Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2018
New Underminer exploit kit delivers a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency miner dubbed Hidden Mellifera. Malware researchers from Trend Micro have spotted a n ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2018
On Tuesday, Twitter announced it had removed more than 143,000 apps from the messaging service since April in a new crackdown initiative. Last week, Twitter announced it had removed more than 143,000 ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2018
Google has updated the Play Store Developer Policy page to ban mobile mining apps that mine cryptocurrencies using the computational resources of the devices. Due to the surge in cryptocurrency price ...
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2018
The Russia-linked APT28 group targets Senator Claire McCaskill and her staff as they gear up for her 2018 re-election campaign. The Russian APT group tracked as Fancy Bear (aka APT28, Pawn Storm ...
February 18, 2026
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February 17, 2026
A Ukrainian man was sentenced to five years in the U.S. for helping North Korean IT workers use stolen identities to get hired by U.S. firms. Oleksandr “Alexander” Didenko, a 29-year-old Ukrai ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2026
The FBI warns ATM jackpotting is rising nationwide, with over $20 million lost in 2025 and 1,900 incidents reported since 2020. The FBI has warned of a sharp rise in ATM jackpotting attacks across ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2026
INTERPOL’s Operation Red Card 2.0 led to 651 arrests across 16 African countries and recovered over $4.3 million from online scams. INTERPOL’s Operation Red Card 2.0, a joint effort involving ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2026
PromptSpy is the first Android malware to abuse Google’s Gemini AI, enabling persistence and advanced spying features. Security researchers at ESET have uncovered PromptSpy, the first known Andr ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2026
Germany’s national rail operator, Deutsche Bahn, suffered a major DDoS attack that disrupted booking and information systems for several hours. Germany’s rail operator Deutsche Bahn was hit by ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Dell RecoverPoint and GitLab flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secur ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2026
CISA warns Honeywell CCTVs are affected by a critical auth bypass flaw (CVE-2026-1670) allowing unauthorized access or account hijacking. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2026
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission opened a probe into X over Grok AI tool allegedly generating sexual images, including of children. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has launched anothe ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2026
Amnesty reports Angolan journalist’s iPhone was infected by Intellexa’s Predator spyware via a WhatsApp link in May 2024. Amnesty International reports that in May 2024, Intellexa’s Predator ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2026
A hacker accessed data from 1.2 million French bank accounts using stolen official credentials, the Economy Ministry said. A hacker gained access to data from 1.2 million French bank accounts usin ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2026
Notepad++ patched a vulnerability that attackers used to hijack its update system and deliver malware to targeted users. Notepad++ fixed a vulnerability that allowed a China-linked APT group to hi ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2026
Four popular VS Code extensions with 125M+ installs have flaws that could let hackers steal files and run code remotely. OX Security researchers warn that security flaws in four widely used VS Cod ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2026
A suspected Chinese state-linked group exploited a critical Dell RecoverPoint flaw (CVE-2026-22769) in zero-day attacks starting mid-2024. Mandiant and Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2026
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium CSS, Microsoft Windows, TeamT5 ThreatSonar Anti-Ransomware, and Zimbra flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities c ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2026
Kaspersky uncovered Keenadu, an Android backdoor used for ad fraud that can even take full control of devices. Kaspersky has identified a new Android malware called Keenadu. It can be preinstalled ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2026
Hackers used a fake Oura MCP server to trick users into downloading malware that installs the StealC info-stealer. Straiker's AI Research (STAR) Labs team uncovered a SmartLoader campaign in which ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2026
Officers from Poland's Central Bureau of Cybercrime Control (CBZC) police arrested a 47-year-old man linked to the Phobos ransomware operation. Polish authorities arrested a 47-year-old man suspec ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2026
Attackers used a fake PDF incident report hosted on AWS to scare victims into enabling 2FA, though a poorly crafted phishing campaign. Freelance security consultant Xavier Mertens reported a phis ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2026
South Korea fined Dior, Louis Vuitton, and Tiffany $25M after hackers breached their Salesforce systems, exposing customer data. South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission fined lu ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2026
Apple is testing end-to-end encrypted Rich Communications Services (RCS) messaging in the iOS 26.4 developer beta. Apple has added end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging to the iOS and iPadOS 26.4 dev ...
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2026
