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CommonSpirit confirms data breach impacts 623K patients
Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2022

CommonSpirit Health confirmed that the October security breach resulted in the exposure of the personal data of 623,774 patients. In early October, Common Spirit, one of the largest hospital chain ...

Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 Day 3: Participants earned nearly $1 million
Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2022

On the third day of the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, participants earned more than $250,000. On the third day of the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Toronto ...

Cisco discloses high-severity flaw impacting IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series
Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2022

Cisco disclosed a high-severity flaw in its IP phones that can be exploited to gain remote code execution and conduct DoS attacks. Cisco disclosed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-202 ...

Experts devised a technique to bypass web application firewalls (WAF) of several vendors
Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2022

Claroty researchers devised a technique for bypassing the web application firewalls (WAF) of several vendors. Researchers at industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Claroty devised an attack techniq ...

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Malware
Apple warned hundreds of users of mercenary spyware attacks

Apple warns users of credible, targeted attacks and urges immediate verification, stronger protections, and expert assistance. Apple has sent a new round of threat notifications to users it believ ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2026
Malware
AmnesiaStealer Gives Attackers Live Control of Victims’ macOS Browsers

AmnesiaStealer targets macOS users through fake GitHub pages, stealing passwords, cookies and data while giving attackers live control of the browser. Jamf Threat Labs researchers disclosed Amnesi ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2026
Breaking News
Chess.com Leak Exposes 7.3 Million Users - Evidence Points to Scraping

7.3 million Chess.com profiles leaked online: the data is genuine, but evidence points to large-scale scraping, not a server breach. Free is a strange price for stolen data, and that's exactly wha ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2026
Laws and regulations
US Authorizes Private Cyber Firms to Hack Transnational Criminal Networks

Trump authorizes vetted US cybersecurity firms to conduct government-approved cyber operations against transnational criminal networks. President Trump signed a national security memorandum on Aug ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2026
Hacking
Adobe Commerce CVE-2026-71362 Comes Under Attack Shortly After Public Disclosure

Hackers began targeting a critical Adobe Commerce flaw that could let unauthenticated attackers hijack customer accounts and access private data. Hackers began targeting CVE-2026-71362 (CVSS score ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2026
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Metabase, Windows, and Cisco Secure Firewall flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Metabase, Windows, and Cisco Secure Firewall flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infr ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2026
Hacking
SharePoint CVE-2026-55040 Comes Under Attack Following Public Exploit

Attackers are exploiting SharePoint flaw CVE-2026-55040 after a public PoC was released, allowing unauthenticated users to impersonate administrators. Attackers started exploiting CVE-2026-55040 ( ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2026
Malware
Storm-1175 Replaces Medusa With New StormEncryptor Ransomware

Microsoft says China-linked Storm-1175 is using a new ransomware called StormEncryptor, replacing Medusa in its latest attacks. Microsoft says China-linked, financially motivated threat actor Stor ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2026
Uncategorized
North Korean Lazarus Group Uses Windows Zero-Day in Operation Dream Job

Lazarus targets defense professionals with fake Lockheed Martin jobs, exploiting a Windows zero-day to deploy backdoors and evade security controls. Check Point Research has uncovered a new wave o ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2026
Data Breach
CEVA Logistics Cyberattack Disrupts European Warehouses and Shipments

CEVA Logistics suffered a cyberattack disrupting European operations, with eight warehouses affected and shipments halted at impacted sites. CEVA Logistics suffered a cyberattack on July 29 that d ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2026
APT
China-Linked Hackers Use AI Agents in Autonomous Attack on Taiwan

China-linked hackers reportedly used eight AI agents to breach a government network, steal data and compromise accounts with minimal human oversight. Israeli cybersecurity firm Dream documented wh ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2026
Malware
Kimwolf v7 Hides DDoS Traffic Behind Chrome Fingerprints and Ethereum

Kimwolf v7: The Android TV Botnet That Now Hides Its Traffic Behind Chrome Fingerprints and Ethereum Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 discovered Kimwolf v7 on February 3, 2026, while hunting threats fol ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2026
Security
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2026 Fixed a Zero-Day and Wormable RCE

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2026 fixes 398 CVEs, including an actively exploited zero-day and a wormable DNS flaw enabling remote code execution. Microsoft released its Patch Tuesday securi ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2026
Hacking
Zoom Patches “Zoomsday” Zero-Click Flaw Enabling Remote Code Execution

Zoom patches a zero-click flaw that could let a meeting participant execute code on another user’s computer through the annotation feature. Zoom has patched four vulnerabilities, including a cri ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2026
Security
ExfilSquad Targets New Victims, Shares Data via Torrents

ExfilSquad targets 13 organizations, exploiting cloud portals for data theft and using torrents to spread stolen information and amplify damage. Resecurity is tracking the activity of ExfilSquad - ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2026
Hacking
Iran-Linked Hackers Target More US Water Infrastructure in New Jersey and Alabama

Iran-linked hackers targeted Water Infrastructure in New Jersey and Alabama, bringing confirmed attacks to at least 12 states, with limited disruption. The wave of cyberattacks targeting US water ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
The inconvenient truth about AI pentesting: someone has to check all the work

AI pentesting can flood teams with findings they cannot validate. The real challenge is managing “validation debt” as discovery scales. AI pentesting has a 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' problem. Enc ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2026
Security
Cisco Warns of Seven ClamAV Flaws, Two With Public PoCs

Cisco warns that seven ClamAV flaws affect Secure Endpoint Connector products, with two having public PoCs that could enable remote DoS attacks. Cisco warned that seven ClamAV vulnerabilities affe ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2026
Hacking
Gym Booking Task Turns Into Real-World AI Cyberattack

An AI agent hacked a gym booking system while trying to help a user, booking early and removing another person from the waitlist. An Australian man asked his AI assistant to book him into a gym cl ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2026
Security
Hackers Cross From IT to OT Through a Private APN in Poland

Attackers breached a Polish CHP plant through a Fortinet device and private APN, reaching PLCs and disrupting turbine and water treatment systems. Poland’s CERT has described a second attack on ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2026