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Unknown APT group is targeting Russian government entities
Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2022

An unknown APT group is targeting Russian government entities since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Researchers from Malwarebytes observed an unknown Advanced Persistent Threat ( ...

Internationa police operation led to the arrest of the SilverTerrier gang leader
Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2022

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the suspected leader of the SilverTerrier cybercrime group as a result of an international operation. The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the suspected lead ...

Chaining Zoom bugs is possible to hack users in a chat by sending them a message
Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2022

Security flaws in Zoom can be exploited to compromise another user over chat by sending specially crafted messages. A set of four security flaws in the popular video conferencing service Zoom coul ...

CISA adds 41 flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2022

US Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds 41 new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has adde ...

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Hacking
DDoS Attacks Cause Major Threema Outages

Large DDoS attacks disrupted Threema, causing severe communication outages. Threema On-Prem users were unaffected by the attacks. Threema suffered multiple large-scale DDoS attacks that disrupted ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 110

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Kimsuky Integrates AI into Attack Operat ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2026
APT
Mustang Panda Upgrades CoolClient With a Kernel Rootkit

Mustang Panda upgraded CoolClient with a signed kernel driver that hides processes, files and network activity, making the backdoor harder to detect. HoneyMyte, also known as Mustang Panda, has pu ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2026
Cyber Crime
Sophisticated Cyberattack Exposes Data of 678,000 French Taxpayers

France's tax agency says hackers stole data on 678,000 taxpayers, including income and tax details, in a sophisticated cyberattack. A threat actor claimed to have breached France’s tax agency in ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 590 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 August 16, 2026
Intelligence
APT36 Suspected in PATCHCORD Espionage Campaign Using Google Sheets C2

Acronis uncovered PATCHCORD, a stealthy backdoor targeting Afghan telecom and South Asian infrastructure via fake VPN tools and Google Sheets C2. Researchers at Acronis just documented an espionag ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2026
Cyber Crime
Crooks Are Buying Your Expired Domains and Using Them to Deliver Malware

Attackers are buying expired domains to exploit their reputation, traffic and DNS history, using them for malware delivery, scams and C2 infrastructure. Every day, roughly 65,000 domain names that ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2026
Uncategorized
macOS Screen Sharing Flaw Exploited to Deploy Monero Miners

Hackers are exploiting a macOS Screen Sharing flaw to gain root access and install Monero miners on Macs with port 5900 exposed online. The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre confirmed active ex ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2026
Hacking
GeoServer Zero-Day Is Already Being Probed. That’s the Problem

GeoServer faces an unpatched zero-day enabling SQL injection and potentially RCE, with attackers already probing exposed systems. A newly disclosed GeoServer zero-day is already attracting active ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2026
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