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OnyxC2 Malware-as-a-Service Offers Enterprise-Grade Data Theft
Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2026

OnyxC2 is a MaaS stealer targeting 210+ apps, using DLL sideloading, encrypted payloads, and remote access features to evade detection. OnyxC2 appeared on a cybercrime forum earlier this year and ...

Chaotic Eclipse Strikes Again: New Zero-Day Unlocks BitLocker in Four Hours of Research
Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2026

GreatXML bypasses BitLocker via Defender offline scan artifacts, giving SYSTEM shell in Recovery Mode. No patch exists. Any machine that ran an offline scan is vulnerable. On June 10, security res ...

Fortinet patched a new critical FortiSandbox flaw
Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2026

Fortinet patched a critical FortiSandbox vulnerability that could let unauthenticated attackers remotely execute commands via crafted HTTP requests. Fortinet released security updates to address s ...

JDY Botnet Evolves After KV Takedown, Targets Military Networks
Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2026

JDY botnet scans SOHO/IoT devices globally to map services and targets, especially US military networks. Lumen's Black Lotus Labs reported the resurgence of the JDY botnet, a covert reconnaissance ...

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Internet of Things
Inside Operation CameraSwarm: How One Actor Took Over 14,000 Dahua Cameras

An exposed operator directory reveals how one actor compromised 14,000+ Dahua cameras across Ukraine and Russia, no password needed for most. A researcher discovered an exposed directory containin ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2026
Malware
Microsoft Tracks MacSync Stealer by Its Behavior, Not Its Domains

Microsoft tracked over 30 MacSync Stealer domains by focusing on behavioral patterns, revealing a campaign targeting passwords, keys, wallets and other data. Domain blocking is a losing game when ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2026
Cyber Crime
50,000 Stripe Secrets Leaked in Public Code

Over 50,000 exposed Stripe API keys show how leaked secrets can enable fraud, data access and account abuse within hours. Ransomnews researchers have documented a large-scale leak of Stripe mercha ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2026
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Apple macOS, Microsoft SharePoint, Broadcom VMware vCenter, and Microsoft IKE flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple macOS, Microsoft SharePoint, Broadcom VMware vCenter, and Microsoft IKE flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2026
Data Breach
Hackers Expose Data of 1.2 Million Heights Finance Customers

A Heights Finance breach exposed personal and financial data of over 1.2 million people after hackers compromised a third-party cloud platform. Heights Finance is a U.S. consumer finance company t ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Project noRecognition: Teaching AI to Fool Surveillance Cameras

Researchers tested 31 million patterns to disrupt surveillance AI, with promising results but significant gaps between simulation and real-world use. The Kansas City-based cybersecurity researcher ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds a Ray-Project Ray flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a Ray-Project Ray vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2026
Malware
New Mirai-Based Evooo1Bot Botnet Targets Linux Devices

Evooo1Bot is a Mirai-based Linux botnet that hijacks routers and IoT devices for DDoS attacks, credential theft and criminal proxy services. Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs disclosed Evooo1Bot in mid-A ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2026
Data Breach
SafePal Says 39,798 Customers Hit by Data Breach

SafePal says a breach exposed personal data of 39,798 customers, but not wallet credentials, private keys, seed phrases, or payment information. SafePal disclosed a data breach affecting about 39, ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2026
Hacking
LiteLLM Supply-Chain Attack - Technology, Banking and Healthcare the Most Affected

The SANDCLOCK LiteLLM supply-chain attack exposed credentials across 2,038 repositories, affecting technology, finance, healthcare, retail and more. Resecurity (USA) estimated the most affected se ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Invisible AI Prompts Trigger Court Sanctions

A litigant hid AI prompt injections in a court filing to influence a ruling. The judge caught it and banned him from electronic filing. A man suing the New York Bariatric Group reportedly hid AI p ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2026
Cyber Crime
McDonald’s Employee Data Appears in Leak, Seller Claims 1.7M Records Stolen

A seller claims 1.7M McDonald’s employee records were stolen from Azure. An 8,000-row sample appears genuine, but its age and full size remain unconfirmed. A seller on a data-trading forum poste ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2026
Malware
Akira Ransomware Uses Safe Mode to Bypass EDR

Akira attackers used Safe Mode to disable EDR before deploying ransomware, but memory issues caused the encryptor to fail. An Akira ransomware affiliate broke into a company through an MFA-less So ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2026
Hacking
DDoS Attacks Cause Major Threema Outages

Large DDoS attacks disrupted Threema, causing severe communication outages. Threema On-Prem users were unaffected by the attacks. Threema suffered multiple large-scale DDoS attacks that disrupted ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 110

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Kimsuky Integrates AI into Attack Operat ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2026
APT
Mustang Panda Upgrades CoolClient With a Kernel Rootkit

Mustang Panda upgraded CoolClient with a signed kernel driver that hides processes, files and network activity, making the backdoor harder to detect. HoneyMyte, also known as Mustang Panda, has pu ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2026
Cyber Crime
Sophisticated Cyberattack Exposes Data of 678,000 French Taxpayers

France's tax agency says hackers stole data on 678,000 taxpayers, including income and tax details, in a sophisticated cyberattack. A threat actor claimed to have breached France’s tax agency in ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 590 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 16, 2026
Intelligence
APT36 Suspected in PATCHCORD Espionage Campaign Using Google Sheets C2

Acronis uncovered PATCHCORD, a stealthy backdoor targeting Afghan telecom and South Asian infrastructure via fake VPN tools and Google Sheets C2. Researchers at Acronis just documented an espionag ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2026
Cyber Crime
Crooks Are Buying Your Expired Domains and Using Them to Deliver Malware

Attackers are buying expired domains to exploit their reputation, traffic and DNS history, using them for malware delivery, scams and C2 infrastructure. Every day, roughly 65,000 domain names that ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2026