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Valak a sophisticated malware that completely changed in 6 months
Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2020

Valak malware has rapidly changed over the past six months, it was initially designed as a loader, but now it implemented infostealer capabilities. The Valak malware completely changed over the pa ...

Ke3chang hacking group adds new Ketrum malware to its arsenal
Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2020

The Ke3chang hacking group added a new malware dubbed Ketrum to its arsenal, it borrows portions of code and features from older backdoors. The Ke3chang hacking group (aka APT15, Vixen Panda, Pla ...

Microsoft warns about ongoing PonyFinal ransomware attacks
Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2020

Microsoft is warning organizations to deploy protections against a new strain of PonyFinal ransomware that has been in the wild over the past two months. Microsoft's security team issued a series ...

Grandoreiro Malware implements new features in Q2 2020
Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2020

The updated Grandoreiro Malware equipped with latenbot-C2 features in Q2 2020 now extended to Portuguese banks Grandoreiro is a Latin American banking trojan targeting Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Peru ...

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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
Malware
GigaWiper Merges Three Malware Families Into One Destructive Backdoor

Microsoft uncovered GigaWiper, a modular Go backdoor combining three malware families with espionage, remote control, and destructive wiping features. In October 2025, Microsoft's threat intellige ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2026
Security
INTERPOL Operation First Light Nets 5,811 Arrests and Seizes $293 Million

INTERPOL's Operation First Light 2026 led to 5,811 arrests, blocked $293M in criminal assets, and disrupted global fraud and money laundering networks. INTERPOL coordinated a four-month operation ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2026
Malware
GodDamn Ransomware Uses PoisonX to Blind Security Software

GodDamn ransomware uses the signed PoisonX driver to disable security tools, marking a more advanced version of the Beast ransomware family. Symantec's Threat Hunter Team found a new ransomware fa ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2026
Data Breach
AssuranceAmerica Breach Exposes 7 Million Driver’s Licenses After Employee Account Hack

AssuranceAmerica confirmed a breach exposing nearly 7 million driver's licenses after hackers compromised an employee account and stole customer data. U.S. auto insurer AssuranceAmerica has confir ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2026
Security
Microsoft fixed Defender flaw RoguePlanet (CVE-2026-50656)

Microsoft fixed RoguePlanet (CVE-2026-50656), a Defender flaw allowing local attackers to gain higher privileges through the Malware Protection Engine. Microsoft released security updates for Rogu ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2026
Malware
Fake VPN and 7-Zip Apps Turn Victims Into Residential Proxy Nodes

Fake apps like WireVPN and a trojanized 7-Zip turn victims' devices into residential proxies, letting criminals route traffic through their IPs. Infoblox's threat research team started pulling on ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2026
Security
Ubiquiti Patches Critical UniFi OS Flaws Allowing Command Injection and Privilege Escalation

Ubiquiti patched seven UniFi OS flaws, including critical CVE-2026-50746, which allows command injection in UniFi Connect Application. Ubiquiti released security updates for seven critical UniFi O ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2026
Data Breach
A Hacker Claims 35 GB of Accenture Source Code. The Company discloses the data breach

Accenture confirmed a breach after a hacker claimed to steal 35 GB of source code, keys, and Azure credentials now offered for sale. A threat actor using the handle "888" claimed on the cybercrime ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2026
Malware
Telegram-Hosted RedWing Malware Lets Anyone Rent Android Spyware Tools

RedWing: The Android Banking Trojan You Can Rent on Telegram for Less Than a Coffee Subscription Zimperium's zLabs team has uncovered RedWing, an Android spyware operation sold as a subscription s ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2026
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Adobe ColdFusion, Joomlack Page Builder, Langflow, and JoomShaper SP Page Builder flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Adobe ColdFusion, Joomlack Page Builder, Langflow, and JoomShaper SP Page Builder flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalo ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
CISA Deploys Anthropic’s Mythos AI to Hunt Vulnerabilities in U.S. Government Code

CISA is using Anthropic's Mythos AI to scan federal code for vulnerabilities, aiming to find flaws before hackers and foreign intelligence services. Three sources familiar with the matter told Reu ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2026