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Russia-linked APT28 use Signal chats to target Ukraine official with malware
Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2025

Russia-linked group APT28 uses Signal chats as an attack vector to phish Ukrainian officials with new malware strains. Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 is targeting Ukrainian government o ...

China-linked APT Salt Typhoon targets Canadian Telecom companies
Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2025

Canada and FBI warn of China-linked APT Salt Typhoon targeting Canadian telecom firms in ongoing cyber espionage operations. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and the FBI warn that China-link ...

U.S. warns of incoming cyber threats following Iran airstrikes
Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2025

U.S. warns of cyberattacks by pro-Iranian groups after launching airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites amid the Iran –Israel war starting June 13, 2025. The Iran conflict raises cyber threat leve ...

McLaren Health Care data breach impacted over 743,000 people
Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2025

The ransomware attack that hit McLaren Health Care in 2024 exposed the personal data of 743,000 individuals. McLaren Health Care is notifying over 743,000 people of a data breach discovered on Aug ...

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Malware
Cybercriminals Turn GTA VI Leaks Into Malware Bait

A fake 113GB GTA VI build is packed with malware, using massive empty files to hide a tiny malicious payload. GTA VI hype has reached the point where people are volunteering to infect their own co ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2026
Laws and regulations
TikTok Settles U.S. Child Privacy Case for $400 Million

TikTok will pay $400 million to settle U.S. claims that it violated child privacy laws by collecting data from users under 13. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that TikTok will pay $400 mi ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2026
Cyber Crime
iAuthFlow v2: The $10,000 Phishing Toolkit That Survives Your Password Reset

iAuthFlow v2 phishing toolkit uses a phished Google session to enroll an attacker-controlled passkey that survives password resets. Abnormal Security researchers have published an analysis of iAut ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2026
Security
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 111

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Akira Hits Safe Mode: Ransomware Rebooti ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2026
Cyber warfare
UK Power Plant Disabled for Four Days by Iran-Linked Hackers, Concurrent with US Water Attacks

Iran-linked hackers shut down a UK power plant for four days in the first confirmed attack of its kind, concurrent with water infrastructure attacks across 12 US states. Iran-linked hackers shut d ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 591 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 23, 2026
Hacking
Zero-Click Grok Chat History Theft: Adversa AI Demonstrates Cryptographic Context Injection

New Cryptographic Context Injection technique bypasses AI guardrails via AES-encrypted payloads, leaking full Grok chat histories zero-click Adversa AI researcher Rony Utevsky devised a new attack ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2026
Hacking
Malware Hijacks Android Car Head Units

Malware is abusing car infotainment updates to install proxy software, turning Android head units into nodes for the BADBOX network. Kaspersky researchers found something in June 2026 that made th ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Se ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2026
Hacking
Your Shredded Visa Card May Still Work at the Checkout

UMass Amherst researchers showed expired Visa contactless cards can make real purchases by exploiting an unsigned expiry field in Visa's EMV kernel. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Security
Six Maximum-Severity Flaws Found in Cisco Products

Cisco patched nine critical flaws, including six rated CVSS 10.0, found during internal testing. None are known to be exploited. Cisco released another batch of security fixes for its Crosswork pl ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Hacking
GitLab Warns of Active Exploitation of Critical GraphQL Flaw

GitLab flaw CVE-2026-19478 is now under active exploitation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to modify or delete public projects. WatchTowr researchers warn of active exploitation of critical G ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Security
Poland's CERT Warns of Active Exploitation of Critical Zimbra Collaboration Suite Flaw

CERT Polska confirmed active exploitation of CVE-2026-73570, a critical unauthenticated RCE in Zimbra Collaboration Suite patched on July 20. CERT Polska, Poland's national computer emergency resp ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds TrueConf Server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds TrueConf Server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (C ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Cyber Crime
Cl0p Targets 40+ Organizations Through PTC Windchill Flaw

Cl0p claims over 40 organizations fell victim to attacks exploiting a PTC Windchill and FlexPLM vulnerability. Cl0p is using a familiar strategy again: exploit one flaw in enterprise software to a ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2026
Malware
Manic: The Android Malware That Exfiltrates Data Even When the Phone Is Offline

Manic Android malware combines banking fraud and spyware, using a Bluetooth relay to steal data even when devices are offline. ThreatFabric's Mobile Threat Intelligence team has identified a new A ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2026
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds an MLflow flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds an MLflow vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2026
Intelligence
US Indicts 17 Iranians Over Years-Long Cyber Espionage Campaign

The US charged 17 Iranians over a years-long hacking campaign that stole 31TB from universities, companies and government agencies worldwide. Eight years after the original indictment first went p ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2026
Hacking
StopAndProtect Turns 2,000 Hacked WordPress Sites Into a Criminal Network

StopAndProtect turned nearly 2,000 hacked WordPress sites into a criminal network for malware delivery, data theft, surveillance and ransomware. Check Point Research uncovered a cybercrime operati ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2026
Internet of Things
Inside Operation CameraSwarm: How One Actor Took Over 14,000 Dahua Cameras

An exposed operator directory reveals how one actor compromised 14,000+ Dahua cameras across Ukraine and Russia, no password needed for most. A researcher discovered an exposed directory containin ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2026