IT Information Security

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2026
Security Affairs newsletter Round 579 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. ShinyHunters Leaks Charter Communications Data, Potentially Impacting 5 Million Customers Signal Phishing Campaign Targets Journalists and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2026
ShinyHunters Leaks Charter Communications Data, Potentially Impacting 5 Million Customers

Cybercrime group ShinyHunters leaked data allegedly stolen from Charter Communications, exposing millions of customer records after a failed extortion attempt. The ShinyHunters extortion group has published data allegedly stolen from Charter Communications after the company apparently refused to pay a ransom. Charter Communications is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States. It […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2026
Signal Phishing Campaign Targets Journalists and Activists to Steal Backup Recovery Keys

Attackers are texting Signal users posing as Support, asking for backup recovery keys. Once obtained, they can decrypt the entire message history, not just future chats. A phishing campaign is currently targeting Signal users with text messages that impersonate Signal Support and ask them to hand over their backup recovery key. The message looks urgent, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2026
Meet GREYVIBE, the Russia-Linked Hacking Group Using AI to Target Ukraine and Still Making Rookie Mistakes

GREYVIBE, a Russia-linked group active since 2025, targets Ukraine with AI-assisted malware and five attack chains. Researchers say it’s part spy op, part crime gang. Security firm WithSecure has been tracking a previously unknown Russian-linked APT group called GREYVIBE since at least August 2025. The group targets Ukraine and Ukrainian-related organizations across military, government, civilian, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2026
DIL Observatory: when the World Escalates, the Underground Responds

Digital Intelligence Lab (DIL) launches an observatory for reading cyber events as what they actually are: signals of a broader social and geopolitical reality. The timing rarely lies, and the connection between real-world events and cyber activity is no longer a theoretical framework. It is a documented pattern, traceable across months and geographies. This new […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2026
Microsoft Calls the Zero-Day Dumps Irresponsible. The Researcher Says Microsoft Started It.

A researcher dropped 6 Windows zero-days with no warning. Three are now exploited in the wild. Microsoft is angry. The researcher says Microsoft ignored them first. Over the past month, a researcher going by Chaotic Eclipse, also known as Nightmare-Eclipse, publicly released details of six unpatched vulnerabilities in Windows components including Defender and BitLocker. No […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2026
BTMOB RAT Gives Criminals a Point-and-Click Kit to Take Over Your Android Phone

BTMOB sells Android full-device takeover as a kit, no coding needed. It steals data, records screens, and hands attackers remote control for $5,000 lifetime. Most Android malware requires at least some technical competence to deploy, but the BTMOB doesn’t. The developers sell it with a built-in APK builder that lets buyers generate new malicious apps, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2026
CVE-2026-35616: FortiClient EMS Flaw Actively Exploited in Malware Attacks

Threat actors are exploiting a critical FortiClient EMS flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-35616, to deploy malware on unpatched systems. Threat actors are exploiting a critical FortiClient EMS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-35616 (CVSS score of 9.1), that allows remote code execution without authentication. Fortinet released fixes in April after confirming zero-day attacks in the wild and urged […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2026
Resecurity Supports Microsoft DCU in Disrupting Fox Tempest ’s Cybercriminal Code-Signing Ecosystem

Microsoft and Resecurity disrupted Fox Tempest, a malware-signing service that used fake Microsoft certificates to make malware look legitimate. Resecurity supported Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) in its disruption of Fox Tempest, a financially motivated threat actor operating a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) capability used by cybercriminals to make malicious files appear legitimate. On May 19, 2026, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2026
U.S. CISA adds Daemon Tools, TanStack, and Nx Console flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Daemon Tools, TanStack, and Nx Console flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: The first flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-8398, […]