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PHP Applications and WordPress exposed to the Ghost flaw
Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2015

PHP applications and WordPress CMS might be affected by the GHOST vulnerability that could be exploit to compromise the hosting servers. The critical GHOST vulnerability (CVE-2015-0235) in the GN ...

A singular Facebook Trojan has already infected nearly 110,000 Facebook users
Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2015

Security researcher is investigating in a new strain of Facebook Trojan that in just two days has already infected 1110,000 Facebook users. Social networks represent a privileged attack vector for m ...

Reddit published its transparency report 2014
Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2015

The Reddit social news website issued its first transparency report shows it complied with only 32 user info requests in 2014. Reddit, the popular social news website has released its first Reddit tr ...

Mozilla continues the phasing out of 1024-bit SSL CA certificates
Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2015

Mozilla products including the Firefox browser will stop trusting SSL certificates that were issued using old root CA certificates with 1024-bit RSA keys. Mozilla products including the popular Firef ...

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Hacking
SolarWinds patches four critical Serv-U flaws enabling root access

SolarWinds addressed four critical Serv-U vulnerabilities that could let attackers gain root access to unpatched servers. SolarWinds released updates fixing four critical Serv-U vulnerabilities th ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2026
Security
VMware Aria Operations flaws could enable remote attacks

Broadcom patched multiple VMware Aria Operations flaws, including high-severity issues that could enable remote code execution. Broadcom has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabi ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2026
Malware
Arkanix Stealer: AI-assisted info-stealer shuts down after brief campaign

Arkanix Stealer surfaced in late 2025 as a short-lived info-stealer, likely built as an AI-assisted experiment and quickly abandoned. Arkanix Stealer emerged in late 2025 as a short-lived informat ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2026
APT
Operation MacroMaze: APT28 exploits webhooks for covert data exfiltration

Russia-linked APT28 targeted European entities with a webhook-based macro malware campaign called Operation MacroMaze. Russia-linked APT28 (aka UAC-0001, aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Grou ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2026
Data Breach
Everest ransomware hits Vikor Scientific 's supplier, data of 140,000 patients stolen

Everest ransomware claims an attack on diagnostic firm Vikor Scientific (Vanta Diagnostics), exposing data of nearly 140,000 people. The Everest ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a c ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2026
Malware
Wormable XMRig campaign leverages BYOVD and timed kill switch for stealth

A wormable cryptojacking campaign spreads via pirated software, using BYOVD and a time-based logic bomb to deploy a custom XMRig miner. Researchers uncovered a wormable cryptojacking campaign that ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2026
Cyber Crime
Romanian hacker pleads guilty to selling access to Oregon state networks

A Romanian man pleaded guilty to selling admin access to Oregon’s state network for $3,000 in Bitcoin and repeatedly accessing it to prove control. Catalin Dragomir (45) from Romania, pleaded gu ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2026
Hacking
CVE-2026-1731 fuels ongoing attacks on BeyondTrust remote access products

Attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-1731 in BeyondTrust RS and PRA to deploy VShell, gain persistence, move laterally, and control compromised systems. Threat actors are actively exploiting a recent ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2026
Hacking
AI-powered campaign compromises 600 FortiGate systems worldwide

A Russian-speaking cybercriminal used commercial generative AI tools to hack over 600 FortiGate devices across 55 countries. Amazon Threat Intelligence reports that a Russian-speaking, financially ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic unveils Claude Code Security to detect and fix code bugs

Anthropic launches Claude Code Security, an AI tool that scans code for vulnerabilities and suggests how to address them. Anthropic has introduced Claude Code Security, a new AI-powered service de ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2026
Cyber Crime
Luxury hotel stays for just €0.01. Spanish police arrest hacker

Spanish police arrested a 20-year-old hacker accused of booking luxury hotel rooms worth up to €1,000 a night for just one cent before being caught. Spanish police arrested a 20-year-old man in ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2026
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 85

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Ninja Browser & Lumma Infostealer � ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2026
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 564 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 February 22, 2026
Security
U.S. CISA adds RoundCube Webmail flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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

Pierluigi Paganini February 21, 2026
Data Breach
PayPal discloses extended data leak linked to Loan App glitch

PayPal disclosed a six-month data breach that exposed sensitive user data, including Social Security numbers, due to a software error. PayPal has disclosed a data breach caused by a software bug i ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2026
Cyber Crime
North Korean IT worker scam nets Ukrainian five-year sentence in the U.S.

A Ukrainian man was sentenced to five years in the U.S. for helping North Korean IT workers use stolen identities to get hired by U.S. firms. Oleksandr “Alexander” Didenko, a 29-year-old Ukrai ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2026
Cyber Crime
FBI warns of surge in ATM Jackpotting, $20 Million lost in 2025

The FBI warns ATM jackpotting is rising nationwide, with over $20 million lost in 2025 and 1,900 incidents reported since 2020. The FBI has warned of a sharp rise in ATM jackpotting attacks across ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2026
Cyber Crime
Red Card 2.0: INTERPOL busts scam networks across Africa, seizes millions

INTERPOL’s Operation Red Card 2.0 led to 651 arrests across 16 African countries and recovered over $4.3 million from online scams. INTERPOL’s Operation Red Card 2.0, a joint effort involving ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
PromptSpy abuses Gemini AI to gain persistent access on Android

PromptSpy is the first Android malware to abuse Google’s Gemini AI, enabling persistence and advanced spying features. Security researchers at ESET have uncovered PromptSpy, the first known Andr ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2026
Breaking News
Germany’s national rail operator Deutsche Bahn hit by a DDoS attack

Germany’s national rail operator, Deutsche Bahn, suffered a major DDoS attack that disrupted booking and information systems for several hours. Germany’s rail operator Deutsche Bahn was hit by ...

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2026