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Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2026
Microsoft out-of-band updates fixed critical ASP.NET Core privilege escalation flaw

Microsoft fixed critical ASP.NET Core vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-40372 (CVSS score of 9.1), that lets attackers escalate privileges. Microsoft released out-of-band updates to address a serious ASP.NET Core vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-40372 (CVSS score of 9.1). Microsoft fixed the flaw in ASP.NET Core version 10.0.7. An attacker could exploit the flaw to gain SYSTEM-level privileges, access […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2026
Venezuela energy sector targeted by highly destructive Lotus wiper

Lotus Wiper hit Venezuelan energy systems, used scripts to disable defenses, then erased all data beyond recovery. Kaspersky researchers found Lotus Wiper targeting Venezuela’s energy and utilities sector amid regional tensions in 2025–2026. Attackers first used batch scripts to weaken systems, disable defenses, and prepare the environment. Then they deployed the wiper, which erased recovery […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2026
Ransomware negotiator caught secretly assisting BlackCat extortion scheme

Angelo Martino pleaded guilty to helping BlackCat ransomware group while acting as a ransomware negotiator. Another U.S. cybersecurity expert, Angelo Martino, admitted helping the BlackCat ransomware group while working as a ransomware negotiator. Angelo Martino (41) admitted helping the BlackCat ransomware group while working for a U.S. incident response firm. “A Florida man, formerly employed […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2026
North Korea’s Lazarus APT stole $290M from Kelp DAO

North Korea-linked Lazarus Group stole $290M from Kelp DAO by abusing LayerZero. A second $95M attempt was stopped. Hackers tied to the North-Korea linked group Lazarus APT carried out a $290M crypto theft targeting Kelp DAO. Kelp DAO is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol built on the Ethereum ecosystem that focuses on a concept called […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2026
The US NSA is using Anthropic’s Claude Mythos despite supply chain risk

Axios reports the National Security Agency uses Anthropic Mythos model despite Department of Defense concerns, blurring AI risk vs defense lines. The reported use of Anthropic’s Mythos model by the U.S. National Security Agency is a reminder that the line between AI as a defensive tool and AI as a security risk is getting harder […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2026
U.S. CISA adds Cisco Catalyst, Kentico Xperience, PaperCut NG/MF, Synacor ZCS, Quest KACE SMA, and JetBrains TeamCity flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco Catalyst, Kentico Xperience, PaperCut NG/MF, Synacor ZCS, Quest KACE SMA, and JetBrains TeamCity flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Cisco Catalyst, Kentico Xperience, PaperCut NG/MF, Synacor ZCS, Quest KACE SMA, and JetBrains TeamCity flaws to its Known […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2026
Bluesky hit by 24-hour DDoS attack as pro-Iran group claims responsibility

Bluesky suffered a 24-hour DDoS attack that caused outages. A pro-Iran hacker group claimed responsibility for the disruption. Bluesky experienced a sophisticated DDoS attack that disrupted its services for about 24 hours, starting on April 15. Bluesky is a decentralized, open-source microblogging social media platform similar to X (formerly Twitter). It allows users to post […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2026
Scattered Spider member Tyler Buchanan pleads guilty to major crypto theft

Tyler Buchanan, linked to Scattered Spider, pleaded guilty in the US to hacking companies and stealing millions in cryptocurrency. Tyler Buchanan, a 24-year-old from Scotland linked to the Scattered Spider group, admitted in a US court that he hacked dozens of companies, committed fraud, and stole millions in cryptocurrency. Spanish police arrested the British national […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2026
CVE-2023-33538 under attack for a year, but exploitation still unsuccessful

Hackers have targeted CVE-2023-33538 flaw in old TP-Link routers for a year, but no successful exploitation has been seen so far. Hackers have been trying for over a year to exploit a serious flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-33538 (CVSS score of 8.8), in outdated TP-Link routers, but so far without success. The vulnerability is a command […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2026
AI Model Claude Opus turns bugs into exploits for just $2,283

Claude Opus created a working Chrome exploit for $2,283, showing that widely available AI models can already find and weaponize vulnerabilities. Claude Opus managed to produce a functional Chrome exploit for just $2,283, raising concerns about how easily AI can be used to find and exploit vulnerabilities. Below is the cost of the experiment: Model […]