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Prowli Operation - Crooks already compromised over 40,000 servers and IoT Devices
Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2018

Crooks have infected over 40,000 web servers, modems, and other IoT devices with the Prowli malware as part of a cryptocurrency mining campaign and to redirect victims to malicious sites. The Prowli ...

How Threat Hunters Operate in Modern Security Environments
Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2018

Cyber security - With millions of new malware surfacing on the internet every year, threat hunters need to be ever more ready and at the top of their game to ensure that their organization can remain ...

Are Wi-Fi hotspots in World Cup Russia host cities secure?
Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2018

Experts at Kaspersky Lab have evaluated the security of 32,000 public Wi-Fi hotspots in the 11 Russian cities hosting the World Cup. The upcoming soccer World Cup represents a privileged target for c ...

It's not a joke, Owari botnet operators used root as username and password to access a C&C
Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2018

Security expert Ankit Anubhav discovered a Command and Control server for the Owari botnet protected with weak credentials. An IoT botnet has been commandeered by white hats after its controllers use ...

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Hacking
CVE-2026-42208: LiteLLM bug exploited 36 hours after its disclosure

Attackers quickly exploited a critical LiteLLM flaw (CVE-2026-42208) to access and modify sensitive database data via SQL injection. Attackers rapidly exploited a critical vulnerability in LiteLLM ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2026
Security
Internet censorship index reveals Russia’s lead and widespread content blocking

Global study shows targeted internet censorship worldwide, with Russia leading; VPNs, news, and adult content are most frequently blocked categories. The Global Internet Censorship Index 2026 offe ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2026
Security
All supported cPanel versions hit by critical auth bug, now patched

cPanel fixed a critical authentication flaw that could let attackers access servers. The issue affects all supported versions. cPanel released security updates to address a critical authenticatio ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infra ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2026
Security
ShinyHunters exploit Anodot incident to target Vimeo

The video platform Vimeo confirmed a security breach via Anodot that exposed metadata, video titles, and some user emails. Vimeo said some user data was accessed after a breach at Anodot. Anodot i ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2026
Security
CVE-2026-3854 GitHub flaw enables remote code execution

Critical GitHub flaw CVE-2026-3854 lets attackers run code with a single git push, exploiting a command injection bug. Researchers found a critical vulnerability in GitHub, tracked as CVE-2026-385 ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2026
Intelligence
Signal Phishing Campaign Targets German Officials in Suspected Russian Operation

Suspected Russian phishing via Signal targeted German officials, exploiting trust to access accounts and sensitive political communications. A new wave of cyber operations targeting European polit ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2026
Security
Microsoft fixes Entra ID flaw enabling privilege escalation

Microsoft fixed a Microsoft Entra ID flaw where the Agent ID Administrator role could enable privilege escalation and account takeover. Microsoft addressed a flaw in Microsoft Entra ID that could ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2026
Malware
New Android spyware Morpheus linked to Italian surveillance firm

Osservatorio Nessuno uncovered Morpheus spyware spreading via fake Android apps to steal data, highlighting rising covert surveillance tools. The non-partisan, non-religious, nonprofit organizatio ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2026
Security
NCSC launches SilentGlass, a plug-in device to secure HDMI and DisplayPort links

NCSC’s SilentGlass blocks malicious HDMI/DisplayPort links, protecting monitors from hardware attacks. Now commercialized for global use. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has lau ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2026
Cyber Crime
Medtronic discloses security incident after ShinyHunters claimed theft of 9M+ records

Medtronic confirmed a breach of its IT systems after ShinyHunters claimed the theft of over 9 million records. Medtronic confirmed a cyberattack on its corporate IT systems after the hacker group ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2026
Intelligence
Chinese spy posed as researcher in spear-phishing campaign targeting NASA to steal defense software

A Chinese national posed as a U.S. researcher, tricking NASA staff in a phishing campaign to steal sensitive data tied to defense software and exports. A Chinese national ran a spear-phishing camp ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2026
Security
LINKEDIN BROWSERGATE

BrowserGate claims LinkedIn secretly fingerprints users via extensions and device data, sending encrypted results to third parties for tracking. BrowserGate is an investigation conducted by Fairli ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2026
Security
Firefox bug CVE-2026-6770 enabled cross-site tracking and Tor fingerprinting

CVE-2026-6770 let attackers fingerprint Firefox and Tor users, even in Private mode. Firefox 150 and Tor Browser 15.0.10 fixed it. A vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-6770, allowed attackers to f ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2026
Malware
Fast16: Pre-Stuxnet malware that targeted precision engineering software

Fast16 is a pre-Stuxnet malware that tampered with precision software and spread itself. Evidence suggests links to U.S. operations during early cyber tensions. SentinelOne uncovered Fast16, a sab ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2026
APT
Italy moves to extradite Chinese national to the U.S. over hacking charges

Italy plans to extradite Xu Zewei to the U.S. over alleged hacks on COVID-19 research tied to state-backed operations. Italy is moving to extradite Xu Zewei, the Chinese national arrested in 2025 ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2026
Data Breach
U.S. utility giant Itron discloses a security breach

Itron detected unauthorized access to part of its IT environment on April 13, 2026, and launched incident response and notified authorities. Itron disclosed a cyber incident involving unauthorized ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2026
Hacking
Critical CrowdStrike LogScale bug could have allowed file access, but no exploitation was observed

CrowdStrike fixed CVE-2026-40050 in LogScale self-hosted, a critical flaw allowing unauthenticated file access via path traversal. The flaw was never exploited in the wild. CrowdStrike recently di ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 94

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Morpheus: A new Spyware linked to IPS Intelligence The iPho ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2026
Cyber Crime
Trigona ransomware adopts custom tool to steal data and evade detection

Trigona ransomware now uses a custom command-line tool to steal data faster and evade detection, replacing tools like Rclone and MegaSync. Symantec researchers report that recent Trigona ransomwar ...

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2026