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Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2025
Evasive Panda cyberespionage campaign uses DNS poisoning to install MgBot backdoor

China-linked APT Evasive Panda used DNS poisoning to deliver the MgBot backdoor in targeted cyber-espionage attacks in Türkiye, China, and India. Kaspersky researchers spotted the China-linked APT group Evasive Panda (aka Daggerfly, Bronze Highland, and StormBamboo) running a targeted cyber-espionage campaign using DNS poisoning to deliver the MgBot backdoor against victims in Türkiye, China, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 77

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Choose Your Fighter: A New Stage in the Evolution of Android SMS Stealers in Uzbekistan From Linear to Complex: An Upgrade in RansomHouse Encryption   Prince of Persia: A Decade of Iranian Nation-State APT Campaign […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2025
Security Affairs newsletter Round 556 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. LangChain core vulnerability allows prompt injection and data exposure NPM package with 56,000 downloads compromises WhatsApp […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2025
NPM package with 56,000 downloads compromises WhatsApp accounts

An NPM package with over 56,000 downloads stole WhatsApp credentials, hid its activity, and installed a backdoor. Koi Security researchers warned that the NPM package ‘Lotusbail’, a WhatsApp Web API library and fork of ‘Baileys’, has been stealing users’ credentials and data. The package has been available for six months and has had over 56,000 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2025
Trust Wallet warns users to update Chrome extension after $7M security loss

Trust Wallet urged users to update its Chrome extension after a security incident caused about $7 million in losses. Trust Wallet warned users to update its Google Chrome extension after a security incident that resulted in about $7 million in losses. The flaw affects version 2.68 of the multi-chain, non-custodial wallet, which has around one […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2025
Pro-Russian group Noname057 claims cyberattack on La Poste services

Pro-Russian hacking group Noname057 claimed responsibility for the cyberattack that recently disrupted La Poste’s digital banking and online services. This week, the French national postal service La Poste confirmed a major cyber incident had knocked its information systems offline, disrupting digital banking and online services for millions of customers. On social media, La Poste said […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2025
Aflac confirms June data breach affecting over 22 million customers

A June data breach exposed the personal information of more than 22 million Aflac customers, the company confirmed. A data breach in June exposed the information of more than 22 million Aflac customers, according to a new statement from the insurance giant.  The company detected suspicious activity on a limited number of systems in June […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 2025
Five-year-old Fortinet FortiOS SSL VPN vulnerability actively exploited

Fortinet reported active exploitation of a five-year-old FortiOS SSL VPN flaw, abused in the wild under specific configurations. Fortinet researchers observed “recent abuse” of a five-year-old security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-12812 (CVSS score: 5.2), in FortiOS SSL VPN. The vulnerability is exploited in attacks in the wild under certain configurations. CVE-2020-12812 is an improper authentication flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 2025
High-severity MongoDB flaw CVE-2025-14847 could lead to server takeover

MongoDB addressed a high-severity vulnerability that can be exploited to achieve remote code execution on vulnerable servers. MongoDB addressed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-14847 (CVSS score 8.7), an unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit the issue to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable servers. “An client-side exploit of the Server’s zlib implementation can return uninitialized heap […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 24, 2025
FBI seized ‘web3adspanels.org’ hosting stolen logins

The U.S. seized the ‘web3adspanels.org’ domain and database used by cybercriminals to store stolen bank login credentials. The FBI seized the domain web3adspanels[.]org and its database after cybercriminals used it to store bank login credentials stolen from U.S. victims. A criminal group ran fake ads on Google and Bing that mimicked real bank advertisements. Victims […]