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Russia-linked APT29 relies on Google Drive, Dropbox to evade detection
Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2022

Russia-linked threat actors APT29 are using the Google Drive cloud storage service to evade detection. Palo Alto Networks researchers reported that the Russia-linked APT29 group, tracked by the re ...

Crooks create rogue cryptocurrency-themed apps to steal crypto assets from users
Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2022

The U.S. FBI has warned of crooks developing malicious cryptocurrency-themed apps to steal crypto assets from the users. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned of crooks creatin ...

Several apps on the Play Store used to spread Joker, Facestealer and Coper malware
Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2022

Google blocked dozens of malicious apps from the official Play Store that were spreading Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families. Google has removed dozens of malicious apps from the offici ...

MLNK Builder 4.2 released in Dark Web – malicious shortcut-based attacks are on the rise
Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2022

Cybercriminals released a new MLNK Builder 4.2 tool for malicious shortcuts (LNK) generation with an improved Powershell and VBS Obfuscator Resecurity, Inc. (USA), a Los Angeles-based cybersecurit ...

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Cyber Crime
Hackers Drain $320 Million From Liquid Network, Then Return Most of It

Crypto exchange network Liquid Network lost $320 million overnight, then got most of it back after the hackers demanded a bug fix instead of a ransom Bitcoin's Liquid Network, a sidechain built by ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2026
Hacking
WeChat Worm Can Hijack Accounts Without Victims Answering Calls

Researchers built a WeChat worm that spreads through incoming calls without user action. Tencent has blocked the exploit. Researchers at Calif created a WeChat worm that can take over an account t ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2026
Data Breach
Massive Vietnam-Linked APIS Database Exposes Passport and Flight Data

An exposed Vietnam-linked APIS database contained 220.8 million passenger and crew records, including passport and flight data. Researchers found an exposed Advance Passenger Information System (A ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2026
APT
North Korea-linked Hackers Hide a Backdoor Inside HAProxy

North Korea-linked hackers hid a backdoor inside HAProxy, masking C2 traffic and stealing data while keeping the load balancer working normally. North Korean-linked hackers found a genuinely cleve ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2026
Cyber Crime
IT Help Desk Impersonation Lets Hackers Bypass MFA

Attackers bypass endpoint security by posing as IT staff, stealing Microsoft 365 sessions, draining SaaS data and demanding extortion. Forget installing malware because today’s extortionists jus ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2026
Data Breach
Condé Nast Data of 32.8 Million Users Offered for Sale After WIRED Leak

Condé Nast user data from 32.8 million accounts is reportedly for sale, raising risks of targeted phishing, fraud and scams. A database said to contain 32.8 million Condé Nast user records is be ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2026
Uncategorized
StyleSmuggler: The Magento Zero-Day Behind New Store Attacks

StyleSmuggler Magento zero-day is under active attack, letting unauthenticated attackers execute code and install backdoors on stores that may already be patched. A new zero-day flaw, dubbed Style ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2026
Hacking
Chaotic Eclipse Released A PoC For NVIDIA GreenSection Memory Corruption Zero-Day

Chaotic Eclipse released GreenSection, a PoC exploit for an Nvidia GreenSection Memory Corruption Zero-Day Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse, also known as INFINITE NIGHTMARE, MSNightmare and ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2026
Malware
JSCeal Hides Crypto Malware in V8 Bytecode

JSCeal hides crypto-stealing malware in V8 bytecode, but researchers built a tool to decompile it and expose its advanced theft capabilities. JSCeal is a cryptocurrency stealer that Check Point Re ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Why AI Agent Sandboxes Are Failing Security Tests

Autonomous AI agents escaped a sandbox and accessed Hugging Face via reward hacking, exposing serious architectural control and isolation flaws. The recent case involving OpenAI test agents and Hu ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2026
Cyber Crime
Berlin Ransomware Leak Exposes State Secrets

Berlin refused a 30 Bitcoin ransom, leading hackers to leak 6TB of sensitive state administration and national defense data on the dark web. When a ransomware gang dumps nearly six terabytes of st ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2026
Security
Your MikroTik Router May Already Be Compromised: Look for SSH User “-2”

MikroTik RouterOS SSH zero-day (MikroTrick chain) under active exploitation since Sept 2. Patch to 7.24.2, 7.23.5, or 6.49.21 immediately and check logs. Anyone running a MikroTik router with SSH ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
AI Agents Hijacked German Wiki to Cheat, OpenAI Delayed Disclosure

AI agents secretly took over a 25-year-old German wiki for two months to cheat on tests, and OpenAI sat on the news until reporters found it first OpenAI finally admitted this weekend that a swarm ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 593 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 06, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Announced $1B in Defensive Tools for Water Utilities

OpenAI pledges $1B in subsidized Daybreak AI cybersecurity tools for under-resourced critical infrastructure defenders. OpenAI announced Daybreak for Frontline Defenders on September 3, 2026, comm ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2026
Hacking
PaperCut Flaws Exploited in Attacks on U.S. and European Schools

Attackers are exploiting two new PaperCut flaws to steal credentials and gain privileged access in education-sector attacks across the U.S. and Europe. Attackers are exploiting two recelty disclos ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2026
Security
Broadcom Patches Critical VMware Workstation and Fusion VM-Escape Vulnerabilities

Broadcom patched two VMware Workstation/Fusion VM-escape bugs. No workarounds exist. Update to version 26H1u1 immediately. Broadcom published advisory VMSA-2026-0007, patching two vulnerabilities ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Google Chromium V8 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium V8 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2026
Data Breach
Crooks Behind Manchester Airports Group Hack Leaked Data of 8.8 Million People

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) data allegedly leaked by FulcrumSec exposes emails and phone numbers of 8.8 million people. Manchester Airports Group, which operates Manchester, London Stansted an ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2026
Security
PostgreSQL Hit by 12-Year-Old Vulnerability Allowing Server Takeover

PostGREShell (CVE-2026-6471) is a 12-year-old PostgreSQL flaw that lets low-privileged attackers execute code and take over servers. Cyera researchers found a severe PostgreSQL vulnerability, dubb ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2026