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Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for September 2018 also address recently disclosed Windows zero-day
Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2018

Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for September 2018 address over 60 vulnerabilities, including the recently disclosed zero-day flaw. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for September 2018 address 61 vulne ...

Researchers show how to clone Tesla S Key Fobs in a few seconds
Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2018

Researchers demonstrated that it is possible to rapidly clone the wireless key fob of the expensive Tesla Model S and possibly other vehicles. The team of experts COSIC research group at the KU Leuv ...

Adobe Patch Tuesday for September 2018 fixes 10 flaws in Flash Player and ColdFusion
Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2018

Adobe Patch Tuesday updates for September 2018 address a total of 10 vulnerabilities in Flash Player and ColdFusion, the good news is that none is severe. The Adobe Patch Tuesday updates for Septemb ...

MageCart crime gang is behind the British Airways data breach
Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2018

An investigation conducted by researchers at RiskIQ revealed that the responsible of the British Airways data breach is a crime gang tracked as MageCart. The responsible of the recently disclosed  ...

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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
Hacking
GitLab Warns of Active Exploitation of Critical GraphQL Flaw

GitLab flaw CVE-2026-19478 is now under active exploitation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to modify or delete public projects. WatchTowr researchers warn of active exploitation of critical G ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Security
Poland's CERT Warns of Active Exploitation of Critical Zimbra Collaboration Suite Flaw

CERT Polska confirmed active exploitation of CVE-2026-73570, a critical unauthenticated RCE in Zimbra Collaboration Suite patched on July 20. CERT Polska, Poland's national computer emergency resp ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds TrueConf Server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds TrueConf Server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (C ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Cyber Crime
Cl0p Targets 40+ Organizations Through PTC Windchill Flaw

Cl0p claims over 40 organizations fell victim to attacks exploiting a PTC Windchill and FlexPLM vulnerability. Cl0p is using a familiar strategy again: exploit one flaw in enterprise software to a ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Malware
Manic: The Android Malware That Exfiltrates Data Even When the Phone Is Offline

Manic Android malware combines banking fraud and spyware, using a Bluetooth relay to steal data even when devices are offline. ThreatFabric's Mobile Threat Intelligence team has identified a new A ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2026