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MASINT discipline & critical infrastructures
Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2012

Every intelligence discipline is used to acquire information concerning specifc subjects, the common categories of these methodologies include human intelligence (HUMINT), signals intelligence (SIGINT ...

Zeus,software as a service - Implications for civil and military
Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2012

As previously said the cyber crime industry is proving to be invoiced in a thriving company that knows no crisis. The reasons are countless, high profits and unpunished crimes most often the main reas ...

Iran - China Axis and the dangerous alliances
Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2012

If you were to ask me what is the most frightened nation in terms of cyber offense without a doubt I say it is China. The Beijing government has distinguished itself in recent years in the field of wa ...

Japan under cyber attack. The cyber threat China
Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2012

The events of recent days from the closure of the Megaupload web site to the heavy offensive of the Anonymous group have distracted media attention from important cyber operations, in my opinion of mi ...

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Security
7-Zip RCE flaw (CVE-2025-11001) actively exploited in attacks in the wild

A remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-11001, in the 7-Zip software is under active exploitation. A new 7-Zip flaw tracked as CVE-2025-11001 (CVSS score of 7.0) is now being a ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
Cyber Crime
Operation WrtHug hijacks 50,000+ ASUS routers to build a global botnet

Operation WrtHug hijacks tens of thousands of outdated ASUS routers worldwide, mainly in Taiwan, the U.S., and Russia, forming a large botnet. A new campaign called Operation WrtHug has compromise ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds a new Fortinet FortiWeb flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. CISA has added a second Fortinet FortiWeb vulnerability in just a few days to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)&nbs ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
Data Breach
Eurofiber confirms November 13 hack, data theft, and extortion attempt

Eurofiber says hackers exploited a flaw on November 13, breached its ticket and customer portals, stole data, and attempted extortion. On November 13, threat actors exploited a vulnerability to br ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
Hacking
New FortiWeb zero-day CVE-2025-58034 under attack patched by Fortinet

Fortinet patched a new FortiWeb zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-58034, which attackers are actively exploiting. Fortinet patched a new FortiWeb zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-58034 (CVSS score 6.7), ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
Data Breach
Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General (OAG) confirms data breach after August attack

The Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General ("OAG") confirms a data breach following a ransomware attack by Inc Ransom group. The Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General ("OAG") confirmed ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2025
Data Breach
DoorDash data breach exposes personal info after social engineering attack

DoorDash says a social engineering attack led to a data breach exposing names, addresses, emails, and phone numbers of users, Dashers, and merchants. U.S.-based food delivery and logistics company ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2025
Hacking
Google fixed the seventh Chrome zero-day in 2025

Google patched two Chrome flaws, including a V8 type-confusion bug, tracked as including CVE-2025-13223, which was exploited in the wild. Google released Chrome security updates to address two fla ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2025
Cyber Crime
Dutch police takes down bulletproof hosting hub linked to 80+ cybercrime cases

Dutch police seized 250 servers running a bulletproof hosting service tied to cybercriminals and linked to over 80 investigations since 2022. Dutch police Politie, seized 250 servers running an un ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2025
Breaking News
Microsoft mitigated the largest cloud DDoS ever recorded, 15.7 Tbps

Microsoft says the Aisuru botnet launched a 15.7 Tbps DDoS on Azure from 500k IPs, using massive UDP floods peaking at 3.6 B pps. On October 24, 2025, Azure DDoS Protection detected and mitigated ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2025
Security
Jaguar Land Rover confirms major disruption and £196M cost from September cyberattack

Jaguar Land Rover says the September 2025 cyberattack halted production, led to data theft, and cost £196M in the quarter. Jaguar Land Rover reported that a September 2025 cyberattack, claimed by ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2025
Cyber warfare
North Korean threat actors use JSON sites to deliver malware via trojanized code

North Korean Contagious Interview actors now host malware on JSON storage sites to deliver trojanized code projects, NVISO reports. North Korea-linked actors behind the Contagious Interview campai ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2025
Malware
RondoDox expands botnet by exploiting XWiki RCE bug left unpatched since February 2025

RondoDox botnet exploits unpatched XWiki flaw CVE-2025-24893 to gain RCE and infect more servers, despite fixes released in February 2025. RondoDox is targeting unpatched XWiki servers via critica ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2025
Cyber Crime
Five admit helping North Korea evade sanctions through IT worker schemes

Five pleaded guilty to aiding North Korea ’s illicit revenue via IT worker fraud, violating international sanctions. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that five people have pleaded guilty ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2025
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 71

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter 9 Malicious NuGet Packages Deliver Time- ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2025
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 550 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 November 16, 2025
Hacking
Anthropic: China-backed hackers launch first large-scale autonomous AI cyberattack

China-linked actors used Anthropic’s AI to automate and run cyberattacks in a sophisticated 2025 espionage campaign using advanced agentic tools. China-linked threat actors used Anthropic’s AI ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2025
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Fortinet FortiWeb flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2025
Security
Critical CVE-2025-59367 flaw lets hackers access ASUS DSL routers remotely

ASUS fixed a critical auth-bypass flaw (CVE-2025-59367) in DSL routers that let remote, unauthenticated attackers access devices with ease. ASUS patched a critical auth-bypass flaw, tracked as CVE ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2025
Security
Millions of sites at risk from Imunify360 critical flaw exploit

A vulnerability affecting Imunify360 lets attackers run code via malicious file uploads, risking millions of websites. A vulnerability in ImunifyAV/Imunify360 allows attackers to upload malicious ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2025