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New Zealand Security Bureau halts Spark from using Huawei 5G equipment
Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2018

New Zealand intelligence agency asked mobile company Spark to avoid using Huawei equipment for 5G infrastructure. According to New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau, Huawei equipm ...

Hacker hijacks printers worldwide to promote popular YouTube channel
Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2018

The TheHackerGiraffe used the Printer Exploitation Toolkit (PRET) to hijack +50k vulnerable printers to Promote PewDiePie YouTube Channel. An anonymous hacker hijacked over 50,000 internet-connect ...

Moscow's New Cable Car closed due to a ransomware infection
Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2018

Two days after Moscow opened a new cable car system hackers infected its computer systems with ransomware. The cable car system is long over 700 meters and spans across the Moscow river linking the ...

Security Affairs newsletter Round 191 – News of the week
Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2018

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, "Digging in the Deep Web" is online with a special d ...

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Malware
Iran-linked actors use Telegram as C2 in malware attacks on dissidents

Iran-linked actors use Telegram as C2 to spread malware targeting dissidents and journalists, enabling surveillance and data theft. The FBI warns that Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Securit ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2026
Uncategorized
International police Operation Alice take down 373,000 dark web sites exploiting children

Operation Alice: Police dismantle a massive dark web network with 373,000 fake sites luring users seeking child sexual abuse material. An international law enforcement operation, code named Operat ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2026
Intelligence
Russia-linked actors target WhatsApp and Signal in phishing campaign

Russia-linked actors target WhatsApp and Signal accounts of officials and journalists via phishing, gaining access to messages and contacts. Threat actors linked to Russian Intelligence Services  ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2026
Security
Oracle fixes critical RCE flaw CVE-2026-21992 in Identity Manager

Oracle fixed a critical severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-21992, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution in Identity Manager. Oracle released security updates to address a critical vulnera ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Apple, Laravel Livewire and Craft CMS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple, Laravel Livewire and Craft CMS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastruct ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2026
Security
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 89

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter New Payload ransomware - malware analysi ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 568 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 March 22, 2026
Data Breach
WorldLeaks ransomware group breached the City of Los Angels

WorldLeaks group hit Los Angeles and its Metro system, forcing a shutdown, while two Bay Area cities declared emergencies after ransomware attacks. WorldLeaks group hit Los Angeles and its Metro, ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2026
Security
PolyShell flaw exposes Magento and Adobe Commerce to file upload attacks

Sansec found a Magento and Adobe Commerce REST API flaw, named PolyShell, which allows unauthenticated file uploads and possible XSS in older versions. Sansec disclosed a critical flaw in the Mage ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2026
Hacking
7,500+ Magento sites defaced in global hacking campaign

Hackers defaced 7,500 Magento sites since Feb 27, uploading files across 15,000 hostnames, mostly opportunistic attacks. Since February 27, a large-scale campaign has defaced over 7,500 Magento si ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2026
Data Breach
Navia data breach impacts nearly 2.7 Million people

Navia Benefit Solutions data breach exposed 2.7M people after attackers accessed systems from December 2025 to January 2026. Navia Benefit Solutions disclosed a data breach affecting 2,697,540 ind ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2026
Security
Apple urges iPhone users to update as Coruna and DarkSword exploit kits emerge

Apple warns that outdated iPhones are vulnerable to Coruna and DarkSword exploit kits and urges users to update iOS. Apple has warned that iPhones running outdated iOS versions are at risk from ex ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2026
Cyber Crime
Global law enforcement operation targets AISURU, Kimwolf, JackSkid botnet operators

DoJ disrupted IoT botnets’ C2 infrastructure with global partners, targeting operators behind AISURU, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and others. The U.S. DoJ disrupted command-and-control infrastructure use ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2026
Intelligence
French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle tracked via Strava activity in OPSEC failure

A French aircraft carrier was tracked in real time via a sailor’s Strava activity, exposing a persistent operational security flaw. Le Monde revealed that France’s aircraft carrier Charles de ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2026
Security
Critical Ubiquiti UniFi UniFi security flaw allows potential account hijacking

Ubiquiti fixed two UniFi vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw that could let attackers take over user accounts. Ubiquiti patched two vulnerabilities in its UniFi Network app, including a max ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Cisco FMC and Cisco SCC Firewall Management to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Cisco FMC and Cisco SCC Firewall Management to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity a ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2026
Security
Russian APT targets Ukraine via Zimbra XSS flaw CVE-2025-66376

Russian APT exploits a critical XSS flaw in Zimbra, tracked as CVE-2025-66376, running scripts via HTML emails to target users in Ukraine. Russia-linked threat actor exploits a high-severity XSS v ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2026
Hacking
DarkSword emerges as powerful iOS exploit tool in global attacks

DarkSword, a new iOS exploit kit, is used by multiple actors to steal data in campaigns targeting Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Malaysia, and Ukraine. Lookout Threat Labs discovered a new iOS exploit kit ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2026
Malware
Interlock group exploiting the CISCO FMC flaw CVE-2026-20131 36 days before disclosure

The Interlock ransomware group has exploited a Cisco FMC zero-day RCE vulnerability in attacks since late January. The Interlock ransomware group has been exploiting a critical zero-day RCE vulner ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2026
Intelligence
Russia establishes Vienna as key western spy hub targeting NATO

Russia uses Vienna as its largest Western spy hub, monitoring NATO and other sensitive communications via diplomatic sites and satellite dishes. Western intelligence reports that Russia has transf ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2026