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Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2026
CISA pushes Federal agencies to retire end-of-support edge devices

CISA ordered U.S. federal agencies to improve management of edge network devices and replace unsupported ones within 12–18 months. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) instructed U.S. federal civilian agencies to strengthen how they manage edge network devices throughout their lifecycle. According to Binding Operational Directive 26-02, Mitigating Risk From End-of-Support Edge Devices, agencies must […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2026
Record-breaking 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack hits in November 2025, stopped by Cloudflare

AISURU/Kimwolf botnet hit a record 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack lasting 35 seconds in Nov 2025, which Cloudflare automatically detected and blocked. The AISURU/Kimwolf botnet was linked to a record-breaking DDoS attack that peaked at 31.4 Tbps and lasted just 35 seconds. Cloudflare said the November 2025 incident was part of a surge in hyper-volumetric HTTP […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2026
Nearly 5 Million Web Servers Found Exposing Git Metadata – Study Reveals Widespread Risk of Code and Credential Leaks

A study found nearly 5 million servers exposing Git metadata, with 250,000 leaking deployment credentials via .git/config files. A new 2026 study by the Mysterium VPN research team reveals that nearly 5 million public web servers are exposing Git repository metadata — with over 250,000 of them exposing .git/config files containing deployment credentials. Such misconfigurations […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2026
U.S. CISA adds SmarterTools SmarterMail and React Native Community CLI flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds SmarterTools SmarterMail and React Native Community CLI flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added SmarterTools SmarterMail and React Native Community CLI flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: Attackers are […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2026
Hacker claims theft of data from 700,000 Substack users; Company confirms breach

Substack confirmed a data breach after a hacker leaked data from nearly 700,000 users, including email addresses and phone numbers. Substack is an online platform for publishing email‑based newsletters and blogs, with built‑in paid subscriptions and basic analytics. It’s free to start; creators pay a fee on paid plans. In 2026 it’s estimated to serve […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2026
Pro-Russian group Noname057(16) launched DDoS attacks on Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics

Italy stopped Russian-linked cyberattacks targeting Foreign Ministry offices and Winter Olympics websites and hotels, Foreign Minister Tajani said. Italy has thwarted a series of Russian-linked cyberattacks aimed at Foreign Ministry offices, including one in Washington, as well as Winter Olympics websites and hotels in Cortina d’Ampezzo, according to Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. “We have foiled […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2026
China-linked Amaranth-Dragon hackers target Southeast Asian governments in 2025

China-linked hackers tracked as Amaranth-Dragon targeted government and law enforcement agencies across Southeast Asia in 2025. CheckPoint says China-linked threat actors, tracked as Amaranth-Dragon, carried out cyber-espionage campaigns in 2025 targeting government and law enforcement agencies across Southeast Asia. The activity is linked to the APT41 ecosystem and affected countries including Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2026
CVE-2025-22225 in VMware ESXi now used in active ransomware attacks

Ransomware groups now exploit VMware ESXi vulnerability CVE-2025-22225, patched by Broadcom in March 2025. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) confirms that ransomware gangs are exploiting the VMware ESXi sandbox escape flaw CVE-2025-22225. The vulnerability is an arbitrary write issue in VMware ESXi. An attackers with privileges within the VMX process may trigger an arbitrary […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2026
Taiwanese operator of Incognito Market sentenced to 30 years over $105M darknet drug ring

A Taiwanese man was sentenced to 30 years for running Incognito Market, a major darknet drug site that sold over $105 million in illegal drugs. Rui-Siang Lin (24) was sentenced to 30 years in prison for running Incognito Market, a major darknet drug marketplace that sold over one ton of narcotics. The Taiwanese man pled […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2026
Paris raid on X focuses on child abuse material allegations

French prosecutors raided X offices in Paris over illegal content; Elon Musk and CEO summoned for voluntary interviews in April. French prosecutors, with France’s National Gendarmerie and Europol support, raided the X offices in Paris in a criminal probe over complaints that the platform facilitated child sexual abuse material and other illegal content. The probe […]