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Evernote hacked, how respond to yet another data breach?
Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2013

Another noisy attack has alerted IT community, online note service Evernote is the latest firm to get hacked. The company provides the popular service to around 50 million users,  the attackers acces ...

Botnet organization, easy and cheap!
Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2013

In recent weeks I wrote about an interesting article posted on Webroot by security expert Dancho Danchev, a careful observer of cyber criminal activities in the underground. The researcher describ ...

Is phishing really going down? No, it is only migrated to mobile
Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2013

Recent studies of principal security firms revealed that phishing activities in the last years have increased exponentially, cybercrime is targeting every sector from industry to government institutio ...

MiniDuke hackers target European governments and researchers
Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2013

It’s a very difficult period for security researchers that in the last months have discovered various cyber espionage campaigns that hit governments, private businesses and intelligence agencies all ...

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Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 566 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 March 08, 2026
Hacking
FBI probing intrusion into a system managing sensitive surveillance information

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing suspicious activity on an internal system containing sensitive surveillance and investigation data. The FBI is investigating suspicious cyber a ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2026
Cyber warfare
Iran-linked hackers target IP cameras across Israel and Gulf states for military intelligence

Researchers observed Iran-linked actors targeting IP cameras across Israel and Gulf countries, likely to support military intelligence and battle damage assessment. According to the Check Point Cy ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2026
APT
Iran-linked MuddyWater deploys Dindoor malware against U.S. organizations

Iran-linked APT MuddyWater targeted U.S. organizations, deploying the new Dindoor backdoor across sectors including banks, airports, and nonprofits. Broadcom’s Symantec Threat Hunter Team uncove ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2026
Security
Cisco flags ongoing exploitation of two recently patched Catalyst SD-WAN flaws

Cisco warns that two recently patched Catalyst SD-WAN flaws, CVE-2026-20128 and CVE-2026-20122, are already being actively exploited in the wild. Cisco warned customers that threat actors are acti ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2026
Malware
Microsoft warns of ClickFix campaign exploiting Windows Terminal to deliver Lumma Stealer

Microsoft warns of ClickFix campaign using Windows Terminal to deliver Lumma Stealer via social engineering attacks. Microsoft revealed a new ClickFix campaign where attackers exploit Windows Term ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2026
APT
Iran-nexus APT Dust Specter targets Iraq officials with new malware

A campaign by Iran-linked group Dust Specter is targeting Iraqi officials with phishing emails delivering new malware families. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers linked the Iran-nexus group Dust Spec ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Apple, Rockwell, and Hikvision  flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple, Rockwell, and Hikvision flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Se ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2026
Security
Google GTIG: 90 zero-day flaws exploited in 2025 as enterprise targets grow

Google’s GTIG reports 90 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2025, up from 78 in 2024, with a growing share targeting enterprise systems. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2026
Security
Phobos Ransomware admin faces up to 20 years after guilty plea

Russian national Evgenii Ptitsyn (43) pleaded guilty in the U.S. for his role in the Phobos ransomware operation. Russian national Evgenii Ptitsyn pleaded guilty in the US to wire fraud conspiracy ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2026
APT
Russian APT targets Ukraine with BadPaw and MeowMeow malware

Researchers uncovered a Russian campaign targeting Ukrainian entities with new malware families BadPaw and MeowMeow delivered through phishing emails. Researchers reported a phishing campaign link ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2026
Cyber Crime
Operation Leak: FBI and Europol dismantle LeakBase Cybercrime forum

The Federal Bureau of Investigation seized the LeakBase cybercrime forum in an international crackdown led by Europol. The Federal Bureau of Investigation seized the LeakBase cybercrime forum (lea ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2026
Security
Google uncovers Coruna iOS Exploit Kit targeting iOS 13–17.2.1

Google warns of the Coruna iOS exploit kit, using 23 exploits across five chains to target iPhones running iOS 13–17.2.1, but not the latest iOS. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has identif ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2026
Breaking News
Cisco fixes maximum-severity Secure FMC bugs threatening firewall security

Cisco patched two critical Secure FMC vulnerabilities that could let attackers gain root access to managed firewalls. Cisco addressed two maximum-severity vulnerabilities in its Secure Firewall Ma ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2026
Security
Automate or orchestrate? Implementing a streamlined remediation program to shorten MTTR

Security teams want lower MTTR, but flaws persist. How to use automation vs. orchestration to reduce risk effectively? Almost all security teams want to reduce their Mean Time to Remediate (MTTR). ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2026
Security
LastPass warns of spoofed alerts aimed at stealing master passwords

LastPass warns of a phishing campaign using fake security alerts about unauthorized access or password changes to steal users’ master passwords. LastPass has warned users about a new phishing ca ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2026
APT
From phishing to Google Drive C2: Silver Dragon expands APT41 playbook

APT group Silver Dragon, linked to APT41, targets governments via server exploits and phishing, using Cobalt Strike and Google Drive for C2. Check Point researchers have identified Silver Dragon, ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Qualcomm and Broadcom VMware Aria Operations flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Qualcomm and Broadcom VMware Aria Operations flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Inf ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2026
Data Breach
Data breach at University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center impacts 1.2 Million individuals

A ransomware attack on the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center exposed personal data of 1.2 million people. A 2025 ransomware attack targeting the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center compromised ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2026
Social Networks
Facebook is experiencing a global outage

Facebook is experiencing a global outage since 4:15 PM ET, with users reporting they cannot access their accounts. Facebook users worldwide report problems while attempting to access their acc ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2026