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324,000 Financial Records leaked online, who is the victim?
Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2016

A hacker leaked a data dump containing more than 320,000 Financial Records apparently stolen from an Israeli payment processor. Another data breach is in the headline, roughly 324,000 financial r ...

2 Israeli teens arrested for allegedly running the vDoS booter
Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2016

The Israeli law enforcement arrested two youngsters suspected of operating the infamous vDoS booter. Israeli authorities have arrested two alleged operators of a DDoS service, named vDOS, as the resu ...

Hacker Interviews – Speaking with Francisco J. Rodriguez
Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2016

Today I have the pleasure to share with you the interview with Francisco Francisco J. Rodriguez. He is a member of the Spanish Cyber Security Institute, Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Research and coll ...

GovRAT 2.0 continues to target US companies and Government
Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2016

Vxers developed a new version of GovRAT, called GovRAT, that has been used to target government and many other organizations in the US. GovRAT is an old cyberespionage tool, it has been in the wild s ...

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Intelligence
Cyber espionage campaign targeted stock exchange executive’s Outlook account

Attackers spent five months silently stealing emails from a stock exchange executive's Outlook account in a suspected espionage operation. A threat actor quietly sat inside a senior executive's Ou ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2026
Security
Russia's FSB Says Foreign Spies Infected Officials' Phones With Malware

Russia's FSB claims foreign intelligence planted malware on senior officials' phones to intercept calls and activate cameras. No technical evidence, no country named. On June 2, 2026, Russia's Fed ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Android and Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Android and Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2026
Breaking News
Google Patches Actively Exploited Android Flaw Affecting Millions of Devices

Google fixed 124 Android flaws, including CVE-2025-48595, an actively exploited privilege escalation bug linked to targeted attacks. Google has released its June 2026 Android security updates, fix ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2026
Security
Why an HP Poly VoIP Phones Bug Could Become an Enterprise Foothold

Rapid7 details a critical unauthenticated overflow in HP Poly VoIP phones that can lead to root RCE, with patches available for affected models. Rapid7’s latest disclosure on CVE-2026-0826 shoul ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2026
Hacking
Instagram Account Hijacks Expose the Security Risks of AI-Powered Support

Attackers exploited Meta’s AI support chatbot to reset Instagram passwords and hijack accounts without accessing victims’ email inboxes. Attackers abused Meta’s AI-powered support chatbot to ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Oracle WebLogic flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2026
Reports
ENISA NIS360 2026: Progress Across the Board, But the Sectors That Matter Most Are Still Falling Short

ENISA NIS360 2026 shows cybersecurity improving across EU critical sectors, but health, water, rail, and space remain in the risk zone. ENISA has published its third annual NIS360 report, assessin ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2026
Breaking News
GoDaddy found malware on 1,980 WordPress sites using Steam as C2 infrastructure

Malware on approximately 2,000 WordPress sites hid C2 instructions in Steam profile comments using invisible Unicode. GoDaddy researchers spotted a command-and-control infrastructure for a malware ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2026
Cyber Crime
Ransomware Operators Keep Business Hours. The Data Proves It

16,699 ransomware leak posts over 2 years show 84% drop Monday–Friday, peak at European afternoon hours. October spikes yearly. Someone analyzed 16,699 ransomware leak-site posts across 200 gro ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2026
Hacking
CVE-2026-8732: The WP Maps Pro Flaw That Lets Anyone Create a WordPress Admin Without a Password

CVE-2026-8732 in WP Maps Pro lets unauthenticated attackers create WordPress admin accounts. 2,858 attacks blocked in 24 hours. WP Maps Pro plugin allows WordPress site owners to embed Google Maps ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2026
Security
CIFSwitch, a Linux Root Bug Hidden in Plain Sight for 19 Years

CIFSwitch is a 19-year-old Linux logic bug turning forged CIFS auth keys into root. Affects Mint, CentOS, Rocky, Kali, SLES. CIFSwitch stands apart from typical privilege escalation vulnerabilitie ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2026
Cyber warfare
The Pentagon Finally Admits That Location Data Is a Battlefield Problem

The Pentagon confirmed adversaries are using commercial location data to track U.S. troops, exposing risks tied to smartphones and ad-tech networks. For years, security researchers, privacy advoca ...

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2026
Security
CVE-2026-0257: Rapid7 Caught Attackers Abusing Forged VPN Cookies Against Multiple Customers

CVE-2026-0257 lets attackers forge Palo Alto GlobalProtect auth cookies and bypass VPN login. Exploitation confirmed since May 17. Palo Alto Networks addressed the vulnerability CVE-2026-0257 on M ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2026
Security
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 99

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Ghost CMS Mass Compromised via CVE-2026- ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2026
Security
Security Affairs newsletter Round 579 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 May 31, 2026
Uncategorized
ShinyHunters Leaks Charter Communications Data, Potentially Impacting 5 Million Customers

Cybercrime group ShinyHunters leaked data allegedly stolen from Charter Communications, exposing millions of customer records after a failed extortion attempt. The ShinyHunters extortion group has ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2026
Security
Signal Phishing Campaign Targets Journalists and Activists to Steal Backup Recovery Keys

Attackers are texting Signal users posing as Support, asking for backup recovery keys. Once obtained, they can decrypt the entire message history, not just future chats. A phishing campaign is cur ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2026
Malware
Botnet of 17 Million Devices Dismantled in the Netherlands

Dutch authorities seized 200 servers running a 17-million-device botnet linked to proxy service Asocks. Dutch authorities have taken offline a massive botnet of at least 17 million devices and sei ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2026