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Russian national convicted for running botnet used in attacks on U.S. firms
Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2026

A Russian hacker got 2 years in prison, $100K fine, and $1.6M judgment for running a botnet used in ransomware attacks on U.S. firms. Russian national Ilya Angelov (40) was sentenced to 24 months ...

Patch now: TP-Link Archer NX routers vulnerable to firmware takeover
Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2026

TP-Link patched a high severity flaw (CVE-2025-15517) in Archer NX routers that could let attackers bypass authentication and install malicious firmware. TP-Link issued security updates for its Ar ...

Recent Navia data breach impacts HackerOne employee data
Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2026

A Navia breach exposed personal data of nearly 300 HackerOne employees after attackers compromised the benefits provider. HackerOne revealed that a data breach at Navia Benefit Solutions exposed t ...

FCC targets foreign router imports amid rising cybersecurity concerns
Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2026

The FCC will ban new foreign-made routers in the U.S. over security risks, unless approved by DHS or defense authorities. The U.S. FCC announced a ban on importing new foreign-made consumer router ...

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Security
Drupal is rolling out an emergency security update on May 20. You cannot miss it

Drupal Is Pushing an Emergency Security Update Tomorrow. If You Run a Drupal Site, This Is Not One to Miss. Something significant is coming out of the Drupal project tomorrow, and the way the anno ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2026
Cyber Crime
Microsoft dismantled malware-signing network Fox Tempest

Microsoft disrupted Fox Tempest, a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) that allowed attackers to sign malware with fake trusted certificates. Microsoft said it disrupted a cybercrime operation ru ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2026
Intelligence
Poland shifts away from Signal following cyberattacks on officials’ accounts

Poland told officials to stop using the popular instant messaging app Signal after cyberattacks targeted government accounts. Poland has instructed government officials to stop using Signal for se ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2026
Cyber Crime
Massive MENA cybercrime Operation Ramz disrupts infrastructure and arrests 201 suspects

INTERPOL led Operation Ramz in MENA, resulting in 201 arrests and 382 suspects tied to cybercrime networks. INTERPOL coordinated Operation Ramz across the Middle East and North Africa, leading to ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2026
Malware
Shai-Hulud worm copycats emerge after source code leak

Shai-Hulud worm copycats are already attacking NPM developers after its source code leaked, enabling fast supply chain exploitation. The first copycats of the Shai-Hulud worm have already started ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2026
Breaking News
Grafana confirms GitHub token breach cybercrime group claims the attack

Grafana confirmed a GitHub token breach that exposed source code, but said no customer data or systems were affected. Grafana Labs confirmed a security incident after the extortion group Coinbase ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2026
Data Breach
ShinyHunters hack 7-Eleven: franchisee data and Salesforce records exposed

7-Eleven confirmed a breach after ShinyHunters claimed theft of over 600,000 Salesforce records and franchisee data. 7-Eleven has confirmed a data breach after the ShinyHunters hacking group claim ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2026
Data Breach
Public Amazon bucket leaks sensitive guest data from Japanese hotel platform Tabiq

A hotel check-in system exposed over 1 million passports, IDs, and selfies online due to a misconfigured cloud storage bucket. A security lapse in the Reqrea's Tabiq hotel check-in system exposed ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2026
Hacking
Chaotic Eclipse discloses MiniPlasma zero-day, suggesting a missing or undone 2020 Windows security fix

MiniPlasma: a Windows SYSTEM privilege escalation believed patched in 2020 (CVE-2020-17103) is still fully working on every patched Windows 11. Once again, security researcher Chaotic Eclipse has ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2026
Hacking
Experts warn of active exploitation of critical NGINX flaw CVE-2026-42945

A critical NGINX flaw (CVE-2026-42945) is actively exploited, allowing crashes or possible code execution via malicious HTTP requests. A critical vulnerability in NGINX Plus and NGINX Open, tracke ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2026
Security
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 97

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter JDownloader site hacked to replace insta ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2026
Security
Security Affairs newsletter Round 577 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 17, 2026
Cyber Crime
Attackers exploit Funnel Builder bug to inject e-skimmers into e-stores

Attackers are exploiting a critical flaw in the WordPress Funnel Builder plugin to inject skimming code into WooCommerce checkout pages. A critical vulnerability in the WordPress Funnel Builder pl ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2026
Hacking
Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, Day Three: DEVCORE Crowned Master of Pwn, $1.298 Million Total

Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 ended with 47 zero-days and $1.29M in payouts, as DEVCORE dominated the competition across all categories. Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 ended after three intense days, with participants ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2026
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2026
Hacking
OpenAI hit by supply chain attack linked to malicious TanStack packages

OpenAI said the TanStack supply chain attack compromised two employee devices and exposed credentials from code repositories. OpenAI confirmed that the recent TanStack supply chain attack compromi ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2026
Security
Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, Day Two: $385,750 more, Microsoft Exchange falls, and the running total crosses $900K

Day two of Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 saw $385,750 earned for 15 zero-days, bringing the total to $908,750 and 39 vulnerabilities over two days. During the second day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, security res ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2026
Security
CVE-2026-42897: Microsoft confirms active exploitation of Exchange Server zero-day

Microsoft warned that attackers are exploiting a new Exchange Server zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-42897, in the wild. Microsoft warned that threat actors are actively exploiting a n ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2026
APT
Ghostwriter group resumes attacks on Ukrainian Government targets

ESET uncovered new Ghostwriter (aka FrostyNeighbor) activity targeting Ukrainian government organizations in a campaign active since March 2026. ESET researchers published a new report documenting ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2026
Hacking
Researchers uncover YellowKey and GreenPlasma Windows Zero-Days

Researchers disclosed two new Windows zero-days named YellowKey and GreenPlasma affecting BitLocker and the CTFMON framework. A security researcher known as Chaotic Eclipse, also called Nightmare- ...

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2026