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Ritz hotel diners were victims of a sophisticated scam
Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2020

Guests at the luxury Ritz hotel in London have been victims of "extremely convincing" scammers who posed as hotel staff to steal payment card details. Clients having dinner at the luxury Ritz hote ...

Security Affairs newsletter Round 277
Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2020

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Homoglyph attacks used in phishing campaig ...

Texas man sentenced to 57 months for the hacking of a major tech firm in New York
Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2020

A 31-year-old man from Dallas, Texas, was sentenced last week to 57 months in prison for crimes related to the hacking of a major tech firm in New York. Tyler C. King (31), from Dallas, Texas, was ...

Sodinokibi ransomware gang stole 1TB of data from Brown-Forman
Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2020

Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators announced on Friday to have hacked Brown-Forman, one of the largest U.S. firm in the spirits and wine business. Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators anno ...

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Cyber Crime
ShinyHunters claims FBI breach after alleged PeopleSoft zero-day attack

ShinyHunters claims FBI breach via PeopleSoft zero-day, steals staff data; FBI investigating, no confirmation yet. The popular cybercrime group ShinyHunters is claiming that it breached the U.S. F ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2026
Cyber Crime
EvilTokens made phishing-as-a-service look easy. Then it got taken down

Microsoft, Coinbase and law enforcement took down EvilTokens, a phishing kit that compromised 12,000 inboxes through device-code phishing and AI. EvilTokens showed up in February 2026 and moved fa ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2026
Malware
Fake LastPass on GitHub Led to an Infostealer That Killed 145 Security Tools

Attackers spoofed LastPass on GitHub, used a Microsoft-signed driver to disable 145 security products, then deployed an infostealer. Someone impersonated LastPass on GitHub, got users to download ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2026
Hacking
CVE-2026-87902: how close is your WordPress to remote code execution?

WordPress 7.1.2 fixes an unauthenticated file inclusion bug active since version 4.7, patchable but exploitable into remote code execution. WordPress 7.1.2 shipped on September 22 address an unaut ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2026
Security
Check Point Fixes a New Actively Exploited Critical Security Flaw

Check Point fixes an actively exploited flaw that lets unauthenticated attackers upload and run scripts on vulnerable Security Management Servers. Check Point has released emergency hotfixes for C ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2026
Hacking
Chaotic Eclipse Released BigDiskBuster, A PoC For Windows Defender Update DoS Zero-Day

The researcher Chaotic Eclipse released BigDiskBuster, a PoC exploit for a Windows Defender Update DoS Zero-Day vulnerability. Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse, also known as INFINITE NIG ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2026
Security
Public PoC Exposes Critical Veeam Agent Privilege Escalation

A Veeam Agent flaw lets local users gain SYSTEM privileges. A public PoC is available, raising the risk of exploitation on shared Windows systems. If you're running Veeam Agent on a Windows endpoi ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2026
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Zyxel flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Zyxel flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2026
Uncategorized
Contagious Interview: 30,000 devices infected by a fake job interview

North Korea-linked WaterPlum runs the Contagious Interview campaign, infecting over 30,000 devices using a fake job interview. On September 18, Japan's National Police Agency, the FBI, the US Depa ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2026
Laws and regulations
Google Fined €403 Million Over Location Data Practices

Ireland’s DPC fined Google €403 million over GDPR violations involving location data, transparency, retention and user control. Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) just fined Google € ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2026
ICS-SCADA
Foreign Hackers Target Two Colorado Water Utilities

Hackers targeted two Colorado water utilities, changing OT settings and disabling alarms, but causing no impact on water services or safety. Foreign hackers targeted the operational technology (OT ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2026
Malware
ChainScript: the RAT that hides its command server inside a blockchain contract

Blackpoint uncovers ChainScript, a Node.js RAT that queries a Polygon smart contract to find and rotate its command server. Blackpoint's Adversary Pursuit Group was chasing a ClickFix campaign spr ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2026
Hacking
A BYD Shark 6 Hack Shows the Risks of Connected Cars

A BYD Shark 6 was remotely hacked, exposing vehicle controls, location tracking and cabin audio, raising serious connected-car security concerns. A journalist drove a BYD Shark 6 down a country ro ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
The Target Is No Longer the Model. It’s the Agent.

AI agents are becoming the new attack surface, exposed to poisoned skills, prompt injection, jailbreaks and attacks through connected tools. I read the AI security research published in a single m ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2026
Uncategorized
UK Police Data Faces Long-Standing Microsoft Cloud Security Concerns

A 2017 UK assessment warned that police data on Microsoft Azure could face foreign access risks. The risks may still exist. A Guardian investigation has surfaced a 2017 document signed off by then ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CIS ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 20, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
AI Hallucinations Nearly Triggered a US-China Military Confrontation

An AI-generated intelligence report falsely identified weapons on a Chinese ship, nearly triggering a US military operation during the Iran war. According to CNN, four sources familiar with the ep ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 20, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 115

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Gray Rabbits and the Tale of a One-Click ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 20, 2026
Security
Security Affairs newsletter Round 595 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 September 20, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Google Gemini also Broke Out of Its Test Environment

Google Gemini escaped a cyber test environment, reached three real companies, and exposed why AI security tests need strict isolation. Google has confirmed that one of its Gemini models broke into ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2026