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Facebook says it took down 2.19 billion accounts in Q1 2019
Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2019

Social network giant Facebook revealed it recently disabled billions of accounts operated by "bad actors" and that five percent of active accounts are fake. The news is disconcerting, but sincerel ...

PoC Exploits for CVE-2019-0708 wormable Windows flaw released online
Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2019

Several security experts have developed PoC exploits for wormable Windows RDS flaw tracked as CVE-2019-0708 and dubbed BlueKeep. Experts have developed several proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for ...

UK provided evidence to 16 NATO allies of Russia hacking campaigns
Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2019

UK Government has provided to 16 NATO allies evidence of malicious Russia 's cyber activity in their countries over the last 18 months. According to the foreign minister Jeremy Hunt, the UK Gover ...

Tor Browser for Android is available through the Play Store
Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2019

Tor Browser for Android is now available on the Play Store, this is a great result for experts that everyday fight to defend human rights and privacy online. The Tor Project announced on Tuesday ...

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APT
FBI Seizes China-Linked Hacking Platforms QScan and QTRouter Used Against Critical Infrastructure

FBI seizes QScan and QTRouter, China-linked platforms used to hide intrusions and target U.S. critical infrastructure. The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI have seized two platforms, QScan a ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Gitea flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Gitea flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2026
Reports
88 ID Verification Breaches Show the Cost of Collecting Identity Data

88 ID-verification breaches exposed billions of records, highlighting the growing risks of collecting sensitive identity and biometric data. A new report from Mysterium VPN compiles 88 documented ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2026
Security
WhatsApp Adds Stronger Security as Passkeys Hit 1 Billion

WhatsApp says 1 billion users now use passkeys, while stronger two-step verification and caller context add new layers of account protection. WhatsApp has reached a significant security milestone: ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2026
Cyber Crime
Operation Jackal: 58 Arrests Expose the Money Laundering Machine Behind Global Scams

INTERPOL’s Operation Jackal IV made 58 arrests and exposed global networks laundering money from scams, fraud and sextortion. INTERPOL announced that Operation Jackal IV, running from November 2 ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2026
Cyber warfare
Norway ’s Digital Government Infrastructure Hit by a new DDoS Attack

Norway ’s shared government infrastructure suffered a third DDoS attack, disrupting digital services but showing no signs of data compromise. Norway 's shared digital government infrastructure h ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2026
Security
Two CVSS 9.8 Auth Bypasses in miniOrange SAML WordPress Plugin Were Exploited Before Any Database Even Listed the Paid Editions as Vulnerable

Two CVSS 9.8 miniOrange SAML WordPress plugin auth bypasses were exploited while paid editions never appeared in any vulnerability database. Manual patch required. Two critical authentication bypa ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds maximum-severity Oracle flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Oracle flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adde ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2026
Malware
Fake Minecraft Sites Are Still Spreading WeedHack After C2 Takedown

WeedHack Minecraft Malware Survives C2 Takedown: Fake Client Sites Still Active, SEO Poisoning Puts Malicious Downloads at the Top of Google McAfee Labs published a follow-up report on the WeedHac ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2026
Malware
Cybercriminals Turn GTA VI Leaks Into Malware Bait

A fake 113GB GTA VI build is packed with malware, using massive empty files to hide a tiny malicious payload. GTA VI hype has reached the point where people are volunteering to infect their own co ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2026
Laws and regulations
TikTok Settles U.S. Child Privacy Case for $400 Million

TikTok will pay $400 million to settle U.S. claims that it violated child privacy laws by collecting data from users under 13. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that TikTok will pay $400 mi ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2026
Cyber Crime
iAuthFlow v2: The $10,000 Phishing Toolkit That Survives Your Password Reset

iAuthFlow v2 phishing toolkit uses a phished Google session to enroll an attacker-controlled passkey that survives password resets. Abnormal Security researchers have published an analysis of iAut ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2026
Security
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 111

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Akira Hits Safe Mode: Ransomware Rebooti ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2026
Cyber warfare
UK Power Plant Disabled for Four Days by Iran-Linked Hackers, Concurrent with US Water Attacks

Iran-linked hackers shut down a UK power plant for four days in the first confirmed attack of its kind, concurrent with water infrastructure attacks across 12 US states. Iran-linked hackers shut d ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 591 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 August 23, 2026
Hacking
Zero-Click Grok Chat History Theft: Adversa AI Demonstrates Cryptographic Context Injection

New Cryptographic Context Injection technique bypasses AI guardrails via AES-encrypted payloads, leaking full Grok chat histories zero-click Adversa AI researcher Rony Utevsky devised a new attack ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2026
Hacking
Malware Hijacks Android Car Head Units

Malware is abusing car infotainment updates to install proxy software, turning Android head units into nodes for the BADBOX network. Kaspersky researchers found something in June 2026 that made th ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Se ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2026
Hacking
Your Shredded Visa Card May Still Work at the Checkout

UMass Amherst researchers showed expired Visa contactless cards can make real purchases by exploiting an unsigned expiry field in Visa's EMV kernel. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Security
Six Maximum-Severity Flaws Found in Cisco Products

Cisco patched nine critical flaws, including six rated CVSS 10.0, found during internal testing. None are known to be exploited. Cisco released another batch of security fixes for its Crosswork pl ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026