Pierluigi Paganini
December 25, 2014
Security Experts at Sophos explained the efficiency of the business model known as Cybercrime-as-a-Service in the specific case of Vawtrak botnet. The term Cybercrime-as-a-Service refers to the pract ...
Pierluigi Paganini
December 25, 2014
Security experts involved in the investigation on the JPMorgan breach revealed that hackers exploited the lack of 2FA to compromise a server in the network. JPMorgan suffered months the biggest U.S. ...
Pierluigi Paganini
December 24, 2014
Sophos and ESET detected the first self-reproducing polymorphic Ransomware dubbed Virlock that encrypts files and creates unique instances of itself. Security researchers from Sophos and ESET securit ...
Pierluigi Paganini
December 24, 2014
A cluster of Tor servers suffered an unexplained outage just after the warning of the Tor project. Only certainty is someone physically accessed servers. Recently the experts at the Tor project issue ...
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CERT-UA warns UAC-0245 targets Ukraine with CABINETRAT backdoor via malicious Excel XLL add-ins spotted in Sept 2025. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of cyberattac ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2025
Allianz Life breach exposed data of 1.5M people, including names, addresses, birth dates, and Social Security numbers stolen from a cloud CRM. In July, Allianz Life disclosed a breach where hack ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2025
The cybercrime group calling itself the Crimson Collective claimed to have compromised Red Hat 's private GitHub repositories. The Crimson Collective claimed it had stolen 570GB from Red Hat ’s ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2025
China-linked APT Phantom Taurus targets government and telecom orgs with Net-Star malware for espionage, using unique tactics over two years. China-nexus APT Phantom Taurus has targeted government ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2025
OpenSSL updates addressed 3 flaws enabling key recovery, code execution, and DoS attacks. Users are urged to update asap. The OpenSSL Project has released security updates to address three vulnera ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2025
Apple released iOS and macOS updates to fix a flaw in font processing that could trigger a denial-of-service condition or memory corruption. Apple released iOS and macOS updates to address a mediu ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2025
WestJet confirms June cyberattack that disrupted certain internal systems, exposed customer passports and IDs. WestJet airline confirmed the June security breach exposed customer passports and IDs ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2025
Broadcom patched six VMware flaws, including CVE-2025-41244, which has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day since mid-October 2024 by UNC5174 Broadcom addressed six VMware vulnerabilities, inc ...
Pierluigi Paganini
September 30, 2025
A Chinese national was convicted in the UK for crypto fraud as police seized £5.5B (61,000 Bitcoin), the world’s largest cryptocurrency seizure. UK authorities raided the London home of Chinese ...
Pierluigi Paganini
September 30, 2025
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Adminer, Cisco IOS, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Libraesva ESG, and Sudo flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. ...
Pierluigi Paganini
September 30, 2025
Japan’s top brewer Asahi suspends operations after a cyberattack, halting ordering, shipping, and customer service activities. Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd (commonly called Asahi) is Japan’s larg ...
Pierluigi Paganini
September 30, 2025
Resecurity warns the “Trinity of Chaos” (LAPSUS$, ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider) is driving a global cybercrime wave, with major breaches undisclosed. A new Resecurity report has uncovered a ...
Pierluigi Paganini
September 30, 2025
UK grants Jaguar Land Rover a £1.5B loan guarantee after a major cyberattack, though cybersecurity experts voice concerns about the government’s support plan. The UK government has announced a ...
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2025
British Department Store Harrods warns customers of a data breach via a third-party provider, exposing some names and contact details. Harrods, the luxury British department store, warned custome ...
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2025
Akira ransomware is targeting SonicWall SSL VPNs, bypassing OTP MFA on accounts, likely using stolen OTP seeds. Since July 2025, Akira ransomware has exploited SonicWall SSL VPNs, likely using cre ...
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2025
Moldova ’s deputy PM blames Russia for an election cyberattack, calling it part of a planned hybrid campaign to destabilize democracy. Moldova Deputy Prime Minister Doina Nistor blamed Russia fo ...
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2025
Dutch police arrested two 17-year-olds for spying for pro-Russian hackers; one jailed, the other placed on home bail. Dutch police arrested two 17-year-olds suspected of spying for pro-Russian hac ...
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2025
The cyberattack on UK retailer Co-op in April caused empty shelves, customer data theft, and a $275M revenue loss. In May, the cybercrime group behind the April Co-op cyberattack, who go online wi ...
Pierluigi Paganini
September 28, 2025
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Brewing Trouble — Dissecting a macOS M ...
Pierluigi Paganini
September 28, 2025
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
September 28, 2025
