Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2026
Shai-Hulud worm copycats emerge after source code leak

Shai-Hulud worm copycats are already attacking NPM developers after its source code leaked, enabling fast supply chain exploitation. The first copycats of the Shai-Hulud worm have already started showing up online, only a few days after the malware’s source code was dumped on GitHub. Researchers had warned this would happen almost immediately, and they were […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2026
Grafana confirms GitHub token breach cybercrime group claims the attack

Grafana confirmed a GitHub token breach that exposed source code, but said no customer data or systems were affected. Grafana Labs confirmed a security incident after the extortion group Coinbase Cartel listed it on a leak site and claimed data theft on May 15. The breach was triggered by a compromised token that gave attackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2026
ShinyHunters hack 7-Eleven: franchisee data and Salesforce records exposed

7-Eleven confirmed a breach after ShinyHunters claimed theft of over 600,000 Salesforce records and franchisee data. 7-Eleven has confirmed a data breach after the ShinyHunters hacking group claimed it stole more than 600,000 Salesforce records containing personal and corporate information. “Over 600k Salesforce records containing PII and other internal corporate data have been compromised.” The […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2026
Public Amazon bucket leaks sensitive guest data from Japanese hotel platform Tabiq

A hotel check-in system exposed over 1 million passports, IDs, and selfies online due to a misconfigured cloud storage bucket. A security lapse in the Reqrea’s Tabiq hotel check-in system exposed over 1 million passports, driver’s licenses, and selfie verification photos online. The issue came from a misconfigured Amazon cloud storage bucket that was left […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2026
Chaotic Eclipse discloses MiniPlasma zero-day, suggesting a missing or undone 2020 Windows security fix

MiniPlasma: a Windows SYSTEM privilege escalation believed patched in 2020 (CVE-2020-17103) is still fully working on every patched Windows 11. Once again, security researcher Chaotic Eclipse has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a new Windows privilege escalation zero-day called MiniPlasma, which can grant attackers SYSTEM privileges on fully patched systems. The flaw affects “cldflt.sys,” the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2026
Experts warn of active exploitation of critical NGINX flaw CVE-2026-42945

A critical NGINX flaw (CVE-2026-42945) is actively exploited, allowing crashes or possible code execution via malicious HTTP requests. A critical vulnerability in NGINX Plus and NGINX Open, tracked as CVE-2026-42945 (CVSS v4 score of 9.2), is already being actively exploited shortly after disclosure. “We’re seeing active exploitation of CVE-2026-42945 in F5 NGINX, a heap buffer […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2026
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 97

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter JDownloader site hacked to replace installers with Python RAT malware     New TrickMo Variant: Device Take Over malware targeting Banking, Fintech, Wallet & Auth apps   Threat Actor Mr_Rot13 Actively Exploits CVE-2026-41940 for Backdoor Deployment   Operation […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2026
Security Affairs newsletter Round 577 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. Attackers exploit Funnel Builder bug to inject e-skimmers into e-stores Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, Day Three: DEVCORE […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2026
Attackers exploit Funnel Builder bug to inject e-skimmers into e-stores

Attackers are exploiting a critical flaw in the WordPress Funnel Builder plugin to inject skimming code into WooCommerce checkout pages. A critical vulnerability in the WordPress Funnel Builder plugin is being actively exploited to inject malicious JavaScript into WooCommerce checkout pages, according to Sansec researchers. Funnel Builder by FunnelKit is a checkout and upsell plugin […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2026
Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, Day Three: DEVCORE Crowned Master of Pwn, $1.298 Million Total

Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 ended with 47 zero-days and $1.29M in payouts, as DEVCORE dominated the competition across all categories. Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 ended after three intense days, with participants discovering 47 unique zero-days, and earning $1,298,250 in total payouts. Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 wrapped up at OffensiveCon on Saturday with a final day that sealed DEVCORE’s […]