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BitWhisper - hacking Air-Gapped PCs through heat emissions
Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2015

Israeli Researchers have defined a new exfiltration technique dubbed BitWhisper that is based on the heat emissions and built-in thermal sensors. According researchers at the Ben Gurion University i ...

Discovering who is tracking your emails with UglyEmail
Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2015

UglyEmail Chrome extension could help Google users to discover which are the companies on the web that track their email messages. Even if the following names don’t ring you a bell, companies like ...

Instagram API could be exploited to serve malicious links
Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2015

A security researcher has discovered a reflected filename download vulnerability affecting the Instagram API that could be exploited to share malicious links. The security researcher David Sopas from ...

The Installer Hijacking vulnerability exposes 1 of 2 Android users to attack
Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2015

Experts at Palo Alto Networks discovered the Installer Hijacking vulnerability that exposes half of Android users to attack via Installation Vulnerability. The security researcher Zhi Xu from Palo ...

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Security
Atlassian fixed maximum severity flaw CVE-2025-66516 in Apache Tika

Atlassian released security updates to address dozens of flaws, including multiple critical-severity vulnerabilities. Atlassian addressed dozens of vulnerabilities impacting its products, includin ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2025
Data Breach
U.S. fintech and data services firm 700Credit suffered a data breach impacting at least 5.6 million people

A data breach at 700Credit exposed the names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of at least 5.6 million people. 700Credit is a U.S. fintech and data services company that prov ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2025
Hacking
CERT-FR recommends completely deactivate Wi-Fi whenever it’s not in use

The CERT-FR (French Computer Emergency Response Team) is advising iPhone and Android users to fully disable Wi-Fi to reduce risk. CERT-FR warns iPhone and Android users to fully disable Wi-Fi to ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2025
Malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 75

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter UDPGangster Campaigns Target Multiple Co ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2025
Breaking News
Security Affairs newsletter Round 554 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 December 14, 2025
Data Breach
Experts found an unsecured 16TB database containing 4.3B professional records

An open 16TB database exposed 4.3B professional records. It was unsecured and only closed after researchers alerted the owner. A 16TB unsecured MongoDB database exposed about 4.3 billion professio ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2025
APT
Germany calls in Russian Ambassador over air traffic control hack claims

Germany summoned Russia’s ambassador over alleged cyberattacks on air traffic control and a disinformation campaign ahead of national elections. Germany summoned Russia’s ambassador after accu ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2025
Security
U.S. CISA adds Google Chromium and Sierra Wireless AirLink ALEOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium and Sierra Wireless AirLink ALEOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2025
Hacking
Emergency fixes deployed by Google and Apple after targeted attacks

Google and Apple issued emergency updates to address zero-day flaws exploited in attacks targeting an unknown number of users. Apple and Google have both pushed out urgent security updates after u ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2025
Hacking
Notepad++ fixed updater bugs that allowed malicious update hijacking

Notepad++ addressed an updater vulnerability that allows attackers hijack update traffic due to weak file authentication. Notepad++ addressed a flaw in its updater that allowed attackers to hijack ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2025
Malware
Elastic detects stealthy NANOREMOTE malware using Google Drive as C2

Elastic found a new Windows backdoor, NANOREMOTE, similar to FINALDRAFT/REF7707, using the Google Drive API for C2. Elastic Security Labs researchers uncovered NANOREMOTE, a new Windows backdoor t ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2025
Hacking
U.S. CISA adds an OSGeo GeoServer flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2025
Hacking
Critical Gogs zero-day under attack, 700 servers hacked

Hackers exploited an unpatched Gogs zero-day, allowing remote code execution and compromising around 700 Internet-facing servers. Gogs is a self-hosted Git service, similar to GitHub, GitLab, or B ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2025
Hacking
GeminiJack zero-click flaw in Gemini Enterprise allowed corporate data exfiltration

Google fixed GeminiJack, a zero-click Gemini Enterprise flaw that could leak corporate data via crafted emails, invites, or documents, Noma Security says. Google addressed a Gemini Enterprise flaw ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2025
Hacking
Google fixed a new actively exploited Chrome zero-day

Google addressed three vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, including a high-severity bug already exploited in the wild. Google released security updates to fix three vulnerabilities in the Chro ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2025
Hacktivism
Pro-Russia Hacktivist Support: Ukrainian Faces US Charges

Ukrainian Victoria Dubranova, 33, faces US charges for aiding pro-Russia hacktivist groups CARR and NoName057(16) in global cyberattacks. A Ukrainian woman, Victoria Dubranova (33), has been charg ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2025
Security
Fortinet fixed two critical authentication-bypass vulnerabilities

Fortinet patched 18 flaws, including two authentication-bypass bugs affecting FortiOS, FortiWeb, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager with FortiCloud SSO enabled. Fortinet addressed 18 vulnerabiliti ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2025
APT
New EtherRAT backdoor surfaces in React2Shell attacks tied to North Korea

NK-linked hackers are likely exploiting the React2Shell flaw to deploy a newly discovered remote access trojan, dubbed EtherRAT. North Korea–linked threat actors are likely exploiting the new cr ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2025
Security
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Windows and WinRAR flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft Windows and WinRAR flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secur ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2025
Breaking News
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2025 fixed an actively exploited zero-day

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2025 address 57 vulnerabilities, including three critical flaws. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2025 addressed 57 vulne ...

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2025