Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2026
BrowserGate claims LinkedIn secretly fingerprints users via extensions and device data, sending encrypted results to third parties for tracking. BrowserGate is an investigation conducted by Fairlinked (https://browsergate.eu/), an association of commercial LinkedIn users, which documents what it describes as one of the largest data breach and corporate espionage scandals in digital history. The central thesis: […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2026
CVE-2026-6770 let attackers fingerprint Firefox and Tor users, even in Private mode. Firefox 150 and Tor Browser 15.0.10 fixed it. A vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-6770, allowed attackers to fingerprint Firefox users, even in Private Browsing, and also impacted the Tor Browser. The flaw worked even when Tor’s New Identity feature was used, bypassing protections meant […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2026
Fast16 is a pre-Stuxnet malware that tampered with precision software and spread itself. Evidence suggests links to U.S. operations during early cyber tensions. SentinelOne uncovered Fast16, a sabotage malware used in 2005, years before Stuxnet. The malicious code is written in Lua and targeted high-precision calculation software, altering results and spreading across systems. The malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2026
Italy plans to extradite Xu Zewei to the U.S. over alleged hacks on COVID-19 research tied to state-backed operations. Italy is moving to extradite Xu Zewei, the Chinese national arrested in 2025 at the request of U.S. authorities on cyber-espionage charges, Bloomberg reported. The case stands out because it ties a single suspect, Xu, to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2026
Itron detected unauthorized access to part of its IT environment on April 13, 2026, and launched incident response and notified authorities. Itron disclosed a cyber incident involving unauthorized access to part of its internal IT systems, detected on April 13, 2026. The company activated its incident response plan, engaged external cybersecurity experts, and notified law […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2026
CrowdStrike fixed CVE-2026-40050 in LogScale self-hosted, a critical flaw allowing unauthenticated file access via path traversal. The flaw was never exploited in the wild. CrowdStrike recently disclosed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-40050, affecting its LogScale self-hosted product. The flaw enables unauthenticated path traversal, which could allow a remote attacker to read arbitrary files from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2026
ESET found a new China-linked APT, tracked as GopherWhisper, targeting Mongolia using Go-based malware, loaders, and backdoors. ESET researchers uncovered a new China-aligned APT group called GopherWhisper, targeting government institutions in Mongolia. The group’s arsenal includes a range of tools mainly written in Go, such as loaders and injectors, which are used to deploy multiple […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2026
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Morpheus: A new Spyware linked to IPS Intelligence The iPhone — invincible no more: a look at DarkSword and Coruna Lotus Wiper: a new threat targeting the energy and utilities sector New NGate variant hides in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2026
Trigona ransomware now uses a custom command-line tool to steal data faster and evade detection, replacing tools like Rclone and MegaSync. Symantec researchers report that recent Trigona ransomware attacks used a custom-built data exfiltration tool instead of common utilities like Rclone or MegaSync. This shift, seen in March 2026 incidents, gives attackers more control and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2026
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. U.S. CISA adds SimpleHelp, Samsung, and D-Link flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Over 400,000 […]
