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Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
U.S. CISA adds a Google Chromium V8 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium V8 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Google Chromium V8 flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-13223, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Google released Chrome security updates to address two flaws, including a high-severity V8 type confusion […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
7-Zip RCE flaw (CVE-2025-11001) actively exploited in attacks in the wild

A remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-11001, in the 7-Zip software is under active exploitation. A new 7-Zip flaw tracked as CVE-2025-11001 (CVSS score of 7.0) is now being actively exploited in the wild, NHS England warns. Remote attackers can trigger the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of 7-Zip. “Active exploitation […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
Operation WrtHug hijacks 50,000+ ASUS routers to build a global botnet

Operation WrtHug hijacks tens of thousands of outdated ASUS routers worldwide, mainly in Taiwan, the U.S., and Russia, forming a large botnet. A new campaign called Operation WrtHug has compromised tens of thousands of outdated or end-of-life ASUS routers worldwide, mainly in Taiwan, the U.S., and Russia, pulling them into a large malicious network. SecurityScorecard […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
U.S. CISA adds a new Fortinet FortiWeb flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. CISA has added a second Fortinet FortiWeb vulnerability in just a few days to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Fortinet FortiWeb flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-58034 (CVSS score of 6.7), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Fortinet patched a new FortiWeb zero-day, tracked […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
Eurofiber confirms November 13 hack, data theft, and extortion attempt

Eurofiber says hackers exploited a flaw on November 13, breached its ticket and customer portals, stole data, and attempted extortion. On November 13, threat actors exploited a vulnerability to breach its ticketing system and ATE customer portal of the European fiber operator Eurofiber. Attackers stole data and attempted extortion. Eurofiber focuses on B2B digital infrastructure, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2025
New FortiWeb zero-day CVE-2025-58034 under attack patched by Fortinet

Fortinet patched a new FortiWeb zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-58034, which attackers are actively exploiting. Fortinet patched a new FortiWeb zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-58034 (CVSS score 6.7), which is being actively exploited in attacks in the wild. Trend Micro researcher Jason McFadyen reported the vulnerability. The flaw is an improper neutralization of special elements used in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2025
Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General (OAG) confirms data breach after August attack

The Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) confirms a data breach following a ransomware attack by Inc Ransom group. The Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) confirmed a data breach following a ransomware attack attributed to Inc Ransom group. However, the organization did not share details about the security breach, either the number […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2025
DoorDash data breach exposes personal info after social engineering attack

DoorDash says a social engineering attack led to a data breach exposing names, addresses, emails, and phone numbers of users, Dashers, and merchants. U.S.-based food delivery and logistics company DoorDash announced that a social engineering attack led to a data breach. “Our team recently identified and shut down a cybersecurity incident that involved an unauthorized […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2025
Dutch police takes down bulletproof hosting hub linked to 80+ cybercrime cases

Dutch police seized 250 servers running a bulletproof hosting service tied to cybercriminals and linked to over 80 investigations since 2022. Dutch police Politie, seized 250 servers running an unnamed bulletproof hosting service used solely by cybercriminals. Active since 2022, it appeared in over 80 cybercrime investigations. “In an investigation into a rogue hosting company, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2025
Microsoft mitigated the largest cloud DDoS ever recorded, 15.7 Tbps

Microsoft says the Aisuru botnet launched a 15.7 Tbps DDoS on Azure from 500k IPs, using massive UDP floods peaking at 3.6 B pps. On October 24, 2025, Azure DDoS Protection detected and mitigated a massive multi-vector attack peaking at 15.72 Tbps and 3.64 billion pps, the largest cloud DDoS ever recorded, aimed at a […]