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Iran-linked Mercury APT exploited Log4Shell in SysAid Apps for initial access
Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2022

An Iran-linked Mercury APT group exploited the Log4Shell vulnerability in SysAid applications for initial access to the targeted organizations. The Log4Shell flaw (CVE-2021-44228) made the headl ...

GoldDragon campaign: North-Korea linked Kimsuky APT adopts victim verification technique
Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2022

The North Korea-linked Kimsuky APT is behind a new campaign, tracked as GoldDragon, targeting political and diplomatic entities in South Korea in early 2022. Researchers from Kaspersky attribute a ...

0ktapus phishing campaign: Twilio hackers targeted other 136 organizations
Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2022

The threat actors behind Twilio and Cloudflare attacks have been linked to a phishing campaign that targeted other 136 organizations. The threat actors behind the attacks on Twilio and Cloud ...

LastPass data breach: threat actors stole a portion of source code
Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2022

Password management software firm LastPass has suffered a data breach, threat actors have stole source code and other data. Password management software firm LastPass disclosed a security breach, ...

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Cyber Crime
ShinyHunters arrest number three: a Canadian ransomware negotiator

A Canadian ransomware negotiator faces extortion charges in the FBI's ShinyHunters crackdown. Here's what is known, and what isn't. ShinyHunters is the focus of a global FBI investigation, and the ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2026
Security
Canonical Hit by Second DDoS Attack in 2026, Public Websites Disrupted

Canonical suffered its second DDoS attack this year, disrupting public websites for over four hours while Launchpad and the Snap Store remained online. Ubuntu's parent company Canonical spent part ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2026
Hacking
SonicWall Patches CVSS 10.0 SSRF Flaw as Attacks Begin

Attackers are exploiting SonicWall SMA 1000 vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-102255 (CVSS score of 10.0), just days after its public disclosure. Attackers have begun exploiting a critical flaw i ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2026
Cyber Crime
CyberXero Used 51 AI Agents to Steal 628,000 Ukrainian Records

CyberXero used 51 AI agents to support cyberattacks, stealing 628,000 Ukrainian records, including sensitive data from energy infrastructure. CyberXero is an operation that combines traditional ha ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2026
Cyber Crime
GTA 6 Leaker Demands $30M Meme Coin Market Cap to Release Full Game

CyberLeek threatens to leak a playable GTA 6 build if its Solana meme coin hits a $30 million market cap, but the build remains unverified. CyberLeek, the anonymous figure behind this summer’s w ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
SECURITY AFFAIRS AI-CYBERSECURITY NEWSLETTER ROUND 3

Security Affairs AI-CYBERSECURITY newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on AI in the international landscape Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing cybersecurity, ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 11, 2026
Breaking News
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 118

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter ClingSTUN Linux Backdoor Abuses Public S ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 11, 2026
Malware
Bitdefender finds preinstalled Android malware you can't uninstall, seen in 150 countries

Bitdefender finds Midnight Mimosa, preinstalled Android malware on cheap MediaTek phones that fakes ad clicks, drops apps and builds a proxy botnet. Bitdefender researchers discovered a campaign c ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 11, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 599 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 11, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds ProFTPD, ONLYOFFICE Docs, Strapi, Apache Struts, and ISC BIND flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds ProFTPD, ONLYOFFICE Docs, Strapi, Apache Struts, and ISC BIND to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecuri ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 11, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Restricts Live Internet Access After Claude Evaluation Failures

Anthropic’s models kept working around the rules on the live internet. The company published the cases. Anthropic released a report on unintended actions its Claude models took during evaluation ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2026
Cyber Crime
Silent Ransom Group Allegedly Extorted $207 Million Without Encrypting Files

Silent Ransom Group allegedly extorted $207 million from 27 law firms in six months using phone calls and social engineering, not encryption. Silent Ransom Group doesn’t rely on encryption. No m ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2026
Cyber Crime
US Sentences Empire Market Co-Creator Over $430 Million Criminal Marketplace

Empire Market co-creator Raheim Hamilton was sentenced to 40 years in prison for running a dark web marketplace linked to $430 million in illegal trades. The case against Empire Market shows how a ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2026
Uncategorized
Germany Arrests Suspected Qilin Ransomware Leader After Japan Detention

Japan helped extradite a Russian suspect linked to Qilin ransomware to Germany, but the gang continued attacking victims after his arrest. Germany has arrested a Russian national believed to be a ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Claude Helps Secure Open Source as Anthropic Offers Free Vulnerability Scanning

Anthropic launches free OSS Scanner, using AI to find open-source vulnerabilities and help maintainers fix bugs before attackers exploit them. Anthropic is launching OSS Scanner, a vulnerability s ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2026
Security
US Disrupts China-Linked Integrity Tech 's Cyber Espionage Tools

DOJ and FBI seized China-linked hacking tools Microscan and FishHub, linked to Integrity Tech and attacks on critical infrastructure worldwide. The Justice Department and FBI took down two hacking ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2026
Hacking
AI-Driven tool ARTEX used in attacks against South Korean Banks

CrowdStrike analyzes open directories left by an attacker who used the ARTEX AI pentest tool and LLMs to breach South Korean financial firms. CrowdStrike published a research on a campaign against ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2026
Cyber warfare
Italy's Foreign Ministry Under Cyberattack as Embassy Sites Come Under Review

Italy's Foreign Ministry is defending its website against a cyberattack, checking embassy sites and pushing for EU action to identify attackers. On the morning of October 8, Italy's Ministry of Fo ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2026
Cyber Crime
Hunt.io Finds New Infrastructure Of BraZetsu Access Broker Months Before Disclosure

Hunt.io traced BraZetsu 's infrastructure and found that hosting patterns and certificate data remained useful after published IOCs became outdated. Group-IB researchers published a detailed write ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2026
Cyber Crime
MonsterCloud Owner Charged With Secretly Paying Ransomware Demands

MonsterCloud owner Zohar Pinhasi allegedly paid ransomware demands behind clients’ backs, then charged them millions for the supposed recovery. Zohar Pinhasi, the owner of Florida-based MonsterC ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2026