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Russia-linked BlackEnergy backed new cyber attacks on Ukraine's state bodies
Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2018

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) uncovered a new targeted attack launched by BlackEnergy APT on the IT systems of Ukrainian government entities. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) uncovered ...

Branch.io Flaws may have affected as many as 685 million individuals
Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2018

More than 685 million users may have been exposed to XSS attacks due to a flaw in Branch.io service used by Tinder, Shopify, and many others. Security Affairs was the first to publish the news of a  ...

A Russian cyber vigilante is patching outdated MikroTik routers exposed online
Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2018

A Russian-speaking hacker, who goes by the name of Alexey, claims to have hacked into over 100,000 MikroTik routers with a specific intent, disinfect them. Earlier August, experts uncovered a mas ...

Microsoft fixed the Zero-Day for JET flaw, but the fix is incomplete
Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2018

Experts from 0Patch revealed that the Microsoft Zero-Day Patch for JET Database Engine vulnerability (CVE-2018-8423) is incomplete. The vulnerability was discovered by the researcher Lucas Le ...

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Data Breach
Anthropic accidentally leaks Claude Code

Anthropic accidentally exposed Claude Code source via npm, causing the code to quickly spread online after discovery. Anthropic accidentally leaked the source code of its Claude Code tool after a ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Security
Attackers hijack Axios npm account to spread RAT malware

Threat actors hijacked the npm account of Axios to distribute RAT malware via malicious package updates. Threat actors compromised the npm account of Axios, a widely used library with over 100M we ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Data Breach
Nearly half a Million mobile customers of Lloyds Banking Group affected by security incident

Lloyds Banking Group data incident exposed transactions of ~450,000 mobile banking users due to a faulty update. A faulty software update at Lloyds Banking Group exposed transaction details of nea ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Hacking
Dutch Ministry of Finance takes treasury systems offline amid cyber incident investigation

The Dutch Ministry of Finance took treasury banking portal offline after a cyberattack; core tax systems were not affected. The Dutch Ministry of Finance took parts of its infrastructure offline, ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Citrix NetScaler to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Citrix NetScaler to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
Cyber Crime
Qilin Ransomware allegedly breached chemical manufacturer giant Dow Inc

Qilin ransomware claims a breach of Dow Inc., listing it on its Tor leak site, but no proof of the hack has been released yet. Qilin Ransomware group allegedly breached the chemical manufacturing ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2026
APT
China-Linked groups target Southeast Asian government with advanced malware in 2025

China-linked groups hit a Southeast Asian government in 2025, deploying multiple malware families in a sophisticated cyber campaign. In 2025, three China-linked threat clusters targeted a Southeas ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2026
Security
It's a mystery ... alleged unpatched Telegram zero-day allows device takeover, but Telegram denies

A critical Telegram flaw could allow zero-click remote code execution on devices, but Telegram denies it. Researcher Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of TrendAI Zero Day disclosed a new Telegram vulne ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2026
Security
Critical Fortinet FortiClient EMS flaw exploited for Remote Code Execution

Attackers are exploiting a critical Fortinet FortiClient EMS flaw (CVE-2026-21643) that allows remote code execution via SQL injection. A critical Fortinet FortiClient EMS vulnerability, tracked a ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2026
Security
New macOS Infinity Stealer uses Nuitka Python payload and ClickFix

Infinity Stealer targets macOS via fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA, using Nuitka; first such campaign per Malwarebytes. Researchers at Malwarebytes spotted a new macOS infostealer, named Infinity Stealer, ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2026
APT
Russia-linked APT TA446 uses DarkSword exploit to target iPhone users in phishing wave

Russia-linked TA446 is using the DarkSword iOS exploit kit in targeted phishing campaigns to compromise iPhone users. Russia-linked APT group TA446 (aka SEABORGIUM, ColdRiver, Callisto, and Star B ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2026
Hacking
Urgent Alert: NetScaler bug CVE-2026-3055 probed by attackers could leak sensitive data

Attackers are actively probing a critical Citrix NetScaler flaw (CVE-2026-3055) that can leak sensitive data via a memory overread issue. A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-3055 (CVSS s ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 90

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape New Malware Targets Users of Cobra DocGuard Software &nbs ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2026
Uncategorized
Security Affairs newsletter Round 569 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 March 29, 2026
Security
Apple issues urgent lock screen warnings for unpatched iPhones and iPads

Apple is alerting users of outdated iPhones and iPads via lock screen warnings about active web-based exploits, urging immediate software updates. Apple is sending lock screen alerts to users runn ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2026
Data Breach
ShinyHunters claims the hack of the European Commission

The European Commission has allegedly been breached by ShinyHunters, with reported data dumps including content from mail servers. The European Commission has allegedly been breached by ShinyHunte ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2026
Intelligence
Iran-linked group Handala hacked FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email account

Iran-linked group Handala claims it hacked FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email, leaking files. The FBI says no government data was exposed. Iran-linked hacking group Handala claims it breac ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2026
Uncategorized
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in F5 BIG-IP AMP to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in F5 BIG-IP AMP to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Age ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2026
Data Breach
The European Commission confirmed a cyberattack affecting part of its cloud systems

The European Commission confirmed a cyberattack affecting part of its cloud systems, now contained, with no impact on internal networks. On March 24, the European Commission detected a cyberattack ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2026
Security
New AITM phishing wave hijacks TikTok Business accounts

A new AITM phishing campaign targets TikTok Business accounts to hijack them for malvertising, continuing tactics seen in earlier Google-themed scams. Push Security researchers uncovered a new wav ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2026