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What is a digital signature? Fundamental principles
Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2012

Private companies and governments agencies all around the word make huge investments for the automation of their processes and in the management of the electronic documentation. The main requiremen ...

The Unknowns, hacker's revenge in the name of security
Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2012

It's happened, another group of hacker named The Unknowns has hacked several organizations, , including NASA and the U.S. Air Force, and posted evidence of their actions. The complete list has been p ...

FBI on Bitcoin,between cybercrime opportunity & digital choice
Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2012

Law enforcement, FBI first, are worried by the diffusion of the Bitcoin network that could be used by groups of criminals for several activities. The main problem related to the payment system is ...

US and China are working for stability in Asia-Pac
Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2012

In recent days I have discussed the increasing tension between China and the Philippines for a territorial dispute and related effects which have had significant repercussions in cyber space. Just the ...

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APT
China-linked APT41 targets government, think tanks, and academics tied to US-China trade and policy

China-linked group APT41 impersonated a U.S. lawmaker in phishing attacks on government, think tanks, and academics tied to US-China trade and policy. Proofpoint observed China-linked cyber espion ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2025
Cyber Crime
Microsoft and Cloudflare teamed up to dismantle the RaccoonO365 phishing service

Microsoft and Cloudflare disrupted the RaccoonO365 phishing service, used to steal thousands of user credentials. A joint operation conducted by Microsoft and Cloudflare has taken down the infrast ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2025
Cyber Crime
DoJ resentenced former BreachForums admin to three years in prison

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) resentenced the former administrator of the popular BreachForums hacking forum BreachForums to three years in prison. The U.S. DoJ resentenced the former Breac ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2025
Security
Apple backports fix for actively exploited CVE-2025-43300

Apple announced it has backported patches for a recently addressed actively exploited vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-43300. Apple has backported security patches released to address an actively ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2025
Malware
New supply chain attack hits npm registry, compromising 40+ packages

Researchers uncovered a new supply chain attack targeting the npm registry that impacted over 40 packages belonging to multiple maintainers. Security researchers at Socket uncovered a malicious u ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2025
Security
Cybercrime group accessed Google Law Enforcement Request System (LERS)

Google found threat actors created a fake account in its Law Enforcement Request System (LERS) and shut it down. Google confirmed that threat actors gained access to its Law Enforcement Request Sy ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2025
APT
China-linked Mustang Panda deploys advanced SnakeDisk USB worm

China-linked APT group Mustang Panda has been spotted using a new USB worm called SnakeDisk along with a new version of known malware China-linked APT group Mustang Panda (aka Hive0154, Camaro D ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2025
Data Breach
Insider breach at FinWise Bank exposes data of 689,000 AFF customers

An ex-employee caused an insider breach at FinWise Bank, exposing data of 689,000 American First Finance customers. FinWise Bank is a Utah-based community bank, FDIC-insured, that partners with fi ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2025
Cyber Crime
Hackers steal millions of Gucci, Balenciaga, and Alexander McQueen customer records

Crooks stole personal data of millions of Gucci, Balenciaga, and Alexander McQueen customers: parent firm Kering confirmed the breach. Hackers stole private data of millions of Gucci, Balenciaga, ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2025
Data Breach
Fairmont Federal Credit Union 2023 data breach impacted 187K people

Fairmont Federal Credit Union alerts 187K people that a 2023 breach exposed personal, financial, and medical data. Fairmont Federal Credit Union (FFCU) is a not-for-profit financial cooperative in ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2025
Cyber Crime
UK ICO finds students behind majority of school data breaches

UK ICO reports students caused over half of school data breaches, showing kids are shaping cybersecurity in unexpected ways. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), students were respons ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2025
Data Breach
INC ransom group claimed the breach of Panama’s Ministry of Economy and Finance

Panama’s Ministry of Economy and Finance disclosed a security breach impacting a computer in its infrastructure. Panama’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) announced that threat actors lik ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2025
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 62

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter npm debug and chalk packages compromised ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2025
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 541 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 September 14, 2025
Cyber Crime
ShinyHunters Attack National Credit Information Center of Vietnam

Vietnam’s National Credit Information Center (CIC) was hit by a ShinyHunters cyberattack, with VNCERT confirming signs of unauthorized access to steal personal data. Authorities are investigatin ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2025
Cyber Crime
FBI warns of Salesforce attacks by UNC6040 and UNC6395 groups

The U.S. FBI issued a flash alert to warn of malicious activities carried out by two cybercriminal groups tracked as UNC6040 and UNC6395. The FBI issued a FLASH alert with IOCs for cybercriminal g ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2025
Malware
HybridPetya ransomware bypasses UEFI Secure Boot echoing Petya/NotPetya

HybridPetya ransomware bypasses UEFI Secure Boot to infect EFI partitions, echoing the infamous Petya/NotPetya attacks of 2016–2017. ESET researchers discovered a new ransomware called HybridPet ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2025
Security
Cisco fixes high-severity IOS XR flaws enabling image bypass and DoS

Cisco addressed multiple high-severity IOS XR vulnerabilities that can allow ISO image verification bypass and trigger DoS conditions. Cisco addressed multiple vulnerabilities in IOS XR software a ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2025
Hacking
Samsung fixed actively exploited zero-day

Samsung fixed the remote code execution flaw CVE-2025-21043 that was exploited in zero-day attacks against Android devices. Samsung addressed the remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CV ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2025
Data Breach
UK train operator LNER (London North Eastern Railway) discloses a data breach

LNER warns of a data breach via a third-party supplier, exposing customer contact details and other personal information. UK train operator LNER (London North Eastern Railway) reported a data brea ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2025