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Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2025
INC ransom group claimed the breach of Panama’s Ministry of Economy and Finance

Panama’s Ministry of Economy and Finance disclosed a security breach impacting a computer in its infrastructure. Panama’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) announced that threat actors likely compromised one of its computers. The Ministry immediately activated its security protocols to contain the threat. Panama’s Ministry pointed out that critical systems vital to operations remain […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 62

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter npm debug and chalk packages compromised  GPUGate Malware: Malicious GitHub Desktop Implants Use Hardware-Specific Decryption, Abuse Google Ads to Target Western Europe Trojanized ScreenConnect installers evolve, dropping multiple RATs on a single machine Salt […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2025
Security Affairs newsletter Round 541 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. FBI warns of Salesforce attacks by UNC6040 and UNC6395 groups HybridPetya ransomware bypasses UEFI Secure Boot […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2025
ShinyHunters Attack National Credit Information Center of Vietnam

Vietnam’s National Credit Information Center (CIC) was hit by a ShinyHunters cyberattack, with VNCERT confirming signs of unauthorized access to steal personal data. Authorities are investigating a cyber-attack against National Credit Information Center (CIC) of Vietnam by ShinyHunters. As confirmed by the Vietnam Cyber Emergency Response Team (VNCERT), signs of unauthorised access aimed at stealing […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2025
FBI warns of Salesforce attacks by UNC6040 and UNC6395 groups

The U.S. FBI issued a flash alert to warn of malicious activities carried out by two cybercriminal groups tracked as UNC6040 and UNC6395. The FBI issued a FLASH alert with IOCs for cybercriminal groups UNC6040 and UNC6395, which are increasingly targeting Salesforce platforms for data theft and extortion. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2025
HybridPetya ransomware bypasses UEFI Secure Boot echoing Petya/NotPetya

HybridPetya ransomware bypasses UEFI Secure Boot to infect EFI partitions, echoing the infamous Petya/NotPetya attacks of 2016–2017. ESET researchers discovered a new ransomware called HybridPetya on the platform VirusTotal. The malware echoes the infamous Petya/NotPetya malware, supporting additional capabilities, such as compromising UEFI-based systems and exploiting CVE‑2024‑7344 to bypass UEFI Secure Boot on outdated systems. “Interestingly, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2025
Cisco fixes high-severity IOS XR flaws enabling image bypass and DoS

Cisco addressed multiple high-severity IOS XR vulnerabilities that can allow ISO image verification bypass and trigger DoS conditions. Cisco addressed multiple vulnerabilities in IOS XR software as part of its semiannual Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication published on September 10, 2025. Below are the vulnerabilities addressed by the network giant: The following table identifies Cisco […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2025
Samsung fixed actively exploited zero-day

Samsung fixed the remote code execution flaw CVE-2025-21043 that was exploited in zero-day attacks against Android devices. Samsung addressed the remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-21043, that was exploited in zero-day attacks against Android users. The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds Write in libimagecodec.quram.so prior to SMR Sep-2025 Release 1. A remote attacker can exploit […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2025
UK train operator LNER (London North Eastern Railway) discloses a data breach

LNER warns of a data breach via a third-party supplier, exposing customer contact details and other personal information. UK train operator LNER (London North Eastern Railway) reported a data breach through a third-party supplier, compromising customer contact details and other personal information. LNER (London North Eastern Railway) is a British train operator running passenger services […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2025
Apple issues spyware warnings as CERT-FR confirms attacks

Apple warned users of a spyware campaign; France’s cyber agency confirmed targeted iCloud-linked devices may be compromised. Apple warned customers last week about new spyware attacks, the French national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR) said. The agency confirmed at least four such alerts since early 2025. Apple sent spyware alerts on March 5, April 29, […]