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Security Affairs newsletter Round 89 – News of the week
Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2016

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all, let me inform you that at the #infosec16 SecurityAffairs was awarded ...

Experts from CloudFlare spotted a new dangerous botnet
Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2016

Security experts from CloudFlare observed a new botnet that emerged in the wild and it could be dangerous as its predecessor Mirai. Which is the most dreaded botnet in the current threat ...

Distributed Guessing Attack to hack VISA cards in just six seconds
Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2016

A group of security researchers discovered a new method dubbed Distributed Guessing Attack to hack VISA credit card in just 6 seconds. A group of security researchers from the Newcastle University d ...

Russian Central bank loses $31 million in cyber heist
Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2016

It's official, hackers have stolen 2 billion rubles, roughly 31 million US dollars, from accounts at the Russian central bank. While I was reporting the news that the FSB unnamed foreign hackers are ...

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Hacking
Why brand impersonation is becoming an initial access vector

Brand impersonation now drives initial access, using fake sites and apps to deliver malware, making rapid takedowns essential to disrupt attacks. Attackers recently poisoned more than 700 websites ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Cybercriminals Are Leveraging Autonomous AI Offensive Security Agents

Resecurity warns AI offensive agents are lowering hacking barriers, fueling an AI-driven race between attackers and defenders. Resecurity analyzed how autonomous offensive security agents such as ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2026
Data Breach
Analog Devices Discloses Data Breach After Unauthorized System Access

Chipmaker Analog Devices disclosed a data breach after detecting unauthorized access to systems on June 23. The investigation is ongoing. Semiconductor giant Analog Devices (ADI) disclosed a data ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2026
Security
FCC Restricts New Foreign Robots and Inverters Over Security Risks

The FCC added foreign robots and power inverters to its Covered List, while allowing security updates for existing authorized devices until 2029. The FCC just widened its Covered List again, this ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds a Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and In ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2026
Security
eSIM Plus and Nicegram Share Belarus-Linked Codebase, Analysis Finds

Analysis found eSIM Plus and Nicegram share a Belarus-linked codebase, while eSIM Plus routes data and calls through Russian services. Two popular apps available in EU app stores, Nicegram, with o ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Claude Mythos Shows AI Can Outpace Human Cryptography Research

Claude Mythos found new flaws in HAWK and reduced AES, proving AI can autonomously advance cryptography research. Anthropic published two cryptographic research results achieved by Claude Mythos P ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2026
Hacking
Hackers Strike Minnesota Water Utilities, One Plant Briefly Offline

Coordinated OT cyberattacks hit 30+ Minnesota water utilities, briefly disrupting one plant. Backup procedures prevented major water service impacts. Minnesota just had its own live-fire lesson in ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2026
Data Breach
ShinyHunters Claims Ernst & Young Data Breach, Threatens to Leak Stolen Data

ShinyHunters claimed the Ernst & Young data breach, threatening to leak stolen tax records unless the firm contacts the group by July 31. The ShinyHunters cybercrime group has taken responsibi ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2026
Security
Broadcom Patches Critical VMware ESXi Vulnerability Enabling Host Code Execution

Broadcom patched a critical VMware ESXi VM escape flaw (CVE-2026-47876) that could let attackers run code on the host from a compromised virtual machine. Broadcom has released patches to address f ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2026
Hacking
OpenAI AI Model Used JFrog Artifactory Zero-Day Before Hugging Face Breach

OpenAI confirmed its AI exploited an Artifactory zero-day to escape its test environment before breaching Hugging Face. Two weeks after Hugging Face disclosed an autonomous AI system had breached ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI's Rogue AI Agent Breached Second Company, Report Says

Reuters says OpenAI's rogue AI agent also breached a Modal customer, exposing a wider attack and raising fresh concerns over autonomous AI safety. Reuters reported that the OpenAI agent that hack ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2026
Security
VPN Breach Exposes 58 Million Connection Logs Despite "No-Logs" Claims

A breached "no-logs" VPN exposed 58 million connection logs and millions of user, device, and payment records, contradicting its privacy claims. A threat actor on the Altenen cybercrime forum is d ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2026
Malware
Dysphoria Botnet Uses Blockchain Domains to Hide C2 Infrastructure

Researchers uncovered the 200,000-device Dysphoria botnet, which uses Ethereum and Solana domains to hide its command servers. QiAnXin XLab, jointly with China's CNCERT, disclosed Dysphoria, a bot ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2026
Security
JetBrains Patches Critical TeamCity Flaw Allowing Server Takeover

JetBrains patched a critical TeamCity flaw (CVE-2026-63077) enabling unauthenticated code execution on affected on-premise servers. JetBrains has released security updates for TeamCity On-Premises ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2026
Malware
New Crypter-as-a-Service Cruciferra Fuels Stealthy Malware Attacks Worldwide

Proofpoint uncovered Cruciferra, a crypter-as-a-service that helps hackers evade antivirus and deliver malware in multiple campaigns. Proofpoint's research team traced a wave of income-tax-themed ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator and Fortinet FortiOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator and Fortinet FortiOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity an ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Reuters: OpenAI Agent Hacked Hugging Face for Days Before Being Detected

Reuters says OpenAI failed to detect its AI agent hacking Hugging Face for days, discovering the breach only after FBI involvement. Reuters reported that the OpenAI agent responsible for the Huggi ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2026
Malware
MedusaHVNC Trojan Creates Hidden Desktops to Hijack Browsers and Steal Data

MedusaHVNC RAT uses hidden Windows desktops to remotely control browsers, steal data, and evade detection through legitimate system features. Windows has always supported hidden desktops as a legi ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2026
Data Breach
DentaQuest disclosed a data breach that impacted +23 million individuals

DentaQuest disclosed a data breach that may have exposed the personal and dental health information of more than 23 million people. DentaQuest is notifying more than 23 million people of a data br ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2026