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LivingSocial data breach exposed 50M customer records
Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2013

LivingSocial data breach exposed 50 million customer records, the news is shocking and is circulating on the Internet since last Friday. On The internet is circulating the news of the LivingSocial ...

FireEye report on advanced cyber attacks landscape
Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2013

FireEye report on the evolution of sophisticated cyber threats and their diffusion on global scale FireEye security firm has published another interesting report, titled "FireEye report -The Advan ...

Yahoo! Blind SQL Injection could lead to data leakage
Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2013

Yahoo! Blind SQL Injection could allow attackers can inject own SQL commands A Yahoo! Blind SQL Injection has been discovered by an Egyptian information security advisor ... What could be the pr ...

Public offer of Zeus FaaS service on social network
Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2013

Public offer of Zeus FaaS service on Facebook My readers know very well the dynamic of cybercrime enterprise and in particular of the growing interest in monetization malicious codes such as malwar ...

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APT
Russian hackers, likely linked to Sandworm, exploit legitimate tools against Ukrainian targets

Russian actors, likely linked to Sandworm, targeted Ukrainian firms using LotL tactics and dual-use tools to steal data and stay hidden, says Symantec and Carbon Black. Russian threat actors, like ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2025
Security
U.S. CISA adds Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure S ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2025
Malware
Herodotus Android malware mimics human typing to evade detection

Threat Fabric researchers spotted Herodotus Android malware mimicking human typing with random delays to evade detection. Threat Fabric found a new Android malware, named Herodotus, which mimics ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2025
Malware
Aisuru botnet is behind record 20Tb/sec DDoS attacks

A new Mirai-based IoT botnet, dubbed Aisuru, was used to launch multiple high-impact DDoS attacks exceeding 20Tb/sec and/or 4gpps. In October 2025, the Aisuru Mirai-based IoT botnet launched massi ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2025
Cyber Crime
Everest group claimed the hack of Sweden’s power grid operator Svenska kraftnät

Hackers hit Sweden’s power grid operator Svenska kraftnät, stealing data via a file transfer tool. The power grid was not affected. Hackers breached Sweden’s state-owned power grid operator S ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2025
Security
Critical ASP.NET flaw hits QNAP NetBak PC Agent

QNAP warns of critical ASP.NET flaw (CVE-2025-55315) in NetBak PC Agent, letting attackers hijack credentials or bypass security via HTTP smuggling. QNAP urges users to patch a critical ASP.NET Co ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2025
Cyber Crime
Ransomware payments hit record low: only 23% Pay in Q3 2025

Only 23% of ransomware victims paid in Q3 2025, the lowest ever, continuing a six-year decline in payment rates, Coveware reports. Cybersecurity firm Coveware reports that only 23% of ransomware v ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2025
Security
X warns users to re-enroll passkeys and YubiKeys for 2FA by Nov 10

X urges users with passkeys or YubiKeys to re-enroll 2FA by Nov 10, 2025, or risk account lockout. Re-enroll, switch 2FA, or disable it. Social media platform X is urging users who use passkeys or ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2025
APT
Memento Labs, the ghost of Hacking Team, has returned — or maybe it was never gone at all.

Kaspersky links the first Chrome zero-day of 2025 to tools used in attacks attributed to Memento Labs, formerly known as the Hacking Team. The actor behind Operation ForumTroll used the same tools ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2025
Hacking
Crafted URLs can trick OpenAI Atlas into running dangerous commands

Attackers can trick OpenAI Atlas browser via prompt injection, treating malicious instructions disguised as URLs in the omnibox as trusted commands. Attackers can exploit the OpenAI Atlas browser ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2025
Malware
Linux variant of Qilin Ransomware targets Windows via remote management tools and BYOVD

Qilin ransomware group used Linux binaries on Windows to evade EDRs, steal backups, and disable defenses via BYOVD attacks. Trend Research found that the Qilin ransomware group (aka Agenda) used a ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2025
Uncategorized
Wordfence blocks 8.7M attacks exploiting old GutenKit and Hunk Companion flaws

Hackers exploited old RCE flaws in WordPress GutenKit and Hunk Companion plugins. Wordfence firm blocked 8.7M attacks in two days. In September and October 2024, submissions revealed Arbitrary Plu ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2025
Malware
Safepay ransomware group claims the hack of professional video surveillance provider Xortec

Safepay group claims the hack of professional video surveillance provider Xortec and added the company to its data leak site. The Safepay group claimed responsibility for hacking German video surv ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2025
Security
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 68

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter TikTok videos continue to push infosteal ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2025
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 547 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 October 26, 2025
Security
Russian Rosselkhoznadzor hit by DDoS attack, food shipments across Russia delayed

A DDoS attack on Russia’s food safety agency Rosselkhoznadzor disrupted food shipments by crippling its VetIS and Saturn tracking systems. A DDoS cyberattack on Russia’s food safety agency, Ro ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2025
Security
CVE-2025-59287: Microsoft fixes critical WSUS flaw under active attack

Microsoft released urgent updates to address the critical WSUS RCE vulnerability CVE-2025-59287, which is under active attack.. Microsoft released an out-of-band fix for CVE-2025-59287, a critical ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2025
Security
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft WSUS, and Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft WSUS, and Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cyberse ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2025
Hacking
Summoning Team won Master of Pwn as Pwn2Own Ireland Rewards $1,024,750

The Pwn2Own Ireland hacking contest awarded a total $1,024,750 for 73 zero-days, the Summoning Team won Master of Pwn. Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 wrapped up with $1,024,750 awarded for 73 unique zero-da ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2025
Security
China-linked hackers exploit patched ToolShell flaw to breach Middle East telecom

China-based threat actors exploited ToolShell SharePoint flaw CVE-2025-53770 soon after its July patch. China-linked threat actors exploited the ToolShell SharePoint flaw vulnerability, tracked a ...

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2025