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CVE-2016-4484 Hold down the Enter key for 70 sec to gain a Linux Root shell
Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2016

The CVE-2016-4484 vulnerability can be exploited to gain a Linux Root shell by simply pressing the Enter Key for 70 Seconds. It could be quite easy to bypass the authentication procedures on some Lin ...

Hacker behind Spamhaus attack will not spend any time in the jail
Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2016

The Dutch hacker Sven Olaf Kamphuis who was charged for Spamhaus attack, a massive DDoS attack, will not spend any time in the jail. The Dutch hacker Sven Olaf Kamphuis who was charged for the mass ...

Experts spotted a secret backdoor in Android phones that sends data to China
Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2016

Experts at Kryptowire discovered a mobile phone firmware that transmitted personally identifiable information without user consent due to a backdoor. Security experts from Kryptowire firm have disco ...

Ransomware: How to recover your encrypted files, the last guide.
Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2016

In this guide, we will explain how to recover encrypted files focusing on the Data-Locker Ransomware that targets the Windows operating system. Why my system asks me to pay? A ransomware is a comp ...

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Data Breach
Iberia discloses security incident tied to supplier breach

Iberia warns customers of a supplier-related data breach as a threat actor claims to hold 77GB of stolen airline data. Iberia is warning customers about a data breach after a third-party supplier ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2025
Breaking News
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 72

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Contagious Interview Actors Now Utilize ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2025
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 551 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 23, 2025
Security
SonicWall flags SSLVPN flaw allowing firewall crashes

SonicWall warns of a high-severity buffer overflow flaw in SonicOS SSLVPN (CVE-2025-40601) that lets attackers crash Gen7 and Gen8 firewalls. A new high-severity SonicOS SSLVPN flaw, tracked as CV ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2025
APT
BadAudio malware: how APT24 scaled its cyberespionage through supply chain attacks

APT24 used supply chain attacks and varied techniques to deploy the BadAudio malware in a long-running cyberespionage campaign. China-linked group APT24 used supply-chain attacks and multiple tech ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2025
Security
U.S. CISA adds an Oracle Fusion Middleware flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds an Oracle Fusion Middleware flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Securit ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2025
Security
CrowdStrike denies breach after insider sent internal screenshots to hackers

CrowdStrike says an insider shared internal screenshots with hackers but confirms no system breach and no customer data exposure. BleepingComputer first reported that CrowdStrike said an insider s ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2025
Security
SolarWinds addressed three critical flaws in Serv-U

SolarWinds patched three critical vulnerabilities in its Serv-U file transfer solution that could allow remote code execution. SolarWinds addressed three critical vulnerabilities in its Serv-U fil ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2025
Data Breach
Massive data leak hits Italian railway operator Ferrovie dello Stato via Almaviva hack

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) data leaked after a breach at IT provider Almaviva. A hacker claims the theft of 2.3 TB of sensitive data. Data belonging to Italy's national railway operator F ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2025
Hacking
Salesforce alerts users to potential data exposure via Gainsight OAuth apps

Salesforce warns that unusual activity in Gainsight-linked OAuth apps may have enabled unauthorized access to some customers’ Salesforce data. Salesforce warned of unusual activity involving Gai ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2025
Mobile
Researchers devised a new enumeration technique that exposed 3.5B WhatsApp profiles

Researchers disclosed a WhatsApp flaw that exposed 3.5B accounts. Meta has patched it to prevent this mass enumeration. A team of researchers at the University of Vienna found a WhatsApp flaw that ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2025
Breaking News
Sturnus: New Android banking trojan targets WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal

The Android trojan Sturnus targets communications from secure messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal. Sturnus is a new Android banking trojan with full device-takeover abilities. It byp ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2025
Cyber Crime
Coordinated sanctions hit Russian bulletproof hosting providers enabling top ransomware Ops

US, Australia and UK sanctioned 2 Russian bulletproof hosting providers accused of aiding groups like LockBit, BlackSuit and Play. US, Australia and UK sanctioned two Russian bulletproof hosting p ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2025
APT
Cyber-enabled kinetic targeting: Iran-linked actor uses cyber operations to support physical attacks

Iran-linked actors mapped ship AIS data ahead of a missile strike attempt, highlighting the rise of cyber operations enabling real-world attacks. Iran-linked threat actors mapped ship Automatic Id ...

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2025
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