IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2025
Britain targets Kyrgyz financial institutions, crypto networks aiding Kremlin

The UK has imposed new sanctions on Kyrgyz financial institutions and crypto networks accused of helping Russia evade restrictions. The UK imposed sanctions on Kyrgyz financial institutions and crypto networks accused of aiding Russian sanctions evasion, war funding, and ransomware activities. The U.K. imposed new sanctions on Kyrgyzstan’s Capital Bank and director Kantemir Chalbayev, accused […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2025
DOJ takes action against 22-year-old running RapperBot Botnet

DOJ charges 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Oregon for running RapperBot, a DDoS botnet behind 370K+ attacks in 80+ countries since 2021. The U.S. DOJ charged 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Oregon for running the RapperBot botnet, used in over 370,000 DDoS-for-hire attacks since 2021. The criminal service is active in over 80 countries, RapperBot enabled large-scale […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2025
Google fixed Chrome flaw found by Big Sleep AI

Google Chrome 139 addressed a high-severity V8 flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-9132, found by Big Sleep AI Google Chrome 139 addressed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-9132, in its open source high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine V8. The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds write issue in the V8 JavaScript engine that was discovered by Big Sleep AI. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2025
Pharmaceutical firm Inotiv discloses ransomware attack. Qilin group claims responsibility for the hack

Pharmaceutical firm Inotiv says a ransomware attack encrypted systems and data, disrupting operations, according to its SEC filing. U.S. pharmaceutical firm Inotiv reported a ransomware attack that encrypted some systems and data, disrupting business operations. Inotiv is a U.S.-based pharmaceutical research and contract research organization (CRO). It provides nonclinical and analytical drug discovery and development […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2025
A hacker tied to Yemen Cyber Army gets 20 months in prison

UK hacker Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky, tied to Yemen Cyber Army, gets 20 months in prison for website defacements and stolen data possession. Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky (26), a man from South Yorkshire, linked to the Yemen Cyber Army, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for hacking and defacing websites in hacktivist campaigns. The UK’s National Crime […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2025
Exploit weaponizes SAP NetWeaver bugs for full system compromise

Exploit chaining CVE-2025-31324 & CVE-2025-42999 in SAP NetWeaver enables auth bypass and RCE, risking compromise and data theft. A new exploit chaining two vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-31324 and CVE-2025-42999, in SAP NetWeaver exposes organizations to the risk of system compromise and data theft. CVE-2025-31324 (CVSS score: 10.0) is a missing authorization check in NetWeaver’s Visual Composer […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2025
Noodlophile Stealer evolution

Noodlophile malware spreads via copyright phishing, targeting firms in the U.S., Europe, Baltics & APAC with tailored spear-phishing lures. The Noodlophile malware campaign is expanding globally, using spear-phishing emails disguised as copyright notices. Threat actors tailor lures with details like Facebook Page IDs and company ownership data. Active for over a year, it now targets […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2025
Allianz Life security breach impacted 1.1 million customers

Allianz Life breach exposed data of most of its 1.4M customers; HIBP lists 1.1M impacted, though the insurer hasn’t confirmed exact figures. In July, Allianz Life disclosed a breach where hackers stole data from a cloud database, affecting most of its 1.4M customers and staff. Now, the data breach notification site Have I Been Pwned […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2025
Analyzing evolution of the PipeMagic malware

Hackers exploited Windows flaw CVE-2025-29824 to deploy PipeMagic malware in RansomExx attacks, Kaspersky revealed. A joint report from Kaspersky and BI.ZONE analyzed the evolution of PipeMagic malware from its first detection in 2022 to new infections observed in 2025. The researchers identified key changes in its operators’ tactics. BI.ZONE experts focused on a technical analysis of the CVE-2025-29824 vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Trend Micro Apex One flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Trend Micro Apex One flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Trend Micro Apex One flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-54948, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Early this month, Trend Micro released fixes for two critical vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-54948 and […]