock screen warnings about active web-based exploits, urging immediate software updates. Apple is sending lock screen alerts to users runn ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2026
Data Breach
ShinyHunters claims the hack of the European Commission

The European Commission has allegedly been breached by ShinyHunters, with reported data dumps including content from mail servers. The European Commission has allegedly been breached by ShinyHunte ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2026
Intelligence
Iran-linked group Handala hacked FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email account

Iran-linked group Handala claims it hacked FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email, leaking files. The FBI says no government data was exposed. Iran-linked hacking group Handala claims it breac ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2026
Uncategorized
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in F5 BIG-IP AMP to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in F5 BIG-IP AMP to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Age ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2026
Data Breach
The European Commission confirmed a cyberattack affecting part of its cloud systems

The European Commission confirmed a cyberattack affecting part of its cloud systems, now contained, with no impact on internal networks. On March 24, the European Commission detected a cyberattack ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2026
Security
New AITM phishing wave hijacks TikTok Business accounts

A new AITM phishing campaign targets TikTok Business accounts to hijack them for malvertising, continuing tactics seen in earlier Google-themed scams. Push Security researchers uncovered a new wav ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2026
Security
CISA and BSI warn orgs of critical PTC Windchill and FlexPLM flaw

CISA warns of a critical flaw in PTC Windchill and FlexPLM (CVE-2026-4681), with no patch yet and potential for imminent exploitation. CISA issued an advisory about a critical vulnerability, track ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2026