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Censorship, governments and corporations enemies of internet
Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2013

The use of technologies to support censorship is deplorable and condemnable but it must be considered that is a sad reality that has sustained the growth of a billionaire market. Many IT companies aro ...

Researcher demonstrated serious flaw in Apple App Store
Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2013

Once again the security of large scale application and platform is challenged, today is the turn of Apple, in particular of its famous Apple store that according the Researchers Elie Bursztein  was v ...

The malicious mobile marketplace explained by Group-IB
Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2013

Recently many security portals, including Security Affairs, have presented analysis on underground markets and the increased demand of malware and exploit tools. In this post I desire to prop ...

Microsoft Skype accused of supporting the surveillance in China
Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2013

In many occasion we have discussed about the consequences of monitoring activities on internet and communication channels operated by governments all over the world, in particular of the censorship an ...

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Data Breach
Pro-Iran Handala group breached Israeli defence contractor PSK Wind Technologies

Iran-linked hackers claim to have breached Israeli air defence contractor PSK Wind, which develops command and control systems. Pro-Iran Handala group announced on April 2 that it breached PSK Win ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2026
Security
Cisco fixed critical and high-severity flaws

Cisco fixed critical flaws that could allow attackers to bypass authentication, run code, and gain access to sensitive data. Cisco released patches for two critical and six high-severity vulnerabi ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2026
Hacking
Threat actor UAC-0255 impersonate CERT-UA to spread AGEWHEEZE malware via phishing

Threat actors impersonated CERT-UA to send phishing emails with AGEWHEEZE malware, tricking victims into installing a fake “security tool.” A threat actor, tracked as UAC-0255, impersonated CE ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2026
Malware
Italian spyware vendor creates Fake WhatsApp app, targeting 200 users

WhatsApp blocked a fake app by Italian firm SIO/Asigint that targeted 200 users with spyware, urging them to reinstall the official app. WhatsApp has recently uncovered a malicious fake version of ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2026
Hacking
Google fixes fourth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2026

Google fixed a new Chrome zero-day, tracked as CVE-2026-5281, in the WebGPU Dawn component that is already exploited in the wild. Google released Chrome updates fixing 21 vulnerabilities, includin ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2026
Security
Google links Axios npm supply chain attack to North Korea-linked APT UNC1069

Google links the Axios npm supply chain attack to North Korean threat group UNC1069, targeting financial gain. Google has attributed the recent Axios npm supply chain compromise to a North Korean ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2026
Security
SentinelOne autonomous detection blocks trojaned LiteLLM triggered by Claude Code

SentinelOne AI stopped a LiteLLM supply chain attack in seconds, blocking malicious code automatically without human intervention. SentinelOne’s AI-based security detected and blocked a supply c ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2026
Data Breach
Anthropic accidentally leaks Claude Code

Anthropic accidentally exposed Claude Code source via npm, causing the code to quickly spread online after discovery. Anthropic accidentally leaked the source code of its Claude Code tool after a ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Security
Attackers hijack Axios npm account to spread RAT malware

Threat actors hijacked the npm account of Axios to distribute RAT malware via malicious package updates. Threat actors compromised the npm account of Axios, a widely used library with over 100M we ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Data Breach
Nearly half a Million mobile customers of Lloyds Banking Group affected by security incident

Lloyds Banking Group data incident exposed transactions of ~450,000 mobile banking users due to a faulty update. A faulty software update at Lloyds Banking Group exposed transaction details of nea ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Hacking
Dutch Ministry of Finance takes treasury systems offline amid cyber incident investigation

The Dutch Ministry of Finance took treasury banking portal offline after a cyberattack; core tax systems were not affected. The Dutch Ministry of Finance took parts of its infrastructure offline, ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Citrix NetScaler to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Citrix NetScaler to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Cyber Crime
Qilin Ransomware allegedly breached chemical manufacturer giant Dow Inc

Qilin ransomware claims a breach of Dow Inc., listing it on its Tor leak site, but no proof of the hack has been released yet. Qilin Ransomware group allegedly breached the chemical manufacturing ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
APT
China-Linked groups target Southeast Asian government with advanced malware in 2025

China-linked groups hit a Southeast Asian government in 2025, deploying multiple malware families in a sophisticated cyber campaign. In 2025, three China-linked threat clusters targeted a Southeas ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2026
Security
It's a mystery ... alleged unpatched Telegram zero-day allows device takeover, but Telegram denies

A critical Telegram flaw could allow zero-click remote code execution on devices, but Telegram denies it. Researcher Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of TrendAI Zero Day disclosed a new Telegram vulne ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2026
Security
Critical Fortinet FortiClient EMS flaw exploited for Remote Code Execution

Attackers are exploiting a critical Fortinet FortiClient EMS flaw (CVE-2026-21643) that allows remote code execution via SQL injection. A critical Fortinet FortiClient EMS vulnerability, tracked a ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2026
Security
New macOS Infinity Stealer uses Nuitka Python payload and ClickFix

Infinity Stealer targets macOS via fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA, using Nuitka; first such campaign per Malwarebytes. Researchers at Malwarebytes spotted a new macOS infostealer, named Infinity Stealer, ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2026
APT
Russia-linked APT TA446 uses DarkSword exploit to target iPhone users in phishing wave

Russia-linked TA446 is using the DarkSword iOS exploit kit in targeted phishing campaigns to compromise iPhone users. Russia-linked APT group TA446 (aka SEABORGIUM, ColdRiver, Callisto, and Star B ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2026
Hacking
Urgent Alert: NetScaler bug CVE-2026-3055 probed by attackers could leak sensitive data

Attackers are actively probing a critical Citrix NetScaler flaw (CVE-2026-3055) that can leak sensitive data via a memory overread issue. A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-3055 (CVSS s ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 90

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape New Malware Targets Users of Cobra DocGuard Software &nbs ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2026