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Stealth CrossRAT malware targets Windows, MacOS, and Linux systems
Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2018

The popular former NSA hacker Patrick Wardle published a detailed analysis of the CrossRAT malware used by Dark Caracal for surveillance. Last week a joint report published by security firm Lookout ...

Maersk chair revealed its company reinstalled 45,000 PCs and 4,000 Servers after NotPetya Attack
Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2018

The shipping giant Maersk chair Jim Hagemann Snabe revealed its company reinstalled 45,000 PCs and 4,000 Servers after NotPetya the attack. The shipping giant Maersk was one of the companies that s ...

A look into the cyber arsenal used by Lazarus APT hackers in recent attacks against financial institutions
Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2018

Security experts at Trend Micro have analyzed malware and a tool used by the Lazarus APT group in the recent attacks against financial institutions. Security experts at Trend Micro have analyzed the ...

Spritecoin ransomware masquerades as cryptocurrency wallet and also harvests victim's data
Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2018

Fortinet discovered a strain of ransomware dubbed Spritecoin ransomware that only allows victims Monero payments and pretends to be a cryptocurrency-related password store. Researchers from Fortinet ...

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Security
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Sets New Record with 1,415 CVEs in October 2026 Updates

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for October 2026 address a record 1,415 vulnerabilities. Prioritize the exploited zero-day, critical bugs and potentially wormable vulnerabilities. Microso ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2026
Cyber Crime
Hidden Audio Recorder Found at OpenAI as Employee Faces Federal Charges

OpenAI employee charged with planting hidden audio recorders to capture sensitive discussions about AI research and company strategy. On September 30, OpenAI staff found a small audio recording de ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2026
Hacking
Volexity Uncovers Stealthy Ivanti VPN Attack Using Three Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Ivanti VPN zero-days let attackers gain root access, steal credentials, evade detection, and prepare for wider network compromise. On October 5, Volexity started investigating suspicious activity ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2026
Malware
How a leaked builder of XWorm turned a remote access trojan into a surveillance kit

Netskope tracks four XWorm versions in the wild, 46 plugins, and new tools for location, audio and live browser control, with detections up fourfold. Netskope Threat Labs has been following XWorm ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Ivanti Connect Secure flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Ivanti Connect Secure flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Shows How Small AI Models Could Replicate Across IoT Devices

Anthropic researchers show how small AI models could autonomously replicate across IoT devices, raising concerns about adaptive, AI-powered botnets. Anthropic published a paper this week that shou ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2026
Security
GitLab Patches Max-Severity Vulnerability CVE-2026-97229

GitLab fixed a critical vulnerability with a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 that could let unauthenticated attackers run code on its servers. GitLab has addressed a critical security flaw, tracked as ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2026
Hacking
Hackers cranked French supermarkets' freezers up to 50 degrees, causing hundreds of stores to lose their stock

Hackers hit French supermarkets via unpatched Danfoss refrigeration systems, remote-heating freezers and destroying stock worth millions. Overnight from Sunday to Monday, a large cyberattack hit t ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2026
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