Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2025
SonicWall flags SSLVPN flaw allowing firewall crashes

SonicWall warns of a high-severity buffer overflow flaw in SonicOS SSLVPN (CVE-2025-40601) that lets attackers crash Gen7 and Gen8 firewalls. A new high-severity SonicOS SSLVPN flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-40601 (CVSS score of 7.5), allows attackers to crash SonicWall Gen7 and Gen8 firewalls. SonicWall is urging all customers to apply patches immediately, as the issue stems […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2025
BadAudio malware: how APT24 scaled its cyberespionage through supply chain attacks

APT24 used supply chain attacks and varied techniques to deploy the BadAudio malware in a long-running cyberespionage campaign. China-linked group APT24 used supply-chain attacks and multiple techniques over three years to deploy the BadAudio downloader and additional malware payloads, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) warns. According to the researchers, the group shifted from broad web […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2025
U.S. CISA adds an Oracle Fusion Middleware flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds an Oracle Fusion Middleware flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a an Oracle Fusion Middleware flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-61757  (CVSS score of 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability is a missing authentication for a critical function that […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2025
CrowdStrike denies breach after insider sent internal screenshots to hackers

CrowdStrike says an insider shared internal screenshots with hackers but confirms no system breach and no customer data exposure. BleepingComputer first reported that CrowdStrike said an insider shared internal system screenshots with hackers, after Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters leaked them on Telegram. The company stresses that no systems were breached and no customer data was exposed. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2025
SolarWinds addressed three critical flaws in Serv-U

SolarWinds patched three critical vulnerabilities in its Serv-U file transfer solution that could allow remote code execution. SolarWinds addressed three critical vulnerabilities in its Serv-U file transfer solution that could allow remote code execution. The first vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-40549 (CVSS score 9.1), is a path restriction bypass issue that impacts Serv-U. An attacker with […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2025
Massive data leak hits Italian railway operator Ferrovie dello Stato via Almaviva hack

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) data leaked after a breach at IT provider Almaviva. A hacker claims the theft of 2.3 TB of sensitive data. Data belonging to Italy’s national railway operator Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) was leaked after a data breach at IT provider Almaviva. FS Italiane Group is Italy’s state-owned railway company, managing passenger […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2025
Salesforce alerts users to potential data exposure via Gainsight OAuth apps

Salesforce warns that unusual activity in Gainsight-linked OAuth apps may have enabled unauthorized access to some customers’ Salesforce data. Salesforce warned of unusual activity involving Gainsight-linked OAuth apps, noting that threat actors may have used these integrations to gain unauthorized access to some customers’ Salesforce data. “Salesforce has identified unusual activity involving Gainsight-published applications connected […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2025
Researchers devised a new enumeration technique that exposed 3.5B WhatsApp profiles

Researchers disclosed a WhatsApp flaw that exposed 3.5B accounts. Meta has patched it to prevent this mass enumeration. A team of researchers at the University of Vienna found a WhatsApp flaw that could scrape 3.5 billion accounts. Meta has since patched the vulnerability to block this enumeration technique. Users discover contacts by querying WhatsApp servers […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2025
Sturnus: New Android banking trojan targets WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal

The Android trojan Sturnus targets communications from secure messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal. Sturnus is a new Android banking trojan with full device-takeover abilities. It bypasses encrypted messaging by capturing on-screen content and can steal banking credentials, remotely control the device, and hide fraudulent actions from the user. ThreatFabric analysis shows Sturnus malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2025
Coordinated sanctions hit Russian bulletproof hosting providers enabling top ransomware Ops

US, Australia and UK sanctioned 2 Russian bulletproof hosting providers accused of aiding groups like LockBit, BlackSuit and Play. US, Australia and UK sanctioned two Russian bulletproof hosting providers accused of aiding groups like LockBit, BlackSuit and Play. Coordinated sanctions hit Russia-based provider Media Land, its leaders, and sister firms for supplying bulletproof hosting that […]