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Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2025
FBI warns of Salesforce attacks by UNC6040 and UNC6395 groups

The U.S. FBI issued a flash alert to warn of malicious activities carried out by two cybercriminal groups tracked as UNC6040 and UNC6395. The FBI issued a FLASH alert with IOCs for cybercriminal groups UNC6040 and UNC6395, which are increasingly targeting Salesforce platforms for data theft and extortion. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2025
HybridPetya ransomware bypasses UEFI Secure Boot echoing Petya/NotPetya

HybridPetya ransomware bypasses UEFI Secure Boot to infect EFI partitions, echoing the infamous Petya/NotPetya attacks of 2016–2017. ESET researchers discovered a new ransomware called HybridPetya on the platform VirusTotal. The malware echoes the infamous Petya/NotPetya malware, supporting additional capabilities, such as compromising UEFI-based systems and exploiting CVE‑2024‑7344 to bypass UEFI Secure Boot on outdated systems. “Interestingly, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2025
Cisco fixes high-severity IOS XR flaws enabling image bypass and DoS

Cisco addressed multiple high-severity IOS XR vulnerabilities that can allow ISO image verification bypass and trigger DoS conditions. Cisco addressed multiple vulnerabilities in IOS XR software as part of its semiannual Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication published on September 10, 2025. Below are the vulnerabilities addressed by the network giant: The following table identifies Cisco […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2025
UK train operator LNER (London North Eastern Railway) discloses a data breach

LNER warns of a data breach via a third-party supplier, exposing customer contact details and other personal information. UK train operator LNER (London North Eastern Railway) reported a data breach through a third-party supplier, compromising customer contact details and other personal information. LNER (London North Eastern Railway) is a British train operator running passenger services […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2025
Apple issues spyware warnings as CERT-FR confirms attacks

Apple warned users of a spyware campaign; France’s cyber agency confirmed targeted iCloud-linked devices may be compromised. Apple warned customers last week about new spyware attacks, the French national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR) said. The agency confirmed at least four such alerts since early 2025. Apple sent spyware alerts on March 5, April 29, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-5086 (CVSS score of 9.0), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso is a Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) software platform […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2025
Google fixes critical Chrome flaw, researcher earns $43K

Google addressed a critical use-after-free vulnerability in its Chrome browser that could potentially lead to code execution. A researcher earned $43000 from Google for reporting a critical Chrome vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-10200, in the Serviceworker component. A use-after-free (UAF) occurs when a program accesses memory after it has been freed. This can cause crashes, data […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2025
Kosovo man pleads guilty to running online criminal marketplace BlackDB

Kosovo man Liridon Masurica pleaded guilty to running the cybercrime marketplace BlackDB. He was arrested in 2024. Kosovo citizen Liridon Masurica (33) of Gjilan, aka @blackdb, pleaded guilty to running the BlackDB cybercrime market. Kosovo police arrested Masurica on December 12, 2024 and he was extradited to the US. The online criminal marketplace BlackDB.cc has […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2025
Attackers abuse ConnectWise ScreenConnect to drop AsyncRAT

Hackers exploit ConnectWise ScreenConnect to drop AsyncRAT via scripted loaders, stealing data and persisting with a fake Skype updater. LevelBlue researchers warn of a campaign abusing ConnectWise ScreenConnect to deploy AsyncRAT. Attackers use VBScript/PowerShell loaders and achieve persistence via a fake Skype updater. ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a remote desktop and remote support software designed to enable […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2025
Critical flaw SessionReaper in Commerce and Magento platforms lets attackers hijack customer accounts

Adobe fixed a critical flaw in its Commerce and Magento Open Source platforms that allows an attacker to take over customer accounts. Adobe addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-54236 (aka SessionReaper, CVSS score of 9.1) in its Commerce and Magento Open Source platforms. The vulnerability is an improper input validation flaw. “The bug, dubbed […]