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Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2025
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 reduce exposure, citing multiple vulnerabilities across wireless interfaces, apps, OSs, and even hardware. The agency reiterates basic hygiene: install apps only from official stores, review […]

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 13, 2025
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 accusing Moscow of cyber attacks against its air traffic control authority and running a disinformation campaign ahead of February’s election. The German government announced it has clear evidence linking an August […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2025
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 Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added [1, 2] Microsoft Windows and WinRAR flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2025-14174 is an […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2025
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 update traffic due to improper authentication of update files in earlier versions. The popular security researcher Kevin Beaumont first reported that several Notepad++ users faced security incidents. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2025
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 (CISA) added an OSGeo GeoServer flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-58360 (CVSS Score of 8.2), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. GeoServer is an open-source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2025
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 Bitbucket, but designed to be lightweight and easy to deploy. It allows individuals or organizations to host their own Git repositories on their servers, offering features like version […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2025
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 dubbed GeminiJack, which can be exploited in zero-click attacks triggered via crafted emails, invites, or documents. The vulnerability could have exposed sensitive corporate data, according to Noma […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2025
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 Chrome browser, including a high-severity flaw that threat actors are already exploiting in real-world attacks. “Google is aware that an exploit for 466192044 exists in the wild,” reads […]