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UK Government's secret programme for mass surveillance on internet and phones leaked
Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2017

According to a draft document leaked online, UK Government is assigning itself more powers to spy on live communications and use malware for surveillance. While the NSA is announcing it will stop su ...

Business email compromise (BEC), the 5 billion dollar scam
Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2017

The Federal Bureau of Investigation report reveals that Business email compromise scams caused losses to businesses for 5 billion dollars over four years. Business email compromise (BEC) continues to ...

Cisco fixes a critical flaw in CISCO CVR100W Wireless-N VPN Small Business Routers
Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2017

Cisco released a firmware update to fix a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in CISCO CVR100W Wireless-N VPN Small Business Routers. Cisco has released a firmware update to fix a critical vulnera ...

The Bondnet botnet- From China with Love
Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2017

The new Bondnet botnet "Bond007.01" recently discovered coming out of China and it has infected an estimated 15,000 Windows server computers world-wide. There's a new botnet in town and it’s na ...

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Security
Dutch agencies hit by Ivanti EPMM exploit exposing employee contact data

Dutch agencies confirmed attacks exploiting Ivanti EPMM flaws that exposed employee contact data at the data protection authority and courts. Dutch authorities said cyberattacks hit the Dutch Data ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2026
APT
China-linked APT UNC3886 targets Singapore telcos

China-linked group UNC3886 targeted Singapore ’s telecom sector in a cyber espionage campaign, Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency revealed. Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) and the Info ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2026
Security
Critical Fortinet FortiClientEMS flaw allows remote code execution

Fortinet warns of a critical FortiClientEMS vulnerability that lets remote attackers run malicious code without logging in. Fortinet issued an urgent advisory to address a critical FortiClientEMS ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2026
Security
BeyondTrust fixes critical pre-auth bug allowing remote code execution

BeyondTrust patched a critical pre-auth flaw in Remote Support and PRA that could let attackers execute code remotely. BeyondTrust released security updates to address a critical flaw, tracked as ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2026
Data Breach
European Commission probes cyberattack on mobile device management system

The European Commission is investigating a cyberattack after detecting signs that its mobile device management system was compromised. The European Commission is investigating a cyberattack on its ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2026
Security
Attackers abuse SolarWinds Web Help Desk to install Zoho agents and Velociraptor

Huntress confirmed active SolarWinds Web Help Desk exploits, where attackers installed Zoho tools for persistence, and used Velociraptor for control. On February 7, 2026, Huntress investigated an ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2026
Cyber Crime
Romania’s national oil pipeline firm Conpet reports cyberattack

Romania’s national oil pipeline operator Conpet said a cyberattack disrupted its business systems and temporarily knocked its website offline. Conpet is a state-controlled company that owns and ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2026
Data Breach
Flickr moves to contain data exposure, warns users of phishing

Flickr says a flaw at a third-party email provider may have exposed users’ names, email addresses, IPs, and account activity. Flickr is a photo-sharing platform owned by SmugMug. It has over 100 ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 83

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter ClawHavoc: 341 Malicious Clawed Skills F ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2026
Security
Security Affairs newsletter Round 562 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 February 08, 2026
Malware
DKnife toolkit abuses routers to spy and deliver malware since 2019

DKnife is a Linux toolkit used since 2019 to hijack router traffic and deliver malware in cyber-espionage attacks. Cisco Talos found DKnife, a powerful Linux toolkit that threat actors use to spy ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2026
Cyber Crime
Italian university La Sapienza still offline to mitigate recent cyber attack

Rome’s La Sapienza University was hit by a cyberattack that disrupted IT systems and caused widespread operational issues. Since February 2, Rome’s La Sapienza University, one of the most impo ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2026
Security
CISA pushes Federal agencies to retire end-of-support edge devices

CISA ordered U.S. federal agencies to improve management of edge network devices and replace unsupported ones within 12–18 months. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2026
Security
Nearly 5 Million Web Servers Found Exposing Git Metadata – Study Reveals Widespread Risk of Code and Credential Leaks

A study found nearly 5 million servers exposing Git metadata, with 250,000 leaking deployment credentials via .git/config files. A new 2026 study by the Mysterium VPN research team reveals that ne ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds SmarterTools SmarterMail and React Native Community CLI flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds SmarterTools SmarterMail and React Native Community CLI flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecuri ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2026
Uncategorized
Hacker claims theft of data from 700,000 Substack users; Company confirms breach

Substack confirmed a data breach after a hacker leaked data from nearly 700,000 users, including email addresses and phone numbers. Substack is an online platform for publishing email‑based news ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2026
Hacktivism
Pro-Russian group Noname057(16) launched DDoS attacks on Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics

Italy stopped Russian-linked cyberattacks targeting Foreign Ministry offices and Winter Olympics websites and hotels, Foreign Minister Tajani said. Italy has thwarted a series of Russian-linked cy ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2026
APT
China-linked Amaranth-Dragon hackers target Southeast Asian governments in 2025

China-linked hackers tracked as Amaranth-Dragon targeted government and law enforcement agencies across Southeast Asia in 2025. CheckPoint says China-linked threat actors, tracked as Amaranth-Drag ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2026
Security
CVE-2025-22225 in VMware ESXi now used in active ransomware attacks

Ransomware groups now exploit VMware ESXi vulnerability CVE-2025-22225, patched by Broadcom in March 2025. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) confirms that ransomware ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2026
Deep Web
Taiwanese operator of Incognito Market sentenced to 30 years over $105M darknet drug ring

A Taiwanese man was sentenced to 30 years for running Incognito Market, a major darknet drug site that sold over $105 million in illegal drugs. Rui-Siang Lin (24) was sentenced to 30 years in pris ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2026