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CryptoWall 3.0 Still Actively Being Spread as a New Campaign is Discovered in-the-wild
Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2015

A new malicious phishing campaign is spreading CryptoWall ransomware in the wild, the expert Michael Fratello has analyzed it for us. Just a reminder to all -- CryptoWall 3.0 is still very much activ ...

Harvesting clients’ information from the utility company
Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2015

A security expert explained how it is possible to hack the service provided by a utility company raising serious security and privacy issues. In the most recent post of atxsec.com the owner of the b ...

Chinese hackers had access to millions records of US workers
Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2015

US Government announced that a major data breach likely backed by Chinese hackers caused the exposure of data belonging to millions of government workers. Once again a data breach interested systems ...

Are Russian hackers behind the Bundestag cyber attack?
Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2015

Security experts involved in investigation on the attack against the Bundestag suspect that the hack was part of a large-scale espionage campaign backed by the Kremlin. Last month, the German Bundest ...

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Cyber Crime
Polish cybercrime Police arrest man linked to Phobos ransomware operation

Officers from Poland's Central Bureau of Cybercrime Control (CBZC) police arrested a 47-year-old man linked to the Phobos ransomware operation. Polish authorities arrested a 47-year-old man suspec ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2026
Security
Poorly crafted phishing campaign leverages bogus security incident report

Attackers used a fake PDF incident report hosted on AWS to scare victims into enabling 2FA, though a poorly crafted phishing campaign. Freelance security consultant Xavier Mertens reported a phis ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2026
Hacking
South Korea slaps $25M fine on Dior, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany over Salesforce breach

South Korea fined Dior, Louis Vuitton, and Tiffany $25M after hackers breached their Salesforce systems, exposing customer data. South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission fined lu ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2026
Security
Encrypted RCS messaging support lands in Apple’s iOS 26.4 developer build

Apple is testing end-to-end encrypted Rich Communications Services (RCS) messaging in the iOS 26.4 developer beta. Apple has added end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging to the iOS and iPadOS 26.4 dev ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2026
Malware
Hackers steal OpenClaw configuration in emerging AI agent threat

Researchers found an infostealer stole a victim’s OpenClaw configuration, marking a shift toward targeting personal AI agents. Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new information stealer ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2026
Data Breach
Hackers sell stolen Eurail traveler information on dark web

Eurail B.V. revealed that traveler data were stolen in a recent security breach, and are now being sold on the dark web. Eurail B.V. confirmed that the traveler data stolen in a breach earlier thi ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2026
Security
A security flaw at DavaIndia Pharmacy allowed attackers to access customers' data and more

A security flaw at DavaIndia Pharmacy exposed customer data and gave outsiders full admin control of its systems. DavaIndia is a large Indian pharmacy retail chain focused on selling affordable ge ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2026
Data Breach
ShinyHunters leaked 600K+ Canada Goose customer records, but the firm denies it was breached

ShinyHunters leaked 600,000+ Canada Goose customer records, though the company insists its systems were not breached. Data extortion group ShinyHunters has published over 600,000 Canada Goose cust ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2026
Hacking
Microsoft alerts on DNS-based ClickFix variant delivering malware via nslookup

Microsoft warns of a new ClickFix variant that tricks users into running DNS commands to fetch malware via nslookup. Microsoft has revealed a new ClickFix variant that deceives users into running ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2026
Security
Google fixes first actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2026

Google patched Chrome zero-day CVE-2026-2441, a high-severity CSS use-after-free flaw actively exploited in the wild. Google has released urgent security updates to address a high-severity zero-da ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2026
APT
Malicious npm and PyPI packages linked to Lazarus APT fake recruiter campaign

Researchers found malicious npm and PyPI packages tied to a fake recruitment campaign linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. ReversingLabs researcher uncovered new malicious packages on npm and ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 84

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Stan Ghouls targeting Russia and Uzbekis ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2026
Security
Security Affairs newsletter Round 563 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 February 15, 2026
Data Breach
Fintech firm Figure disclosed data breach after employee phishing attack

Fintech firm Figure confirmed a data breach after hackers used social engineering to trick an employee and steal a limited number of files. Blockchain-based lending firm Figure confirmed a data br ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2026
Breaking News
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in BeyondTrust RS and PRA to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in BeyondTrust RS and PRA to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Sec ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2026
Hacking
Suspected Russian hackers deploy CANFAIL malware against Ukraine

A new alleged Russia-linked APT group targeted Ukrainian defense, government, and energy groups, with CANFAIL malware. Google Threat Intelligence Group identified a previously undocumented threat ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
New threat actor UAT-9921 deploys VoidLink against enterprise sectors

A new threat actor, UAT-9921, uses the modular VoidLink framework to target technology and financial organizations, Cisco Talos reports. Cisco Talos spotted a previously unknown threat actor, trac ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2026
Uncategorized
Attackers exploit BeyondTrust CVE-2026-1731 within hours of PoC release

Attackers quickly targeted BeyondTrust flaw CVE-2026-1731 after a PoC was released, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution. Threat actors rapidly began exploiting a newly patched BeyondTru ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Google: state-backed hackers exploit Gemini AI for cyber recon and attacks

Google says nation-state actors used Gemini AI for reconnaissance and attack support in cyber operations. Google DeepMind and GTIG report a rise in model extraction or “distillation” attacks a ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds SolarWinds Web Help Desk, Notepad++, Microsoft Configuration Manager, and Apple devices flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds SolarWinds Web Help Desk, Notepad++, Microsoft Configuration Manager, and Apple devices flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2026