IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2026
U.S. CISA adds Fortinet FortiSandbox and Microsoft SharePoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Fortinet FortiSandbox and Microsoft SharePoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Fortinet FortiSandbox and Microsoft SharePoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the KeV catalog: This week, Microsoft’s July 2026 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2026
Ernst & Young (EY) Investigates Data Breach Involving Third-Party Support Tickets

Ernst & Young (EY) disclosed a data breach after attackers compromised a third-party IT support system containing client documents and tax information. Ernst & Young (EY) is disclosed a data breach linked to a compromised third-party support ticket system used by its IT teams. The platform stored support requests that may have included documents containing […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2026
A cyberattack hit Nichirei, one of Japan’s largest food companies

A cyberattack hit one of Japan’s largest food companies, Nichirei, disrupting logistics and shipments. The company is gradually restoring operations. Nichirei is one of Japan’s largest food companies, best known for its frozen food business. Founded in 1942 and headquartered in Tokyo, it operates globally through dozens of subsidiaries. The food giant confirmed that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2026
New Russian Campaign Uses Fake Webex and Zoom Installers to Deploy Starland RAT

Russian-speaking UAT-11795 spreads trojanized Zoom, Webex, and MobaXterm installers to deliver Starland RAT and the WLDR memory-only implant. Cisco Talos researchers published a detailed technical report on July 16 disclosing UAT-11795, a financially motivated, Russian-speaking threat actor that has been running a malware campaign against users in the United States and Europe since at least […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2026
U.S. CISA adds KNX Association KNX Protocol Connection Authorization Option 1 and Oracle flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds KNX Association KNX Protocol Connection Authorization Option 1 and Oracle flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added SonicWall and Microsoft flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The flaws added to the catalog are: The vulnerability CVE-2023-4346 (CVSS […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2026
Two Scattered Spider Members Sentenced to Prison Over £29 Million TfL Cyberattack

Two members of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group received jail sentences in the UK for the 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London. A UK court sentenced two Scattered Spider members, Thalha Jubair (20) and Owen Flowers (18), for their role in the 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL). Transport for London (TfL) is a local […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2026
TuxBot v3: The IoT Botnet Built With AI – Bugs, Disclaimers and All

TuxBot v3, an AI-built IoT botnet for 17 architectures, shipped with LLM bugs and safety disclaimers the developer never removed. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 identified a previously undocumented modular IoT botnet framework called TuxBot v3 Evolution, and it comes with an unusual detail: the developer used a large language model to write significant portions […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2026
Claude Code and DeepSeek Powered Chinese Cyber Espionage Campaign

Chinese actors used Claude Code and DeepSeek to automate attacks that breached government systems and targeted financial firms. Hunt.io researchers stumbled onto an active intrusion campaign in June 2026 while pivoting on known TencShell command-and-control infrastructure. A single HTTP header fingerprint on port 1111 led them to 13 Hong Kong-based servers and, on one of […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2026
Zoom Fixes CVE-2026-53412, a Critical Account Takeover Bug

Zoom warns of a critical Windows flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-53412, that could let attackers take over accounts without authentication. Zoom has fixed a critical Windows vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-53412 (CVSS score of 9.8) that could allow unauthenticated attackers to hijack user accounts. The flaw affects older versions of Workplace, the Windows VDI Client, and the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2026
US and allied Governments’ Recommendations: Securing Network Devices Against Russian APT Groups

US and allies warn of Russian APT groups targeting routers and network devices to compromise critical infrastructure worldwide. The US and allied governments warn that Russian state-sponsored APT groups are scanning and exploiting poorly secured network devices, especially routers, to access critical infrastructure. Groups linked to FSB Center 16, including Berserk Bear, Energetic Bear, Ghost […]