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Mobile devices and cyber espionage, principal concerns for governments
Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2013

The use of mobile devices in government environments concerns the secret service of any states, cyber espionage more often exploits the mobile platforms. Mobile devices are reason of great concern fo ...

A Zero-Day Vulnerability in Microsoft Graphics Component - CVE-2013-3906
Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2013

Microsoft Zero-day CVE-2013-3906 - Microsoft informed to be aware of a vulnerability in a Microsoft graphics component that is actively exploited in targeted attacks using crafted Word documen ...

LinkedIn - How to exploit social media for targeted attacks
Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2013

  The professional social network LinkedIn is a mine of information for any king of attackers, a Websense post described a typical attack scenario. Recently I read an interesting post publish ...

Android 4.4 KitKat also affected by Master Key vulnerability
Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2013

Security expert Jay Freeman discovered another Master Key vulnerability in Android 4.4 that allows attackers to inject malicious code in legit apps. The flaw known as "Android Master Key vulnerabil ...

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Hacking
U.S. CISA adds a Google Chromium V8 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium V8 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
Security
7-Zip RCE flaw (CVE-2025-11001) actively exploited in attacks in the wild

A remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-11001, in the 7-Zip software is under active exploitation. A new 7-Zip flaw tracked as CVE-2025-11001 (CVSS score of 7.0) is now being a ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
Cyber Crime
Operation WrtHug hijacks 50,000+ ASUS routers to build a global botnet

Operation WrtHug hijacks tens of thousands of outdated ASUS routers worldwide, mainly in Taiwan, the U.S., and Russia, forming a large botnet. A new campaign called Operation WrtHug has compromise ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds a new Fortinet FortiWeb flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. CISA has added a second Fortinet FortiWeb vulnerability in just a few days to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)&nbs ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
Data Breach
Eurofiber confirms November 13 hack, data theft, and extortion attempt

Eurofiber says hackers exploited a flaw on November 13, breached its ticket and customer portals, stole data, and attempted extortion. On November 13, threat actors exploited a vulnerability to br ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
Hacking
New FortiWeb zero-day CVE-2025-58034 under attack patched by Fortinet

Fortinet patched a new FortiWeb zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-58034, which attackers are actively exploiting. Fortinet patched a new FortiWeb zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-58034 (CVSS score 6.7), ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
Data Breach
Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General (OAG) confirms data breach after August attack

The Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General ("OAG") confirms a data breach following a ransomware attack by Inc Ransom group. The Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General ("OAG") confirmed ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2025
Data Breach
DoorDash data breach exposes personal info after social engineering attack

DoorDash says a social engineering attack led to a data breach exposing names, addresses, emails, and phone numbers of users, Dashers, and merchants. U.S.-based food delivery and logistics company ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2025
Hacking
Google fixed the seventh Chrome zero-day in 2025

Google patched two Chrome flaws, including a V8 type-confusion bug, tracked as including CVE-2025-13223, which was exploited in the wild. Google released Chrome security updates to address two fla ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2025
Cyber Crime
Dutch police takes down bulletproof hosting hub linked to 80+ cybercrime cases

Dutch police seized 250 servers running a bulletproof hosting service tied to cybercriminals and linked to over 80 investigations since 2022. Dutch police Politie, seized 250 servers running an un ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2025
Breaking News
Microsoft mitigated the largest cloud DDoS ever recorded, 15.7 Tbps

Microsoft says the Aisuru botnet launched a 15.7 Tbps DDoS on Azure from 500k IPs, using massive UDP floods peaking at 3.6 B pps. On October 24, 2025, Azure DDoS Protection detected and mitigated ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2025
Security
Jaguar Land Rover confirms major disruption and £196M cost from September cyberattack

Jaguar Land Rover says the September 2025 cyberattack halted production, led to data theft, and cost £196M in the quarter. Jaguar Land Rover reported that a September 2025 cyberattack, claimed by ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2025
Cyber warfare
North Korean threat actors use JSON sites to deliver malware via trojanized code

North Korean Contagious Interview actors now host malware on JSON storage sites to deliver trojanized code projects, NVISO reports. North Korea-linked actors behind the Contagious Interview campai ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2025
Malware
RondoDox expands botnet by exploiting XWiki RCE bug left unpatched since February 2025

RondoDox botnet exploits unpatched XWiki flaw CVE-2025-24893 to gain RCE and infect more servers, despite fixes released in February 2025. RondoDox is targeting unpatched XWiki servers via critica ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2025
Cyber Crime
Five admit helping North Korea evade sanctions through IT worker schemes

Five pleaded guilty to aiding North Korea ’s illicit revenue via IT worker fraud, violating international sanctions. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that five people have pleaded guilty ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2025
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 71

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter 9 Malicious NuGet Packages Deliver Time- ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2025
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 550 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 November 16, 2025
Hacking
Anthropic: China-backed hackers launch first large-scale autonomous AI cyberattack

China-linked actors used Anthropic’s AI to automate and run cyberattacks in a sophisticated 2025 espionage campaign using advanced agentic tools. China-linked threat actors used Anthropic’s AI ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2025
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds Fortinet FortiWeb flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Fortinet FortiWeb flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ( ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2025
Security
Critical CVE-2025-59367 flaw lets hackers access ASUS DSL routers remotely

ASUS fixed a critical auth-bypass flaw (CVE-2025-59367) in DSL routers that let remote, unauthenticated attackers access devices with ease. ASUS patched a critical auth-bypass flaw, tracked as CVE ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2025