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SoakSoak Malware infected more than 100,000 WordPress Websites
Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2014

Google blacklisted over 11000 domains that were infected with this SoakSoak malware which redirect user traffic and download malicious payloads on targets. WordPress is one of the most popular c ...

Fixed a critical flaw in Blogger that allows to write posts on any blog
Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2014

A security expert discovered a critical CSRF vulnerability in Blogger.com that allows an attacker to write posts in any blog hosted on the popular platform. The Egyptian security expert Mazen Gamal M ...

LogDog Internet Security Survey - November 2014
Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2014

Mobile developers behind the Logdog app have conducted a rapid survey to analyze the trend in the hacking of accounts for the principal web services. A few weeks ago I was contacted by LogDog, a comp ...

Stingray surveillance devices used to spy on the Norwegian Parliament
Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2014

A newspaper discovers that bad actors are spying on cell phone communications of Norwegian politicians using the StingRay mobile surveillance equipment. The journalists of a daily newspaper in Norway ...

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Hacking
Google fixed the seventh Chrome zero-day in 2025

Google patched two Chrome flaws, including a V8 type-confusion bug, tracked as including CVE-2025-13223, which was exploited in the wild. Google released Chrome security updates to address two fla ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2025
Cyber Crime
Dutch police takes down bulletproof hosting hub linked to 80+ cybercrime cases

Dutch police seized 250 servers running a bulletproof hosting service tied to cybercriminals and linked to over 80 investigations since 2022. Dutch police Politie, seized 250 servers running an un ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2025
Breaking News
Microsoft mitigated the largest cloud DDoS ever recorded, 15.7 Tbps

Microsoft says the Aisuru botnet launched a 15.7 Tbps DDoS on Azure from 500k IPs, using massive UDP floods peaking at 3.6 B pps. On October 24, 2025, Azure DDoS Protection detected and mitigated ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2025
Security
Jaguar Land Rover confirms major disruption and £196M cost from September cyberattack

Jaguar Land Rover says the September 2025 cyberattack halted production, led to data theft, and cost £196M in the quarter. Jaguar Land Rover reported that a September 2025 cyberattack, claimed by ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2025
Cyber warfare
North Korean threat actors use JSON sites to deliver malware via trojanized code

North Korean Contagious Interview actors now host malware on JSON storage sites to deliver trojanized code projects, NVISO reports. North Korea-linked actors behind the Contagious Interview campai ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2025
Malware
RondoDox expands botnet by exploiting XWiki RCE bug left unpatched since February 2025

RondoDox botnet exploits unpatched XWiki flaw CVE-2025-24893 to gain RCE and infect more servers, despite fixes released in February 2025. RondoDox is targeting unpatched XWiki servers via critica ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2025
Cyber Crime
Five admit helping North Korea evade sanctions through IT worker schemes

Five pleaded guilty to aiding North Korea ’s illicit revenue via IT worker fraud, violating international sanctions. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that five people have pleaded guilty ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2025
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 71

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter 9 Malicious NuGet Packages Deliver Time- ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2025
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 550 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 November 16, 2025
Hacking
Anthropic: China-backed hackers launch first large-scale autonomous AI cyberattack

China-linked actors used Anthropic’s AI to automate and run cyberattacks in a sophisticated 2025 espionage campaign using advanced agentic tools. China-linked threat actors used Anthropic’s AI ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2025
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Fortinet FortiWeb flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2025
Security
Critical CVE-2025-59367 flaw lets hackers access ASUS DSL routers remotely

ASUS fixed a critical auth-bypass flaw (CVE-2025-59367) in DSL routers that let remote, unauthenticated attackers access devices with ease. ASUS patched a critical auth-bypass flaw, tracked as CVE ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2025
Security
Millions of sites at risk from Imunify360 critical flaw exploit

A vulnerability affecting Imunify360 lets attackers run code via malicious file uploads, risking millions of websites. A vulnerability in ImunifyAV/Imunify360 allows attackers to upload malicious ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2025
Hacking
Critical FortiWeb flaw under attack, allowing complete compromise

A Fortinet FortiWeb auth-bypass flaw is being actively exploited, allowing attackers to hijack admin accounts and fully compromise devices. Researchers warn of an authentication bypass flaw in For ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2025
Security
Germany’s BSI issues guidelines to counter evasion attacks targeting LLMs

Germany’s BSI warns of rising evasion attacks on LLMs, issuing guidance to help developers and IT managers secure AI systems. Germany’s BSI warns of rising evasion attacks on LLMs, issuing gui ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2025
Data Breach
Washington Post notifies 10,000 individuals affected in Oracle-linked data theft

The Washington Post alerts nearly 10,000 employees and contractors that personal and financial data was exposed in the Oracle breach. The Washington Post warns nearly 10,000 staff and contractors ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2025
Malware
Chrome extension “Safery” steals Ethereum wallet seed phrases

Malicious Chrome extension “Safery: Ethereum Wallet” steals users’ seed phrases while posing as a legit crypto wallet still available online. Socket’s Threat Research Team discovered a mal ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2025
Cyber Crime
A new round of Europol’s Operation Endgame dismantled Rhadamanthys, Venom RAT, and Elysium botnet

Europol’s Operation Endgame dismantles Rhadamanthys, Venom RAT, and Elysium botnet in a global crackdown on cybercriminal infrastructures. Europol and Eurojust have launched a new phase of Opera ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2025
Security
U.S. CISA adds WatchGuard Firebox, Microsoft Windows, and Gladinet Triofox flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds WatchGuard Firebox, Microsoft Windows, and Gladinet Triofox flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cyberse ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2025
Hacking
Amazon alerts: advanced threat actor exploits Cisco ISE & Citrix NetScaler zero-days

Amazon warns that an advanced threat actor exploited zero-days in Cisco ISE and Citrix NetScaler to deploy custom malware. Amazon's threat intelligence researchers spotted an advanced threat actor ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2025