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Brickerbot botnet, the thingbot that permanently destroys IoT devices
Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2017

Security researchers have spotted a new threat dubbed Brickerbot botnet that causes permanent damage to Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Months ago we anticipated the possible spike in the number of ...

Sathurbot botnet, over 20,000 bots launched a distributed WordPress password attack
Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2017

Experts observed a new threat targeting WordPress install, the Sathurbot botnet attempts to bruteforce WordPress accounts. Once compromised a WordPress website, the Sathurbot botnet uses it to sprea ...

WikiLeaks leaked files on the Grasshopper framework, a CIA Tool for creating customized malware installers
Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2017

Wikileaks published a new batch of 27 documents detailing the Grasshopper framework used by its agents to create custom installers for Windows malware. WikiLeaks continues to disclose documents inclu ...

Vulnerability in Apple Music for Android could be exploited to steal user data
Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2017

Apple fixed a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-2387 in the Apple Music for Android that could allow attackers to launch MitM attacks on the application. The update released Apple for the Apple Music ...

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Data Breach
ShinyHunters claims 2 Million Crunchbase records; company confirms breach

Crunchbase confirms a data breach after cybercrime group ShinyHunters claims to have stolen over 2 million personal records. Crunchbase confirmed a data breach after the cybercriminal group ShinyH ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2026
Cyber Crime
Energy sector targeted in multi-stage phishing and BEC campaign using SharePoint

Microsoft warns of a multi-stage phishing and BEC campaign hitting energy firms, abusing SharePoint links and inbox rules to steal credentials. Microsoft reports an active multi-stage phishing cam ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2026
APT
North Korea–linked KONNI uses AI to build stealthy malware tooling

Check Point links an active phishing campaign to North Korea–aligned KONNI, targeting developers with fake blockchain project docs and using an AI-written PowerShell backdoor. Check Point Resear ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2026
Breaking News
Russia-linked Sandworm APT implicated in major cyber attack on Poland’s power grid

Russia-linked APT Sandworm launched what was described as the largest cyber attack on Poland’s power grid in Dec 2025. ESET linked a late-2025 cyberattack on Poland’s energy system to the Russ ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2026
Data Breach
Nike is investigating a possible data breach, after WorldLeaks claims

Nike is investigating a possible cyber incident after the WorldLeaks group claimed it stole data from the company’s systems. Nike is probing a potential security breach after the WorldLeaks cybe ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 81

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter UNO reverse card: stealing cookies from ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 560 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 January 25, 2026
Security
Osiris ransomware emerges, leveraging BYOVD technique to kill security tools

Researchers identified a new Osiris ransomware used in a November 2025 attack, abusing the POORTRY driver via BYOVD to disable security tools. Symantec and Carbon Black researchers uncovered a new ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Broadcom VMware vCenter Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw impacting Broadcom VMware vCenter to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastruc ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2026
Security
11-Year-Old critical telnetd flaw found in GNU InetUtils (CVE-2026-24061)

Critical telnetd flaw CVE-2026-24061 (CVSS 9.8) affects all GNU InetUtils versions 1.9.3–2.7 and went unnoticed for nearly 11 years. A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-24061 (CVSS sco ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2026
Security
Fortinet warns of active FortiCloud SSO bypass affecting updated devices

Fortinet confirmed attacks are bypassing FortiCloud SSO authentication, affecting even fully patched devices, similar to recent SSO flaws. Fortinet confirmed attacks bypass FortiCloud SSO on fully ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Prettier eslint-config-prettier, Vite Vitejs, Versa Concerto SD-WAN orchestration platform, and Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Prettier eslint-config-prettier, Vite Vitejs, Versa Concerto SD-WAN orchestration platform, and Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite f ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2026
Data Breach
Investigation underway after 72M Under Armour records surface online

Under Armour is investigating a data breach after 72M customer records were posted online by a cybercriminal. Under Armour is an American company that designs, manufactures, and sells sportswear, ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2026
Malware
Machine learning–powered Android Trojans bypass script-based Ad Click detection

A new Android click-fraud trojan family uses TensorFlow ML to visually detect and tap ads, bypassing traditional script-based click techniques. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Dr.Web discovered ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2026
Hacking
Critical SmarterMail vulnerability under attack, no CVE yet

A SmarterMail flaw (WT-2026-0001) is under active attack just days after its January 15 patch, with no CVE assigned yet. A newly disclosed flaw in SmarterTools SmarterMail is being actively exploi ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2026
Hacking
Arctic Wolf detects surge in automated Fortinet FortiGate firewall configuration attacks

Arctic Wolf warned of a new wave of automated attacks making unauthorized firewall configuration changes on Fortinet FortiGate devices. Arctic Wolf researchers reported a new automated attack clus ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2026
Uncategorized
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Cisco Unified Communications products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw impacting Cisco Unified Communications products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2026
Security
Zoom fixed critical Node Multimedia Routers flaw

Zoom addressed a critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-22844, that could result in remote code execution. Cloud-based video conferencing and online collaboration platform Zoom relea ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2026
Security
ACME flaw in Cloudflare allowed attackers to reach origin servers

Cloudflare fixed a flaw in its ACME validation logic that could let attackers bypass security checks and access protected origin servers. Cloudflare fixed a flaw in its ACME HTTP-01 validation log ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2026
Cyber Crime
Crooks impersonate LastPass in campaign to harvest master passwords

Password manager LastPass warns of an active phishing campaign impersonating the service to steal users’ master passwords. LastPass warned users about an active phishing campaign that began arou ...

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2026