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Cyber criminals claim to have stolen the new episode of the Pirates of the Caribbean film saga
Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2017

Crooks claim have stolen the Walt Disney’s forthcoming Pirates of the Caribbean film and are threatening to release it in 20 minutes chunks. Cybercriminals claim have stolen the Walt Disney’s fo ...

WannaCry - Important lessons from the first NSA-powered ransomware cyberattack
Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2017

Last Friday, a weaponized version of an NSA exploit was used to infect over two hundred thousand computers in over 150 countries with the WannaCry ransomware. In addition to government ministries and ...

APT32, a new APT group alleged linked to the Vietnamese Government is targeting foreign corporations
Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2017

APT32 is a new APT group discovered by security experts at FireEye that is targeting Vietnamese interests around the globe. The APT32 group, also known as OceanLotus Group, has been active since at ...

Security experts link WannaCry ransomware to Lazarus Group
Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2017

In the IT security community several experts start linking the WannaCry ransomware to the Lazarus Group due to similarities in the attack codes. The security researcher at Google Neel Mehta published ...

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Security
Trend Micro fixes two critical flaws in Apex One

Trend Micro fixed two critical Apex One flaws enabling remote code execution on vulnerable Windows systems and urged immediate updates. Trend Micro has addressed two critical vulnerabilities in Ap ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2026
APT
UAT-10027 campaign hits U.S. education and healthcare with stealthy Dohdoor backdoor

UAT-10027 campaign is targeting U.S. education and healthcare sectors to deploy a new Dohdoor backdoor. Cisco Talos has identified a new threat cluster, tracked as UAT-10027, targeting U.S. educat ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2026
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Cisco SD-WAN flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco SD-WAN flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2026
Security
Hackers abused Cisco SD-WAN zero-day since 2023 to gain full admin control

Cisco SD-WAN vulnerability CVE-2026-20127 has been exploited since 2023 to gain unauthenticated admin access. A critical Cisco SD-WAN vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20127 (CVSS score of 10.0), ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2026
APT
Google GTIG disrupted China-linked APT UNC2814 halting attacks on 53 orgs in 42 countries

Google and partners disrupted UNC2814, a suspected China-linked group that hacked 53 organizations across 42 countries. Google, with industry partners, disrupted the infrastructure of UNC2814, a s ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2026
Security
Untrusted repositories turn Claude code into an attack vector

Flaws in Anthropic’s Claude Code could allow remote code execution and theft of API keys when users open untrusted repositories. Check Point Research team found multiple vulnerabilities in Anthr ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2026
Cyber Crime
ShinyHunters cyberattack on CarGurus impacts 12.4 Million users

ShinyHunters leaked data from 12.4M CarGurus accounts, exposing personal information from the U.S.-based auto research and shopping platform. The ShinyHunters group published personal data from ov ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2026
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Soliton Systems K.K FileZen to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Soliton Systems K.K FileZen to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructur ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2026
APT
Lazarus APT group deployed Medusa Ransomware against Middle East target

North Korea’s Lazarus Group used Medusa ransomware in an attack on an unnamed Middle East organization, researchers report. The North Korea-linked Lazarus APT Group, also known as Diamond Sleet ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2026
Hacking
SolarWinds patches four critical Serv-U flaws enabling root access

SolarWinds addressed four critical Serv-U vulnerabilities that could let attackers gain root access to unpatched servers. SolarWinds released updates fixing four critical Serv-U vulnerabilities th ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2026
Security
VMware Aria Operations flaws could enable remote attacks

Broadcom patched multiple VMware Aria Operations flaws, including high-severity issues that could enable remote code execution. Broadcom has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabi ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2026
Malware
Arkanix Stealer: AI-assisted info-stealer shuts down after brief campaign

Arkanix Stealer surfaced in late 2025 as a short-lived info-stealer, likely built as an AI-assisted experiment and quickly abandoned. Arkanix Stealer emerged in late 2025 as a short-lived informat ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2026
APT
Operation MacroMaze: APT28 exploits webhooks for covert data exfiltration

Russia-linked APT28 targeted European entities with a webhook-based macro malware campaign called Operation MacroMaze. Russia-linked APT28 (aka UAC-0001, aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Grou ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2026
Data Breach
Everest ransomware hits Vikor Scientific 's supplier, data of 140,000 patients stolen

Everest ransomware claims an attack on diagnostic firm Vikor Scientific (Vanta Diagnostics), exposing data of nearly 140,000 people. The Everest ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a c ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2026
Malware
Wormable XMRig campaign leverages BYOVD and timed kill switch for stealth

A wormable cryptojacking campaign spreads via pirated software, using BYOVD and a time-based logic bomb to deploy a custom XMRig miner. Researchers uncovered a wormable cryptojacking campaign that ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2026
Cyber Crime
Romanian hacker pleads guilty to selling access to Oregon state networks

A Romanian man pleaded guilty to selling admin access to Oregon’s state network for $3,000 in Bitcoin and repeatedly accessing it to prove control. Catalin Dragomir (45) from Romania, pleaded gu ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2026
Hacking
CVE-2026-1731 fuels ongoing attacks on BeyondTrust remote access products

Attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-1731 in BeyondTrust RS and PRA to deploy VShell, gain persistence, move laterally, and control compromised systems. Threat actors are actively exploiting a recent ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2026
Hacking
AI-powered campaign compromises 600 FortiGate systems worldwide

A Russian-speaking cybercriminal used commercial generative AI tools to hack over 600 FortiGate devices across 55 countries. Amazon Threat Intelligence reports that a Russian-speaking, financially ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic unveils Claude Code Security to detect and fix code bugs

Anthropic launches Claude Code Security, an AI tool that scans code for vulnerabilities and suggests how to address them. Anthropic has introduced Claude Code Security, a new AI-powered service de ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2026
Cyber Crime
Luxury hotel stays for just €0.01. Spanish police arrest hacker

Spanish police arrested a 20-year-old hacker accused of booking luxury hotel rooms worth up to €1,000 a night for just one cent before being caught. Spanish police arrested a 20-year-old man in ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2026