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Smishing Triad: Cybercriminals Impersonate UAE Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship on the Peak of Holidays Season
Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2023

Smishing Triad: Researchers warn crooks impersonating UAE Federal Authority for Identity and citizenship ahead of the Holiday Season Resecurity, Inc. (USA) has identified a new fraudulent campaign ...

The ransomware attack on Westpole is disrupting digital services for Italian public administration
Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2023

An alleged Lockbit 3.0 ransomware attack on the Italian cloud service provider Westpole disrupted multiple services of local and government organizations and municipalities. A cyber attack hit on ...

Info stealers and how to protect against them
Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2023

Info stealers, the type of malware with its purpose in the name, can cripple businesses and everyday users alike. So, how do you protect against them? Info stealers, also known as information stea ...

Pro-Israel Predatory Sparrow hacker group disrupted services at around 70% of Iran’s fuel stations
Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2023

A group of Pro-Israel hacktivists, called Predatory Sparrow, is suspected of having carried out a cyber attack against petrol stations across Iran. A Pro-Israel hacktivist group, called Predatory ...

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Security
484,142 Exposed Cloud Buckets Contain 18 Billion Files

42 publicly listable cloud buckets containing 18 billion files, including exposed credentials, database dumps and backups. The Ransomnews research team counted 484,142 publicly listable cloud stor ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2026
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Linux Kernel and Broadcom VMWare ESX  flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Linux Kernel and Broadcom VMWare ESX flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastruct ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2026
Intelligence
Volt Typhoon Used Silent Train to Hide Zero-Day Attacks

Volt Typhoon used disposable relay chains to hide zero-day attacks on critical systems. Lumen linked Silent Train to at least four zero-days. Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs has spent three years track ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2026
Security
Election Website Security: 42% of US County Sites Still Lack .gov Domains

US election websites show improved security, but weak email protection, non-.gov domains and third-party tracking still expose voters to risks. Millions of Americans will use websites to check the ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2026
Data Breach
ENGIE Data Breach Exposes Customer Details and Energy Contracts

ENGIE says attackers accessed French customers' contact and energy contract data through a partner sales tool. Banking data was not affected. French multinational energy company ENGIE warned custo ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2026
Cyber Crime
Virtualine Domain Seized, but Allegedly Abusive Website Remains Online

The FBI seized Virtualine, a hosting service accused of supporting criminal sites, ignoring abuse reports and helping launder money from illegal activities The FBI seized the website of Virtualine ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2026
Intelligence
Ads or Surveillance? Researchers Flag Suspicious Targeting of Starlink Users

Discover-Tech allegedly targeted Starlink users with digital ads to track their locations, according to sources cited in a new Reuters report. Digital defense firm TrendAI found that an Israeli ad ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2026
Security
CVE-2026-97631: 16-Year-Old UEFI Flaw Threatens Servers

CVE-2026-97631: A 16-year-old UEFI flaw (CVSS score of 9.5/10) enables pre-OS code execution. Exposed servers need firmware patches and checks. A critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-97631 (CVSS sco ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Google Brotli and Adobe Commerce and Magento flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Brotli and Adobe Commerce and Magento flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Three Japan-Focused Cyberattacks Show How Hackers Use AI

Three Japan-focused cyberattacks show how AI helps hackers scale operations, while exploiting old systems and weak security remains key. In autumn 2026, Japanese companies and other organizations ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2026
Hacking
Italy ’s Parliament Under Cyber Pressure: Why the Attack on the Chamber Matters

Italy ’s Parliament cyberattack highlights hybrid warfare risks and the need for transparency, stronger defenses and accountability. The cyberattack targeting email accounts at Italy’s Chamber ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Australia's Cyber Spy Chief: Expect More Disruption as AI Accelerates Hacking

Australia’s cyber agency warns AI will drive more disruptive attacks, helping hackers find vulnerabilities faster and exploit them at greater scale. Australia's top cyber spy has a blunt message ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds PHP flaws PHP2Shell to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds PHP flaws PHP2Shell to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CIS ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2026
Hacking
Attackers Take Control of Dahua Cameras and Video Recorders Via Easy4IP

Ukraine warns that attackers can remotely access Dahua cameras and recorders via Easy4IP, viewing video and changing settings. Ukraine's cyber incident response team CERT-UA has warned about attac ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Cohere Finds Qwen AI Model Contacting a Server in China

Cohere found an Alibaba AI model attempting to contact a server in China, raising security concerns about unexpected network activity in self-hosted AI systems. A report from Cohere says an Alibab ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2026
Malware
Magento Campaign Infects 953 Online Stores Across Five Domains

Sansec tracks a Magento skimmer campaign that infected 953 stores, using five domains, bot filtering and malicious code hidden in CMS blocks. A criminal group has infected 953 online stores since ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2026
Cyber Crime
AI-Generated Fake Bank Calls and NFC App Enabled €380,000 Fraud, Dutch Police Say

Dutch police arrest two men over AI-voiced bank fraud that allegedly used a fake app to steal card data from 170 victims, causing €380,000 in losses. Rotterdam police have arrested two men over ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2026
Malware
Researchers Uncover Rentable Android Spyware uCreater Targeting WeChat and Telegram

uCreater is Android spyware disguised as trusted apps, stealing credentials, messages and wallet data through a rentable platform. uCreater is a rentable Android spyware platform that hides inside ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2026
Hacking
PHP2Shell: Suspected North Korean campaign targets 216 vulnerable PHP hosts

Cyfirma links PHP2Shell scans of 216 vulnerable hosts to a suspected North Korean campaign using AI to rank public exploits. On October 21, PHP released emergency patches for two critical vulnera ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic reveals how Claude Mythos 5 crossed security testing boundaries

Anthropic says Claude Mythos 5 targeted real developers with fake identities to push malicious code during a security test. A cybersecurity test is supposed to measure what an AI model can do with ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2026