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Businesses Using Millions of insecure SHA-1 Certificates
Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2015

Experts at Netcraft discovered that nearly a million SSL SHA-1 certificates were signed with the potentially vulnerable SHA-1 hashing algorithm. Businesses Using Millions of Flawed Certificates, the ...

Western Digital self-encrypting hard drives are not secure
Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2015

A trio of researchers has demonstrated that some versions of self-encrypting hard drives manufactured by the Western Digital are affected by security flaws. Some versions of self-encrypting hard driv ...

Crooks stole €600,000 in MitM attacks on EMV Cards
Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2015

A group of French researchers discovered how Fraudsters Stole nearly $680,000 Via MitM Attack on EMV Cards. On October 1st, EMV (Europay, MasterCard, Visa) cards have been introduced in the US to im ...

eFast browser deletes and replaces your Chrome Browser
Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2015

Security researchers have documented the existence of a new strain of malware dubbed eFast browser that deletes and replaces the entire Chrome Browser. Security experts from Malwarebytes have a ...

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Intelligence
Dutch Intelligence Warns Russia Uses Hacked IP Cameras for Military Espionage

Dutch intelligence says Russia hacks IP cameras to monitor NATO military logistics and weapons shipments to Ukraine. The Netherlands' AIVD and MIVD, the civilian and military intelligence services ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2026
Security
Critical 7-Zip Flaw Allows Code Execution by Opening Crafted XZ-Compressed Files. Update it now!

7-Zip fixed a vulnerability that could let attackers run code by tricking users into opening malicious XZ-compressed archive files. 7-Zip released version 26.02 to address a remote code execution ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2026
Hacking
CVE-2026-42533: Critical NGINX Bug Could Turn HTTP Requests Into Server Takeovers

F5 fixes critical nginx flaw CVE-2026-42533 that can crash servers and, in some cases, allow remote code execution through crafted HTTP requests. F5 released patches for a critical nginx vulnerabi ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
AI Agents Turned Into Attackers: Hugging Face Reveals Autonomous Intrusion Campaign

Hugging Face says an autonomous AI agent breached part of its production infrastructure and accessed internal data and service credentials. Hugging Face is one of the world's leading open-source A ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2026
Hacking
Volexity Uncovers Zero-Day Campaign Targeting SonicWall VPN Appliances

Unknown hackers exploited two SonicWall SMA 1000 zero-days to gain root access on VPN appliances before patches became available. Volexity published its findings after conducting an incident respo ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 106

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter CrashStealer: C++ macOS infostealer posi ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 586 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 19, 2026
Hacking
Attackers Can Take Over WordPress Sites Using Newly Released wp2shell Exploits

Public exploits are now available for two critical WordPress flaws that attackers can chain to gain remote code execution without authentication. Public proof-of-concept exploits are now available ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2026
Hacking
OpenSSL Fixes HollowByte Memory Exhaustion Bug

Okta disclosed HollowByte, an 11-byte OpenSSL flaw that lets remote attackers exhaust server memory and trigger denial-of-service attacks. Okta's Red Team disclosed a denial-of-service vulnerabili ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2026
Malware
Daxin: 13-Year-Old China-Linked Malware Found Still Active on Manufacturer's Network

Researchers found China's Daxin rootkit and a new Stupig backdoor on a Taiwan firm's network, suggesting a stealthy intrusion dating back to 2013. Symantec's Threat Hunter Team found Daxin running ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Fortinet FortiSandbox and Microsoft SharePoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Fortinet FortiSandbox and Microsoft SharePoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and In ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2026
Data Breach
Ernst & Young (EY) Investigates Data Breach Involving Third-Party Support Tickets

Ernst & Young (EY) disclosed a data breach after attackers compromised a third-party IT support system containing client documents and tax information. Ernst & Young (EY) is disclosed a da ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2026
Security
A cyberattack hit Nichirei, one of Japan's largest food companies

A cyberattack hit one of Japan's largest food companies, Nichirei, disrupting logistics and shipments. The company is gradually restoring operations. Nichirei is one of Japan's largest food compan ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2026
Malware
New Russian Campaign Uses Fake Webex and Zoom Installers to Deploy Starland RAT

Russian-speaking UAT-11795 spreads trojanized Zoom, Webex, and MobaXterm installers to deliver Starland RAT and the WLDR memory-only implant. Cisco Talos researchers published a detailed technical ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds KNX Association KNX Protocol Connection Authorization Option 1 and Oracle flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds KNX Association KNX Protocol Connection Authorization Option 1 and Oracle flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Th ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2026
Cyber Crime
Two Scattered Spider Members Sentenced to Prison Over £29 Million TfL Cyberattack

Two members of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group received jail sentences in the UK for the 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London. A UK court sentenced two Scattered Spider members, Thalha J ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
TuxBot v3: The IoT Botnet Built With AI - Bugs, Disclaimers and All

TuxBot v3, an AI-built IoT botnet for 17 architectures, shipped with LLM bugs and safety disclaimers the developer never removed. Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 identified a previously undocumented m ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Claude Code and DeepSeek Powered Chinese Cyber Espionage Campaign

Chinese actors used Claude Code and DeepSeek to automate attacks that breached government systems and targeted financial firms. Hunt.io researchers stumbled onto an active intrusion campaign in Ju ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2026
Security
Zoom Fixes CVE-2026-53412, a Critical Account Takeover Bug

Zoom warns of a critical Windows flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-53412, that could let attackers take over accounts without authentication. Zoom has fixed a critical Windows vulnerability, tracked as CV ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2026
Hacking
Chaotic Eclipse Unveils LegacyHive Exploit Affecting Fully Patched Windows Systems

LegacyHive PoC exposes a Windows Privilege Escalation flaw affecting fully patched Windows desktop and server systems. Just hours after Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday, security researcher Nig ...

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2026