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NIT, the Flash code the FBI used to deanonymize pedo's on Tor
Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2015

A look to the "NIT Forensic and Reverse Engineering Report, Continued from January 2015". NIT code was used by the FBI to deanonymize Tor users. On December 22nd, 2014 Mr. Joseph Gross retained th ...

Dino Malware that targeting Iran belong to Animal Farm's arsenal
Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2015

Researchers at ESET analyzed the Dino malware confirming that the sophisticated espionage platform belongs to the arsenal of the Animal Farm APT. Security experts at ESET have analyzed Dino, a sophis ...

NSA spied on French Presidents, Ministers and Top companies
Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2015

French journal Liberation and Medialpart revealed that the NSA spied on two of France's economy ministers and spied on the country's largest enterprises. According to National media that cited Wikile ...

OPM suspends e-QIP to patch a severe security flaw
Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2015

The OPM announced that it has temporarily suspended its Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (e-QIP) system to fix a security flaw. According the results of a security audit conduc ...

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Intelligence
North Korea–linked APT Kimsuky behind quishing attacks, FBI warns

FBI warns that North Korea–linked APT group Kimsuky is targeting governments, think tanks, and academic institutions with quishing attacks. North Korea–linked APT group Kimsuky is targeting go ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2026
Data Breach
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) suffered a data breach that impacted 700K individuals

Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) exposed personal and health data of nearly 700,000 residents due to incorrect privacy settings. The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS ) discl ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2026
Hacking
Trend Micro fixed a remote code execution in Apex Central

Trend Micro fixed three Apex Central flaws discovered by Tenable that could allow remote code execution or denial-of-service attacks. Trend Micro patched three flaws (CVE-2025-69258, CVE-2025-692 ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2026
Intelligence
Iran cuts Internet nationwide amid deadly protest crackdown

Iran shut down the internet as protests spread nationwide. Dozens were killed in a violent crackdown amid soaring inflation and a collapsing currency. Iran has shut down the internet nationwide as ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2026
Security
China-linked UAT-7290 spies on telco in South Asia and Europe using modular malware

China-linked UAT-7290 has targeted South Asia and Southeastern Europe since 2022, conducting espionage and deploying RushDrop, DriveSwitch, and SilentRaid. China-linked threat actor UAT-7290 has c ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2026
Hacking
Chinese-speaking hackers exploited ESXi zero-days long before disclosure

Chinese-speaking attackers used a hacked SonicWall VPN to deploy ESXi zero-days that were likely exploited over a year before public disclosure. Chinese-speaking attackers were seen abusing a hack ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2026
Malware
Astaroth banking Trojan spreads in Brazil via WhatsApp worm

A WhatsApp worm spread the Astaroth banking trojan across Brazil by automatically sending malicious messages to victims’ contacts. Astaroth, a long-running Brazilian banking malware, has evolved ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2026
Security
Public PoC prompts Cisco patch for ISE, ISE-PIC vulnerability

Cisco addressed a medium-severity vulnerability in ISE and ISE-PIC after a public PoC exploit was disclosed. Cisco addressed a medium-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20029 (CVSS score: ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds HPE OneView and Microsoft Office PowerPoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds HPE OneView and Microsoft Office PowerPoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infr ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2026
Intelligence
China-linked groups intensify attacks on Taiwan’s critical infrastructure, NSB warns

Taiwan says China-linked cyberattacks on its energy sector rose tenfold in 2025, hitting critical infrastructure across nine sectors, with total incidents up 6%. Taiwan reports China-linked cybera ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2026
Security
Ni8mare flaw gives unauthenticated control of n8n instances

A critical n8n flaw (CVE-2026-21858, CVSS 10.0), dubbed Ni8mare, allows unauthenticated attackers to fully take over vulnerable instances. Researchers uncovered a maximum severity n8n vulnerabilit ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2026
Hacking
Misconfigured email routing enables internal-spoofed phishing

Attackers exploit misconfigured email routing to spoof internal emails, using PhaaS platforms like Tycoon2FA to steal credentials. Attackers exploit misconfigured email routing and spoof protectio ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2026
Security
Veeam resolves CVSS 9.0 RCE flaw and other security issues

Veeam patched a critical RCE flaw in Backup & Replication, CVE-2025-59470, rated CVSS 9.0, along with other vulnerabilities. Veeam released patches for multiple Backup & Replication flaws, ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2026
Hacking
Hackers actively exploit critical RCE flaw in legacy D-Link DSL routers

Attackers are exploiting a critical flaw (CVE-2026-0625) in old D-Link DSL routers that allows remote command execution. Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical RCE flaw, tracked as CVE-2 ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2026
Cyber Crime
Fake Booking.com lures and BSoD scams spread DCRat in European hospitality sector

PHALT#BLYX targets European hotels with fake Booking emails and BSoD lures, tricking staff into installing the DCRat remote access trojan. Researchers uncovered a late-December 2025 campaign, dubb ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2026
Security
CERT/CC warns of critical, unfixed vulnerability in TOTOLINK EX200

CERT/CC disclosed an unpatched flaw in the TOTOLINK EX200 that allows a remote authenticated attacker to fully compromise the device. CERT/CC warns of an unpatched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-20 ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2026
Security
Google fixes critical Dolby Decoder bug in Android January update

Android’s January 2026 update fixes CVE-2025-54957, a critical Dolby audio decoder flaw discovered by Google researchers in October 2025. A critical Dolby audio decoder vulnerability, tracked as ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2026
Cyber Crime
Resecurity Went on the Cyber Offensive - When 'Shiny Objects' trick 'Shiny Hunters'

Resecurity released 105 pages with 1,000+ messages tied to hacker John Erin Binns, detailing contacts with an unnamed woman in Turkey and an associate called “S.M.” Resecurity released 105 pag ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2026
APT
Russia-linked APT UAC-0184 uses Viber to spy on Ukrainian military in 2025

Russia-linked APT UAC-0184 targets Ukrainian military and government bodies via Viber, delivering malicious ZIP files for espionage in 2025. Russia-linked threat actor UAC-0184 (aka Hive0156) is t ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2026
Malware
Kimwolf botnet leverages residential proxies to hijack 2M+ Android devices

The Kimwolf botnet has infected over 2 million Android devices, spreading mainly through residential proxy networks, researchers say. The Kimwolf botnet has compromised more than 2 million Android ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2026