Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2025
Kai West, aka IntelBroker, indicted for cyberattacks causing $25M in damages

British national Kai West, aka IntelBroker, was charged in U.S. for a global hacking scheme that stole and sold data, causing millions in damages. Kai West (25), a British national, has been charged in the U.S. for operating as ‘IntelBroker,’ running a global hacking scheme that stole and sold data, causing millions in damages. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2025
Cisco fixed critical ISE flaws allowing Root-level remote code execution

Cisco released patches to address two critical vulnerabilities in ISE and ISE-PIC that could let remote attackers execute to code as root. Cisco addressed two critical vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-20281 and CVE-2025-20282, in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) that could allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with root […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2025
U.S. CISA adds AMI MegaRAC SPx, D-Link DIR-859 routers, and Fortinet FortiOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds AMI MegaRAC SPx, D-Link DIR-859 routers, and Fortinet FortiOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added AMI MegaRAC SPx, D-Link DIR-859 routers, and Fortinet FortiOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the descriptions for these […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2025
CitrixBleed 2: The nightmare that echoes the ‘CitrixBleed’ flaw in Citrix NetScaler devices

New Citrix flaw ‘CitrixBleed 2’ lets attackers steal session cookies without logging in, echoing a previously exploited vulnerability. A new flaw in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway, dubbed ‘CitrixBleed 2‘ (CVE-2025-5777, CVSS v4.0 Base Score of 9.3), can allow unauthenticated attackers to steal session cookies, similar to a past critical exploit. The vulnerability is an […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2025
Mainline Health Systems data breach impacted over 100,000 individuals

Mainline Health Systems disclosed a data breach that impacted over 100,000 individuals. Mainline Health Systems is a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center founded in 1978 in Portland, Arkansas, serving Southeast Arkansas . With over 30 locations across multiple counties—including in-school clinics and community centers—it provides comprehensive primary medical, dental, and behavioral health services. The healthcare […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2025
Disrupting the operations of cryptocurrency mining botnets

Cybersecurity researchers devised two attack techniques to disrupt the operations of cryptocurrency mining botnets. Akamai Researchers uncovered two novel techniques to disrupt cryptocurrency mining botnets by exploiting flaws in common mining topologies. Current methods to stop cryptocurrecy mining botnets are pool bans or infrastructure takedowns, however, both are slow and complex. Researchers developed two faster techniques exploiting […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2025
Prometei botnet activity has surged since March 2025

Prometei botnet activity has surged since March 2025, with a new malware variant spreading rapidly, Palo Alto Networks reports. Palo Alto Networks warns of a spike in Prometei botnet activity since March 2025, the researchers observed a new variant spreading rapidly. Since March 2025, Prometei botnet is targeting Linux systems for Monero mining and credential […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2025
The U.S. House banned WhatsApp on government devices due to security concerns

The U.S. House banned WhatsApp on official devices over security concerns, citing risks flagged by the Chief Administrative Officer. The U.S. House has banned WhatsApp on government devices due to data security concerns. Similar restrictions apply to AI tools like ChatGPT, ByteDance apps, and Microsoft Copilot. “nuto has deemed WhatsApp a high-risk to users due […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2025
Russia-linked APT28 use Signal chats to target Ukraine official with malware

Russia-linked group APT28 uses Signal chats as an attack vector to phish Ukrainian officials with new malware strains. Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 is targeting Ukrainian government officials using Signal chats to deliver two new types of malware, tracked as BeardShell and SlimAgent. While Signal itself remains secure, attackers are exploiting its growing popularity in official […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2025
China-linked APT Salt Typhoon targets Canadian Telecom companies

Canada and FBI warn of China-linked APT Salt Typhoon targeting Canadian telecom firms in ongoing cyber espionage operations. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and the FBI warn that China-linked APT cyber espionage group Salt Typhoon, is targeting Canadian telecom firms in espionage attacks. The Salt Typhoon hacking campaign, active for 1–2 years, has targeted […]