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Largest Ever 400Gbps Distributed Denial of Service NTP Amplification attack hit Cloudfare
Pierluigi Paganini February 12, 2014

Largest Ever 400Gbps Distributed Denial of Service NTP Amplification attack hits Europe servers of anti-DDoS protection firm Cloudfare. Despite  the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a ...

JackPOS malware presented as a Java Update Scheduler
Pierluigi Paganini February 12, 2014

JackPOS was detected by security experts at IntelCrawler firm several days ago and it seemed based on code from "Alina". Attacks on POS are on the rise. A new strain of Point-of-Sale malware named "J ...

Honey Encryption deceives attackers with fake data
Pierluigi Paganini February 11, 2014

Honey Encryption is the name of a new approach to encryption, elaborated by the independent researcher Ari Juels, based on misleading results. Honey Encryption, this is the name for a new approach t ...

The Mask - the most sophisticated APT operation seen to date
Pierluigi Paganini February 11, 2014

Speaking at Kaspersky Lab's Industry Analyst Summit,Costin Raiu revealed details on The Mask campaign, the most sophisticated operation they've seen to date. The Kaspersky team recently announced to ...

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X warns users to re-enroll passkeys and YubiKeys for 2FA by Nov 10

X urges users with passkeys or YubiKeys to re-enroll 2FA by Nov 10, 2025, or risk account lockout. Re-enroll, switch 2FA, or disable it. Social media platform X is urging users who use passkeys or ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2025
APT
Memento Labs, the ghost of Hacking Team, has returned — or maybe it was never gone at all.

Kaspersky links the first Chrome zero-day of 2025 to tools used in attacks attributed to Memento Labs, formerly known as the Hacking Team. The actor behind Operation ForumTroll used the same tools ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2025
Hacking
Crafted URLs can trick OpenAI Atlas into running dangerous commands

Attackers can trick OpenAI Atlas browser via prompt injection, treating malicious instructions disguised as URLs in the omnibox as trusted commands. Attackers can exploit the OpenAI Atlas browser ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2025
Malware
Linux variant of Qilin Ransomware targets Windows via remote management tools and BYOVD

Qilin ransomware group used Linux binaries on Windows to evade EDRs, steal backups, and disable defenses via BYOVD attacks. Trend Research found that the Qilin ransomware group (aka Agenda) used a ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2025
Uncategorized
Wordfence blocks 8.7M attacks exploiting old GutenKit and Hunk Companion flaws

Hackers exploited old RCE flaws in WordPress GutenKit and Hunk Companion plugins. Wordfence firm blocked 8.7M attacks in two days. In September and October 2024, submissions revealed Arbitrary Plu ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2025
Malware
Safepay ransomware group claims the hack of professional video surveillance provider Xortec

Safepay group claims the hack of professional video surveillance provider Xortec and added the company to its data leak site. The Safepay group claimed responsibility for hacking German video surv ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2025
Security
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 68

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter TikTok videos continue to push infosteal ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2025
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 547 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 October 26, 2025
Security
Russian Rosselkhoznadzor hit by DDoS attack, food shipments across Russia delayed

A DDoS attack on Russia’s food safety agency Rosselkhoznadzor disrupted food shipments by crippling its VetIS and Saturn tracking systems. A DDoS cyberattack on Russia’s food safety agency, Ro ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2025
Security
CVE-2025-59287: Microsoft fixes critical WSUS flaw under active attack

Microsoft released urgent updates to address the critical WSUS RCE vulnerability CVE-2025-59287, which is under active attack.. Microsoft released an out-of-band fix for CVE-2025-59287, a critical ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2025
Security
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft WSUS, and Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft WSUS, and Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cyberse ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2025
Hacking
Summoning Team won Master of Pwn as Pwn2Own Ireland Rewards $1,024,750

The Pwn2Own Ireland hacking contest awarded a total $1,024,750 for 73 zero-days, the Summoning Team won Master of Pwn. Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 wrapped up with $1,024,750 awarded for 73 unique zero-da ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2025
Security
China-linked hackers exploit patched ToolShell flaw to breach Middle East telecom

China-based threat actors exploited ToolShell SharePoint flaw CVE-2025-53770 soon after its July patch. China-linked threat actors exploited the ToolShell SharePoint flaw vulnerability, tracked a ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2025
Hacking
Pwn2Own Day 2: Organizers paid $792K for 56 0-days

Day Two of Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 saw $792K for 56 0-days, led by The Summoning Team after a major Samsung Galaxy exploit. Day Two of Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 ends with participants earning $792,750 for ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2025
APT
Lazarus targets European defense firms in UAV-themed Operation DreamJob

North Korean Lazarus hackers targeted 3 European defense firms via Operation DreamJob, using fake recruitment lures to hit UAV tech staff. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group (aka Hidden Cobra) l ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2025
Breaking News
U.S. CISA adds Motex LANSCOPE flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Motex LANSCOPE flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CIS ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2025
Hacking
Over 250 attacks hit Adobe Commerce and Magento via critical CVE-2025-54236 flaw

Hackers exploit CVE-2025-54236 in Adobe Commerce and Magento to hijack accounts via REST API. Over 250 attacks in 24 hours. E-commerce security company Sansec researchers warn that threat actors a ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2025
Security
Cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover inflicts $2.5B loss on UK economy

The attack on Jaguar Land Rover costs the UK economy $2.5B, marking its most damaging cyber incident, says CMC. In early September, Jaguar Land Rover shut down systems to mitigate a cyberattack  ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2025
APT
PhantomCaptcha targets Ukraine relief groups with WebSocket RAT in October 2025

PhantomCaptcha phishing campaign hit Ukraine relief groups with a WebSocket RAT on Oct 8, 2025, targeting Red Cross, UNICEF, and others. SentinelOne researchers uncovered PhantomCaptcha, a coordin ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2025
Security
TP-Link urges immediate updates for Omada Gateways after critical flaws discovery

TP-Link warns of critical flaws in Omada gateways across ER, G, and FR models. Users should update firmware immediately to stay secure. TP-Link is warning users of critical flaws impacting its Oma ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2025