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Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2025
CLOP targets Gladinet CentreStack servers in large-scale extortion campaign

The Clop ransomware group is targeting Gladinet CentreStack file servers in a new large-scale extortion campaign. The Clop ransomware group is targeting Gladinet CentreStack file servers in a new large-scale extortion campaign aimed at stealing sensitive data from organizations worldwide. Gladinet CentreStack is a software platform that allows organizations to turn their existing file servers, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2025
Askul data breach exposed over 700,000 records after ransomware attack

Askul disclosed that an October RansomHouse ransomware attack compromised over 700,000 records at the Japanese e-commerce and logistics firm. Askul is a Japanese e-commerce and logistics company best known for supplying office products, stationery, IT equipment, and everyday business consumables to companies and consumers. It operates large-scale fulfillment and delivery services across Japan and is […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2025
Pornhub targeted in extortion attempt following Mixpanel breach exposing user activity

Hackers tied to ShinyHunters extort PornHub after stealing search and viewing history of Premium users in a Mixpanel data breach. PornHub faces extortion after hackers linked to ShinyHunters allegedly stole search and viewing history of Premium users via a Mixpanel data breach. Mixpanel is a product analytics platform that companies use to understand how people interact […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2025
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 provides credit reports, “soft pull” prequalification, identity verification, fraud detection, and compliance tools to auto, RV, powersports, and marine dealerships across the country.​ […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2025
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 SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Experts found an unsecured 16TB database containing 4.3B professional records Germany calls in Russian Ambassador over […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2025
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 professional records, mainly LinkedIn-style data, enabling large-scale AI-driven social-engineering attacks. The researcher Bob Diachenko and nexos.ai discovered the unsecured DB on November 23, 2025, and it was […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2025
FinCEN data shows $4.5B in ransomware payments, record spike in 2023

Ransomware payments reported to FinCEN exceeded $4.5B by 2024, with 2023 marking a record year at $1.1B across 1,512 incidents. FinCEN analyzed ransomware trends using Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reports filed from January 2022 to February 2025. During this period, organizations reported 4,194 ransomware incidents and more than $2.1 billion in payments. For comparison, from […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2025
Oracle EBS zero-day used by Clop to breach Barts Health NHS

Clop ransomware stole data from Barts Health NHS after exploiting a zero-day in its Oracle E-Business Suite. Barts Health NHS confirmed that Clop ransomware group stole data by exploiting zero-day CVE-2025-61882 in its Oracle E-Business Suite. The cybercrime group added the organization to its dark web data leak site and leaked the stolen information. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 74

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Analysis of ShadowPad Attack Exploiting WSUS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-59287)   Shai-Hulud 2.0 Supply Chain Attack: 25K+ npm Repos Exposed Spyware Allows Cyber Threat Actors to Target Users of Messaging Applications  Morphisec Thwarts Russian-Linked […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2025
Security Affairs newsletter Round 553 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 SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Attackers launch dual campaign on GlobalProtect portals and SonicWall APIs Maximum-severity XXE vulnerability discovered in Apache […]