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Backdoor in Captcha Plugin poses serious risks to 300K WordPress sites
Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2017

Experts discovered that the popular WordPress Captcha plugin installed on over 300,000 sites was recently updated to deliver a hidden backdoor. Security experts at WordFence have discovered that th ...

Loapi Android malware can destroy your battery mining Monero
Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2017

Experts from Kaspersky have spotted an Android malware dubbed Loapi that includes a so aggressive mining component that it can destroy your battery. Researchers from security firm Kaspersky Lab h ...

South Korea cryptocurrency exchange Youbit shuts down after second hack in 2017
Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2017

The South Korea Cryptocurrency Exchange Youbit has gone bankrupt after suffering a major cyber attack for the second time this year. The South Korea Cryptocurrency Exchange Youbit shuts down afte ...

U.S. blames North Korea for the massive WannaCry ransomware attack
Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2017

It's official, according to Tom Bossert, homeland security adviser, the US Government attributes the massive ransomware attack Wannacry to North Korea. It's official, the US Government attributes the ...

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Security
Six Maximum-Severity Flaws Found in Cisco Products

Cisco patched nine critical flaws, including six rated CVSS 10.0, found during internal testing. None are known to be exploited. Cisco released another batch of security fixes for its Crosswork pl ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Uncategorized
GitLab Warns of Active Exploitation of Critical GraphQL Flaw

GitLab flaw CVE-2026-19478 is now under active exploitation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to modify or delete public projects. WatchTowr researchers warn of active exploitation of critical G ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Security
Poland's CERT Warns of Active Exploitation of Critical Zimbra Collaboration Suite Flaw

CERT Polska confirmed active exploitation of CVE-2026-73570, a critical unauthenticated RCE in Zimbra Collaboration Suite patched on July 20. CERT Polska, Poland's national computer emergency resp ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds TrueConf Server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds TrueConf Server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (C ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Cyber Crime
Cl0p Targets 40+ Organizations Through PTC Windchill Flaw

Cl0p claims over 40 organizations fell victim to attacks exploiting a PTC Windchill and FlexPLM vulnerability. Cl0p is using a familiar strategy again: exploit one flaw in enterprise software to a ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Malware
Manic: The Android Malware That Exfiltrates Data Even When the Phone Is Offline

Manic Android malware combines banking fraud and spyware, using a Bluetooth relay to steal data even when devices are offline. ThreatFabric's Mobile Threat Intelligence team has identified a new A ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2026
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds an MLflow flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds an MLflow vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2026
Intelligence
US Indicts 17 Iranians Over Years-Long Cyber Espionage Campaign

The US charged 17 Iranians over a years-long hacking campaign that stole 31TB from universities, companies and government agencies worldwide. Eight years after the original indictment first went p ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2026
Hacking
StopAndProtect Turns 2,000 Hacked WordPress Sites Into a Criminal Network

StopAndProtect turned nearly 2,000 hacked WordPress sites into a criminal network for malware delivery, data theft, surveillance and ransomware. Check Point Research uncovered a cybercrime operati ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2026
Internet of Things
Inside Operation CameraSwarm: How One Actor Took Over 14,000 Dahua Cameras

An exposed operator directory reveals how one actor compromised 14,000+ Dahua cameras across Ukraine and Russia, no password needed for most. A researcher discovered an exposed directory containin ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2026
Malware
Microsoft Tracks MacSync Stealer by Its Behavior, Not Its Domains

Microsoft tracked over 30 MacSync Stealer domains by focusing on behavioral patterns, revealing a campaign targeting passwords, keys, wallets and other data. Domain blocking is a losing game when ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2026
Cyber Crime
50,000 Stripe Secrets Leaked in Public Code

Over 50,000 exposed Stripe API keys show how leaked secrets can enable fraud, data access and account abuse within hours. Ransomnews researchers have documented a large-scale leak of Stripe mercha ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2026
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Apple macOS, Microsoft SharePoint, Broadcom VMware vCenter, and Microsoft IKE flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple macOS, Microsoft SharePoint, Broadcom VMware vCenter, and Microsoft IKE flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2026
Data Breach
Hackers Expose Data of 1.2 Million Heights Finance Customers

A Heights Finance breach exposed personal and financial data of over 1.2 million people after hackers compromised a third-party cloud platform. Heights Finance is a U.S. consumer finance company t ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Project noRecognition: Teaching AI to Fool Surveillance Cameras

Researchers tested 31 million patterns to disrupt surveillance AI, with promising results but significant gaps between simulation and real-world use. The Kansas City-based cybersecurity researcher ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds a Ray-Project Ray flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a Ray-Project Ray vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2026
Malware
New Mirai-Based Evooo1Bot Botnet Targets Linux Devices

Evooo1Bot is a Mirai-based Linux botnet that hijacks routers and IoT devices for DDoS attacks, credential theft and criminal proxy services. Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs disclosed Evooo1Bot in mid-A ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2026
Data Breach
SafePal Says 39,798 Customers Hit by Data Breach

SafePal says a breach exposed personal data of 39,798 customers, but not wallet credentials, private keys, seed phrases, or payment information. SafePal disclosed a data breach affecting about 39, ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2026
Hacking
LiteLLM Supply-Chain Attack - Technology, Banking and Healthcare the Most Affected

The SANDCLOCK LiteLLM supply-chain attack exposed credentials across 2,038 repositories, affecting technology, finance, healthcare, retail and more. Resecurity (USA) estimated the most affected se ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Invisible AI Prompts Trigger Court Sanctions

A litigant hid AI prompt injections in a court filing to influence a ruling. The judge caught it and banned him from electronic filing. A man suing the New York Bariatric Group reportedly hid AI p ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2026