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Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2025
New versions of Chaos RAT target Windows and Linux systems

Acronis researchers reported that new Chaos RAT variants were employed in 2025 attacks against Linux and Windows systems. Acronis TRU researchers discovered new Chaos RAT variants targeting Linux and Windows in recent attacks. Originally seen in 2022, Chaos RAT evolved in 2024, with fresh samples emerging in 2025. TRU also discovered a critical flaw in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2025
Law enforcement seized the carding marketplace BidenCash

U.S. and Dutch authorities took down 145 domains tied to the BidenCash cybercrime marketplace in a coordinated law enforcement operation. The US DoJ announced the seizure of approximately 145 darknet and clear web domains, and cryptocurrency funds associated with the BidenCash marketplace. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2025
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency stole 4.4GB of highly classified internal data from Tupolev

Ukraine’s GUR hacked the Russian aerospace and defense company Tupolev, stealing 4.4GB of highly classified internal data. Ukraine’s military intelligence agency GUR (aka HUR) claims the hack of the Russian aerospace and defense company Tupolev. According to Kyiv Post, Ukraine’s Military Intelligence compromised the United Aircraft Company (UAC) Tupolev division, which is a key developer […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2025
HPE fixed multiple flaws in its StoreOnce software

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) addressed multiple flaws in its StoreOnce data backup and deduplication solution. HPE has released security patches for eight vulnerabilities in its StoreOnce backup solution. These issues could allow remote code execution, authentication bypass, data leaks, and more. “Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified in HPE StoreOnce Software.” reads the advisory. “These […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2025
Roundcube Webmail under fire: critical exploit found after a decade

A critical flaw in Roundcube webmail, undetected for 10 years, allows attackers to take over systems and execute arbitrary code. A critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-49113 (CVSS score of 9.9) has been discovered in the Roundcube webmail software. The vulnerability went unnoticed for over a decade, an attacker can exploit the flaw to take control […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Multiple Qualcomm chipsets flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Multiple Qualcomm chipsets flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added multiple Qualcomm chipsets flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Qualcomm addressed the above zero-day vulnerabilities that, according to the company, have been exploited in limited, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2025
U.S. CISA adds ASUS RT-AX55 devices, Craft CMS, and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds ASUS RT-AX55 devices, Craft CMS, and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added ASUS RT-AX55 devices, Craft CMS, and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the descriptions for these flaws: Last […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2025
Android banking trojan Crocodilus rapidly evolves and goes global

A new Android banking trojan called Crocodilus is being used in a growing number of campaigns targeting users in Europe and South America. Crocodilus is a recently discovered Android banking trojan that is quickly gaining ground. What began as small test campaigns has now grown into full-blown attacks targeting users across Europe and South America. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2025
Google fixed the second actively exploited Chrome zero-day since the start of the year

Google addressed three vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser, including one that it actively exploited in attacks in the wild. Google released out-of-band updates to address three vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser, including one, tracked as CVE-2025-5419, that is actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds read and write in the V8 JavaScript […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2025
Cryptojacking campaign relies on DevOps tools

A cryptojacking campaign is targeting exposed DevOps servers like Docker and Gitea to secretly mine cryptocurrency. Wiz researchers uncovered a cryptojacking campaign, tracked as JINX-0132, targeting exposed DevOps applications like Nomad, Consul, Docker, Gitea to secretly mine cryptocurrency. Threat actors behind the campaign are exploiting a wide range of known misconfigurations and vulnerabilities to deliver the miner. […]