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South Korea, another data breach. How is changing the hacking world?
Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2012

Browsing the internet is easy to find information regarding date breach by hackers against large companies that fail to protect their facilities exposing the information of their customers and employe ...

Smart Phone Monitoring and Malware... Up close and personal...
Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2012

Article published on The Malta Indipendent by Ron Kelson - Vice Chair ICT Gozo Malta Project, Pierluigi Paganini – Director and CISO of Bit4ID, Italy and Benjamin Gittins - CTO Synaptic Laborato ...

Anonymous AAPT data breach, 180k records published, 263k incoming
Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2012

Anonymous maintained its promises, the hacktivists announced that would have gone forward to prove the inefficiency of the companies complicit of Australian Government. They have leaked data from t ...

Anonymous #op_Australia, data breach and reflections on utopian privacy
Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2012

This time target of attacks of the Anonymous group is the Australian government,  at least 10  websites were taken down to protest proposed changes to privacy laws. The government want to force n ...

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Security
Patch Tuesday security updates for July 2026, the largest update ever. 621 CVEs in one month

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes a record 621 CVEs, including 2 exploited zero-days and critical flaws affecting SharePoint, RDP, Hyper-V, and AD FS. Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday is, by a sig ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2026
Security
U.S. Treasury Sanctions VPN Provider and Cryptor Seller Behind Billions in Ransomware Losses

U.S. sanctions hit VPN provider 1VPNS and a cryptor seller for enabling ransomware gangs behind billions in losses to critical infrastructure. The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2026
Hacking
Attacker Used AI to Build Custom PowerShell Recon Malware

Huntress found an AI-generated PowerShell script used for AD reconnaissance, showing attackers are using AI to create custom, evasive tools. During an incident response investigation on June 3, 20 ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2026
Cyber Crime
Malware Hits Japan's Largest Taxi Company Nihon Kotsu, Services Temporarily Suspended

Japan's largest taxi operator Nihon Kotsu shut down systems after a malware attack, disrupting dispatch and bookings. Nihon Kotsu, Japan's largest taxi company, disclosed on July 13, 2026 that it ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2026
Malware
CrashStealer: New macOS Infostealer Uses Signed Apps to Evade Gatekeeper

New macOS infostealer CrashStealer uses a signed app to bypass Gatekeeper, steals credentials and wallets, then AES-encrypts stolen data. Jamf Threat Labs first spotted CrashStealer in early May 2 ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2026
Data Breach
Lidl Notified Online Shop Customers in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands of a Data Breach

Lidl disclosed a third-party data breach affecting online shop customers in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Payment data was not exposed. Lidl contacted customers of its online shop in Germ ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds a Cisco IOS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a Cisco IOS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)� ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2026
Intelligence
EU Targets FSB-Linked Hackers in New Sanctions Over Cyber Sabotage

EU sanctions target nine people and four entities tied to Russia's FSB over a 15-year cyberespionage and critical infrastructure sabotage campaign. The European Union imposed sanctions on Monday t ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2026
Cyber Crime
Dutch Nationals Suspected in Odido Hack That Exposed Six Million Customers

Dutch police suspect local hackers behind the Odido breach that exposed 6M customers after a phishing attack and seek public help identifying them. Dutch police have identified strong indications ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2026
Security
Australia Alerts Organizations to Ongoing CMS Exploitation Attacks

Australia warns of a global campaign exploiting CMS flaws to deploy webshells on WordPress, Joomla, and other websites. Australia's Signals Directorate has issued an alert about a large-scale expl ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2026
Uncategorized
Ryuk Ransomware Member Pleads Guilty Over Attacks on U.S. Organizations

An alleged Ryuk ransomware member pleaded guilty in the U.S. for helping deploy attacks on American companies and faces up to 15 years in prison. Armenian national Karen Serobovich Vardanyan (34) ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2026
Hacking
Progress Told ShareFile Customers to Pull the Plug on Their Servers. Here's What We Know.

Progress urged ShareFile Storage Zone customers to shut down internet-facing servers immediately over a credible security threat under investigation. Progress Software sent an urgent email to Shar ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2026
Breaking News
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 105

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Novel Java-Based QuimaRAT Targets Window ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 585 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 July 12, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds iCagenda and Balbooa Forms flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds iCagenda and Balbooa Forms flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Securit ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2026
Security
Critical U-Boot Bugs Undermine Secure Boot on Millions of Devices

Binarly found six U-Boot flaws, including two that enable code execution during boot image verification, impacting 50+ releases. Binarly's research team has found six vulnerabilities in U-Boot, th ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2026
Hacking
Update Now: Critical Zimbra Classic Web Client Flaw Could Expose Mailboxes

Zimbra addressed a critical stored XSS vulnerability in its Classic Web Client that lets malicious emails execute code when opened. Zimbra has released version 10.1.19 to fix a critical stored XSS ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2026
Cyber Crime
Ransomware Never Stopped: Over 9,000 Confirmed Attacks Since 2018

Ransomware remains above 1,400 attacks yearly since 2023. Qilin leads in 2026, while the U.S. remains the main target. Ransomnews has independently confirmed 9,291 ransomware attacks worldwide bet ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2026
Security
222 GitHub Repositories Linked to Fake Go Package Malware Operation

Researchers uncovered 222 GitHub repositories spreading malware through fake Go packages, delivering loaders, stealers, RATs, and cryptominers. Socket's security research team started with the inv ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2026
Cyber Crime
Former Ransomware Negotiator Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Secretly Helping BlackCat Gang

A former ransomware negotiator was sentenced to nearly six years for secretly helping BlackCat extort victims while betraying his clients. A U.S. court sentenced former ransomware negotiator Angel ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2026