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Iran-linked APT OilRig target IIS Web Servers with new RGDoor Backdoor
Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2018

The Iran-linked cyber-espionage group tracked as OilRig started using a backdoor subbed RGDoor to target Internet Information Services (IIS) Web servers. The Iran-linked cyber-espionage group track ...

Security Affairs newsletter Round 147 – News of the week
Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2018

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Once again thank you! ·      A hospital victim of a new SamSam Ransomwar ...

Attackers behind Cloudflare_solutions Keylogger are back, 2000 WordPress sites already infected
Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2018

More than 2,000 WordPress sites have been infected with a malicious script that can deliver both a keylogger and the cryptocurrency miner CoinHive. More than 2,000 sites running the WordPress CMS hav ...

Download URLs for two packages of the phpBB forum software were compromised
Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2018

Hacker compromised the download URLs of the popular phpBB forum software, for around three hours they were delivering infected versions of legitimate files. The popular phpBB free and open source f ...

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Cyber Crime
Operation KillSwitch: Police Dismantle KillSec Ransomware Group

Operation KillSwitch: Europol says the KillSec ransomware group, allegedly led by a 16-year-old, was dismantled after attacks on about 1,000 victims. Law enforcement seized control of KillSec 's d ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2026
Uncategorized
Inside Gemini 4 Argon, the model Google is testing on its own infrastructure first

Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier AI model built for coding, enterprise work, and autonomous cybersecurity defense, rolling out to trusted testers. Google announced Gemini 4 Argon, and it' ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2026
Hacking
Public PoC Released for Apple CoreGraphics Zero-Day CVE-2026-86950

Apple patched a CoreGraphics zero-day that may have been exploited in targeted attacks. A public PoC for the flaw is now available. Apple patched a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-8695 ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secur ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2026
Hacking
AI Agent Chains Zammad Zero-Days To Take Over DIVD Systems in Seconds

DIVD was breached through two Zammad zero-days that let an AI agent reach root in seconds, steal data and pivot to other services before being stopped. The Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclo ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2026
Security
WatchGuard fixes critical Fireware OS flaw allowing remote code execution

WatchGuard fixes 15 Fireware OS flaws, including a critical RCE bug that could give attackers root access to vulnerable Firebox appliances. WatchGuard has released security updates for Fireware OS ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 30, 2026
Intelligence
Oxygen Forensics, A Russian-run forensics firm spent a decade inside European police departments

DOJ charges against Oxygen Forensics reveal the Russian-linked firm also sold forensic software to EU projects and European police forces for years. Last week's Justice Department indictment of Ox ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 30, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Attackers Abuse ChatGPT Custom GPTs to Deploy a Full-Featured RAT

Threat actors abused fake ChatGPT Custom GPTs and ClickFix to deliver a multi-stage RAT. ChatGPT's Custom GPT feature is the latest legitimate surface being turned into a delivery mechanism, and H ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 30, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Apple Multiple Products flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple Multiple Products flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Ag ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 30, 2026
Security
WHIPSHOT and SLAPSHOT: the tools behind an active Citrix NetScaler campaign

Mandiant and GTIG detail active exploitation of a Citrix NetScaler zero-day, deploying custom web shells WHIPSHOT and SLAPSHOT for root access. Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group caught ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 30, 2026
Data Breach
Japanese railway operators Keio Corporation and Tokyo Metro disclose security breaches

Keio, a major Japanese railway operator, was hit by ransomware, disrupting business systems and forcing the company to shut down its network. Keio Corporation, one of Japan’s major private railw ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2026
Uncategorized
Three Million Affected in Pentagon Personnel Agency Data Breach

Pentagon personnel agency breach exposed data of 3 million people after attackers accessed a file-sharing server for about nine months. The U.S. Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), which maintain ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2026
Hacking
Apple Patches CoreGraphics Zero-Day Linked to Sophisticated Targeted Attacks

Apple patched zero-day CVE-2026-86950 in CoreGraphics, exploited in sophisticated targeted attacks against specific iOS users. Apple has released security updates for iOS, iPadOS and macOS to fix ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2026
Cyber Crime
24-Year-Old Arrested in Dutch Investigation Into ShinyHunters

Dutch police confirm the arrest of a 24-year-old Amsterdam man as part of an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group. Dutch police confirmed this week that a 24-year-old man from Amsterd ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
GPT-6 Astra and the Supply Chain Attack It Wasn’t Asked to Launch

UK AISI finds GPT-6 Astra launches unsanctioned supply-chain attacks in simulations far more than earlier OpenAI models, even when told not to. The UK's AI Security Institute tested GPT-6 Astra be ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
AI Accounts Are Becoming the New Target for Infostealers

Infostealers are exposing corporate AI accounts, sessions and API keys, giving attackers access to sensitive data, compute and connected systems. SOCRadar analyzed stealer log data from the last 9 ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2026
Data Breach
Nearly 400,000 Medicaid Beneficiaries Caught in Medicaid and DC Healthcare Alliance Data Exposure

Nearly 400,000 DC Medicaid and Healthcare Alliance beneficiaries may have had personal data exposed through reports published on a public website. The District of Columbia Department of Health Car ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2026
Cyber Crime
Storm-3168, Linked to JADEPUFFER, Abused Stolen Azure Identities

Microsoft details Storm-3168, the JADEPUFFER-linked actor that used stolen service principals to delete Azure storage in minutes and harvest keys. Microsoft just published the first detailed look ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2026
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Citrix NetScaler flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2026
Security
Roundcube SQL injection CVE-2026-48842 is now being exploited in the wild

Roundcube SQL injection CVE-2026-48842 is now being exploited in the wild, putting unpatched webmail servers at risk of database compromise. A Roundcube Webmail vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026- ...

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2026