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Security Affairs newsletter Round 526 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2025

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 ...

Two Linux flaws can lead to the disclosure of sensitive data
Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2025

Qualys warns of two information disclosure flaws in apport and systemd-coredump, the core dump handlers in Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora distros. Researchers discovered a vulne ...

Meta stopped covert operations from Iran, China, and Romania spreading propaganda
Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2025

Meta stopped three covert operations from Iran, China, and Romania using fake accounts to spread propaganda on social media platforms. Meta announced the disruption of three influence operations f ...

US Treasury sanctioned the firm Funnull Technology as major cyber scam facilitator
Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2025

The U.S. sanctioned Funnull Technology and Liu Lizhi for aiding romance scams that caused major crypto losses through fraud infrastructure. The U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Asse ...

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APT
PhantomCaptcha targets Ukraine relief groups with WebSocket RAT in October 2025

PhantomCaptcha phishing campaign hit Ukraine relief groups with a WebSocket RAT on Oct 8, 2025, targeting Red Cross, UNICEF, and others. SentinelOne researchers uncovered PhantomCaptcha, a coordin ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2025
Security
TP-Link urges immediate updates for Omada Gateways after critical flaws discovery

TP-Link warns of critical flaws in Omada gateways across ER, G, and FR models. Users should update firmware immediately to stay secure. TP-Link is warning users of critical flaws impacting its Oma ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2025
Hacking
TARmageddon flaw in Async-Tar Rust library allows to smuggle extra archives when the library is processing nested TAR files

CVE-2025-62518 TARmageddon flaw in Rust async-tar and forks like tokio-tar may allow remote code execution, says Edera. Edera team disclosed a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-62518 (CVSS score: ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2025
APT
Russia-linked COLDRIVER speeds up malware evolution after LOSTKEYS exposure

Russia-linked COLDRIVER rapidly evolved its malware since May 2025, refining tools just days after releasing its LOSTKEYS variant, says Google. The Russia-linked hacking group COLDRIVER has been q ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2025
Breaking News
Japanese retailer Muji halted online sales after a ransomware attack on logistics partner

Muji halted online sales after a ransomware attack on its logistics partner Askul, disrupting orders, app services, and website access. Japanese retailer giant Muji suspended online sales after a ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2025
Uncategorized
U.S. CISA adds Oracle, Windows, Kentico, and Apple flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Oracle, Windows, Kentico, and Apple flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructu ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2025
APT
China-Linked Salt Typhoon breaches European Telecom via Citrix exploit

China-linked Salt Typhoon hacked a European telecom in July 2025 via a Citrix NetScaler Gateway exploit for initial access. A European telecom firm was targeted in July 2025 by China-linked APT gr ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2025
Data Breach
Russian Lynk group leaks sensitive UK MoD files, including info on eight military bases

Russian hackers stole and leaked MoD files on eight RAF and Navy bases, exposing staff data in a “catastrophic” cyberattack via Dodd Group breach. Russian cybercrime group Lynx breached Dodd G ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2025
Uncategorized
CAPI Backdoor targets Russia’s auto and e-commerce sectors

A new campaign targets Russia’s auto and e-commerce sectors using a previously unknown .NET malware called CAPI Backdoor. Cybersecurity researchers at Seqrite Labs uncovered a new campaign, trac ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2025
Security
F5 breach exposes 262,000 BIG-IP systems worldwide

Over 262K F5 BIG-IP devices exposed after threat actors stole source code and data on undisclosed flaws in a recent F5 breach. Over 262,000 F5 BIG-IP devices are exposed online after F5 confirmed ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2025
Intelligence
China finds “irrefutable evidence” of US NSA cyberattacks on time Authority

China claims the US NSA hacked its National Time Service Center by exploiting staff phone flaws since March 2022, stealing sensitive data. China’s Ministry of State Security announced it has fou ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2025
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 67

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Astaroth: Banking Trojan Abusing GitHub ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2025
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 546 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 19, 2025
Security
Winos 4.0 hackers expand to Japan and Malaysia with new malware

Winos 4.0 hackers expand from China, Taiwan to Japan, Malaysia using fake Finance Ministry PDFs to spread HoldingHands RAT malware. Threat actors behind Winos 4.0 (ValleyRAT) have expanded their a ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2025
Breaking News
From Airport chaos to cyber intrigue: Everest Gang takes credit for Collins Aerospace breach

Everest claims Collins Aerospace hack hitting EU airports, but its leak site vanishes soon after, sparking takedown speculation. Do you remember the Collins Aerospace supply chain attack that disr ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2025
Security
SIMCARTEL operation: Europol takes down SIM-Box ring linked to 3,200 scams

Europol’s SIMCARTEL operation shut down a SIM-box network behind 3,200 frauds and €4.5M losses, using 40,000 SIMs for scams and extortion. Europol’s “SIMCARTEL” operation dismantled an i ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2025
Security
A critical WatchGuard Fireware flaw could allow unauthenticated code execution

A critical WatchGuard Fireware vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-9242, could allow unauthenticated code execution. Researchers revealed details of a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-92 ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2025
Data Breach
Prosper disclosed a data breach impacting 17.6 million accounts

Threat actors stole personal data, including names, IDs, and financial details from Prosper, affecting over 17M users. Prosper is a U.S.-based peer-to-peer lending platform that connects individu ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2025
Cyber Crime
Microsoft revokes 200+ certificates abused by Vanilla Tempest in fake Teams campaign

Microsoft revoked 200+ certificates used by Vanilla Tempest to sign fake Teams installers spreading Oyster backdoor and Rhysida ransomware. Microsoft revoked over 200 certificates used by the cybe ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2025
Security
PowerSchool hacker got four years in prison

Matthew D. Lane, a Massachusetts student, got four years in prison for hacking and extorting $3M from PowerSchool and another company. A Massachusetts student, Matthew D. Lane, was sentenced to fo ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2025