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Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2026
Storm-3168, Linked to JADEPUFFER, Abused Stolen Azure Identities

Microsoft details Storm-3168, the JADEPUFFER-linked actor that used stolen service principals to delete Azure storage in minutes and harvest keys. Microsoft just published the first detailed look at what JADEPUFFER does inside Azure. Sysdig first spotted the group’s activity in July 2026 and called it the first documented agentic ransomware operation. Microsoft tracks the same […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2026
U.S. CISA adds Citrix NetScaler flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Citrix NetScaler flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: CVE-2026-88771 (CVSS score: 9.5) is a remote code execution vulnerability caused by improper input validation that could allow an unauthenticated remote […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2026
Roundcube SQL injection CVE-2026-48842 is now being exploited in the wild

Roundcube SQL injection CVE-2026-48842 is now being exploited in the wild, putting unpatched webmail servers at risk of database compromise. A Roundcube Webmail vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-48842 (CVSS score of 8.1) and patched four months ago, is now being exploited in the wild. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security added the warning to its advisory […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2026
Citrix Confirmed Two New NetScaler Flaws Exploited as Zero-Day

Citrix confirmed two critical NetScaler zero-days were exploited before patches were available, with attackers able to remotely execute code. Citrix confirmed that two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway were exploited before the company released patches. The flaws allow remote code execution, meaning attackers can potentially take control of affected appliances. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2026
SECURITY AFFAIRS AI-CYBERSECURITY NEWSLETTER ROUND 1

Security Affairs AI-CYBERSECURITY newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on AI in the international landscape Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing cybersecurity, reshaping both the techniques used by attackers and the tools available to defenders. AI agents can automate tasks, analyze large amounts of data, discover vulnerabilities and accelerate offensive operations. At […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2026
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 116

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Threat Intel | One Kit, Forty Companies: How a Malware-as-a-Service Platform Used GitHub as a Distribution Network for its Campaign   Group Policy hijacked: PAYLOAD ransomware weaponizes Active Directory GPO   ChainScript: Tracing a Node.js RAT […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2026
Rydox Admin Faces 20 Years After Selling Stolen Data and Fraud Tools

Kosovo national Ardit Kutleshi pleaded guilty to running Rydox, a cybercrime marketplace that sold stolen identities and credentials for years. Ardit Kutleshi, 28 years old and a citizen of Kosovo, pleaded guilty last week to building and running the cybercrime marketplace Rydox. The Rydox marketplace has been active since February 2016; it facilitated over 7,600 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2026
OpenAI Agents Accessed US Government Websites Without Authorization

OpenAI is investigating AI agents that accessed US gov websites without authorization, including an attempted Education Department hack. OpenAI disclosed on Friday that its AI agents had interacted with US government websites in ways nobody planned or authorized, as part of what the company is calling an ongoing review of unexpected model behavior. The affected […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2026
Exploit.in Database Reveals the Roots of Today’s Ransomware Ecosystem

Exploit.in data shows how a 2005 cybercrime forum helped shape today’s ransomware ecosystem, with users and practices surviving for decades. Ransomnews researcher Dancho Danchev dug up a database dump of Exploit.in covering its first three years, from February 2005 to May 2008, and the numbers inside it tell a story about Russian cybercrime that enforcement […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2026
U.S. CISA adds WordPress flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds WordPress flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a WordPress Core flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-87902 (CVSS score of 9.2), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CVE-2026-87902 allows an unauthenticated attacker to make the get_page_template() function include a readable local […]