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Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2025
Hackers exploit Fortra GoAnywhere flaw before public alert

watchTowr Labs says hackers exploited the Fortra GoAnywhere MFT flaw CVE-2025-10035 on Sept 10, 2025, a week before public disclosure. Cybersecurity firm watchTowr Labs revealed that it has ‘credible evidence’ that the critical Fortra GoAnywhere MFT flaw CVE-2025-10035 was actively exploited in attacks in the wild as early as September 10, 2025, a week before […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2025
UK NCSC warns that attackers exploited Cisco firewall zero-days to deploy RayInitiator and LINE VIPER malware

UK NCSC warns that threat actors exploited Cisco firewall zero-days to deploy new malware strains RayInitiator and LINE VIPER. The U.K. NCSC reported that threat actors exploited recently disclosed Cisco firewall flaws (CVE-2025-20362, CVE-2025-20333) in zero-day attacks to deploy novel malware families, RayInitiator and LINE VIPER. These malware mark a major evolution from earlier campaigns, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2025
Google warns of Brickstorm backdoor targeting U.S. legal and tech sectors

China-linked actors used Brickstorm malware to spy on U.S. tech and legal firms, stealing data undetected for over a year, Google warns. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) observed the use of the Go-based backdoor BRICKSTORM to maintain persistence in U.S. organizations since March 2025. Targets include legal, Software as a Service (SaaS) providers, Business Process Outsourcers […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2025
Operation HAECHI VI seized $439M from global cybercrime rings

Interpol announced that Operation HAECHI VI seized $439M from global cybercrime rings, with 40 countries joining the five-month crackdown. Interpol announced that an international law enforcement operation, codenamed Operation HAECHI VI, resulted in the seizure of $439M in cash and crypto from cybercrime rings between April and August 2025. Authorities from 40 countries joint to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2025
Volvo North America disclosed a data breach following a ransomware attack on IT provider Miljödata

Volvo North America disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal data of its employees after a ransomware attack hit third-party supplier Miljödata. Volvo NA disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal data of its employees after a ransomware attack hit the third-party supplier Miljödata. The ransomware attack occurred in August and impacted at […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2025
Cisco fixed actively exploited zero-day in Cisco IOS and IOS XE software

Cisco addressed a high-severity zero-day in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software that is being actively exploited in attacks in the wild. Cisco fixed an actively exploited zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-20352, impacting Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software. The high-severity vulnerability resides in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software and […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2025
Nation-State hackers exploit Libraesva Email Gateway flaw

State-sponsored hackers exploited a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-59689, in Libraesva Email Gateway via malicious attachments. Nation-state actors exploited a command injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-59689, in Libraesva Email Security Gateway. Libraesva Email Security Gateway is an advanced secure email gateway (SEG) solution developed by the Italian cybersecurity company Libraesva. It’s designed to protect organizations against […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2025
SolarWinds fixed a critical RCE flaw in its Web Help Desk software

SolarWinds fixed a critical flaw in its Web Help Desk software that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable systems. SolarWinds has released hot fixes to address a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-26399 (CVSS score: 9.8), affecting its Web Help Desk software. An attacker could exploit the flaw to execute arbitrary commands on susceptible […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2025
How threat actors breached a U.S. federal civilian agency by exploiting a GeoServer flaw

US CISA revealed that threat actors exploited an unpatched vulnerability in GeoServer to breach a U.S. federal civilian agency’s network. Threat actors breached a U.S. federal agency via unpatched GeoServer flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-36401 (CVSS score of 9.8), which is a critical remote code execution (RCE) issue. In mid-July 2024, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2025
Cloudflare mitigates largest-ever DDoS attack at 22.2 Tbps

Cloudflare blocked a new record-breaking DDoS attack peaking at 22.2 Tbps and 10.6 billion packets per second. Cloudflare announced it has mitigated a new record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at a record-breaking 22.2 terabits per second (Tbps) and 10.6 billion packets per second (Bpps). Cloudflare has not shared other technical details about the […]