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Wikiboat against the Pentagon, risks on Anonymous evolution
Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2012

We live in the cyber era, governments measure their capabilities in the cyberspace with reciprocal attacks of increasing complexity.Every government is developing an adequate cyber strategy investing ...

Malware and new sophisticated cyber techniques against banking
Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2012

Money motivates the cyber assault to banking by cybercrime, but the finance world is also considered a privileged target for sponsored-state attacks as part of cyber offense strategies. Let's consider ...

Deep Web and censorship
Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2012

  We clarified the use of anonymizing networks is not only related to criminal intents, they represent in fact a powerful instrument to elude censorship introduced by governments in critic ...

On new generation of P2P botnets
Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2012

Zeus is one of the longest-running malware that raged for months, appearing in various forms on the web thanks to the continuous changes made by the cybercrime industry. This time the news is really ...

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Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 75

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter UDPGangster Campaigns Target Multiple Co ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2025
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 554 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 December 14, 2025
Data Breach
Experts found an unsecured 16TB database containing 4.3B professional records

An open 16TB database exposed 4.3B professional records. It was unsecured and only closed after researchers alerted the owner. A 16TB unsecured MongoDB database exposed about 4.3 billion professio ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2025
APT
Germany calls in Russian Ambassador over air traffic control hack claims

Germany summoned Russia’s ambassador over alleged cyberattacks on air traffic control and a disinformation campaign ahead of national elections. Germany summoned Russia’s ambassador after accu ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2025
Security
U.S. CISA adds Google Chromium and Sierra Wireless AirLink ALEOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium and Sierra Wireless AirLink ALEOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2025
Hacking
Emergency fixes deployed by Google and Apple after targeted attacks

Google and Apple issued emergency updates to address zero-day flaws exploited in attacks targeting an unknown number of users. Apple and Google have both pushed out urgent security updates after u ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2025
Hacking
Notepad++ fixed updater bugs that allowed malicious update hijacking

Notepad++ addressed an updater vulnerability that allows attackers hijack update traffic due to weak file authentication. Notepad++ addressed a flaw in its updater that allowed attackers to hijack ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2025
Malware
Elastic detects stealthy NANOREMOTE malware using Google Drive as C2

Elastic found a new Windows backdoor, NANOREMOTE, similar to FINALDRAFT/REF7707, using the Google Drive API for C2. Elastic Security Labs researchers uncovered NANOREMOTE, a new Windows backdoor t ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2025
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds an OSGeo GeoServer flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2025
Hacking
Critical Gogs zero-day under attack, 700 servers hacked

Hackers exploited an unpatched Gogs zero-day, allowing remote code execution and compromising around 700 Internet-facing servers. Gogs is a self-hosted Git service, similar to GitHub, GitLab, or B ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2025
Hacking
GeminiJack zero-click flaw in Gemini Enterprise allowed corporate data exfiltration

Google fixed GeminiJack, a zero-click Gemini Enterprise flaw that could leak corporate data via crafted emails, invites, or documents, Noma Security says. Google addressed a Gemini Enterprise flaw ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2025
Hacking
Google fixed a new actively exploited Chrome zero-day

Google addressed three vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, including a high-severity bug already exploited in the wild. Google released security updates to fix three vulnerabilities in the Chro ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2025
Hacktivism
Pro-Russia Hacktivist Support: Ukrainian Faces US Charges

Ukrainian Victoria Dubranova, 33, faces US charges for aiding pro-Russia hacktivist groups CARR and NoName057(16) in global cyberattacks. A Ukrainian woman, Victoria Dubranova (33), has been charg ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2025
Security
Fortinet fixed two critical authentication-bypass vulnerabilities

Fortinet patched 18 flaws, including two authentication-bypass bugs affecting FortiOS, FortiWeb, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager with FortiCloud SSO enabled. Fortinet addressed 18 vulnerabiliti ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2025
APT
New EtherRAT backdoor surfaces in React2Shell attacks tied to North Korea

NK-linked hackers are likely exploiting the React2Shell flaw to deploy a newly discovered remote access trojan, dubbed EtherRAT. North Korea–linked threat actors are likely exploiting the new cr ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2025
Security
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Windows and WinRAR flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft Windows and WinRAR flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secur ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2025
Breaking News
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2025 fixed an actively exploited zero-day

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2025 address 57 vulnerabilities, including three critical flaws. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2025 addressed 57 vulne ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2025
Hacking
Ivanti warns customers of new EPM flaw enabling remote code execution

Ivanti warns users to address a newly disclosed Endpoint Manager vulnerability that could let attackers execute code remotely. Software firm Ivanti addressed a newly disclosed vulnerability, track ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2025
Malware
Broadside botnet hits TBK DVRs, raising alarms for maritime logistics

Mirai-based Broadside botnet targets vulnerable TBK Vision DVRs, posing a potential threat to the maritime logistics sector, Cydome warns. Cydome researchers have identified a new Mirai botnet var ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2025
Cyber Crime
Polish Police arrest 3 Ukrainians for possessing advanced hacking tools

Poland arrested three Ukrainian nationals accused of using hacking devices to target IT systems and obtain sensitive defense-related data. Polish police arrested three Ukrainian nationals for alle ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2025