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Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2025
Meta will use public EU user data to train its AI models

Meta announced that it will use public EU user data to train AI, resuming plans paused last year over Irish data protection concerns. Meta will start training its AI models using public data from adults in the EU, after pausing the plan last year over data protection concerns raised by Irish regulators. In June 2024, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2025
Gladinet flaw CVE-2025-30406 actively exploited in the wild

Huntress reports active exploitation of Gladinet CVE-2025-30406 in the wild, affecting seven organizations and 120 endpoints. Security researchers at Huntress warn of attacks in the wild exploiting a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-30406, in Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox software. The vulnerability CVE-2025-30406 (CVSS score 9.0) is a deserialization issue due to the CentreStack portal’s hardcoded machineKey use. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2025
New malware ‘ResolverRAT’ targets healthcare, pharmaceutical firms

New malware ‘ResolverRAT’ is targeting healthcare and pharmaceutical firms, using advanced capabilities to steal sensitive data. Morphisec researchers discovered a new malware dubbed ‘ResolverRAT’ that is targeting healthcare and pharmaceutical firms, using advanced capabilities to steal sensitive data. ResolverRAT spreads via phishing emails using localized languages and legal lures. Victims download a malicious file triggering […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2025
Malicious NPM packages target PayPal users

Threat actors deploy malicious NPM packages to steal PayPal credentials and hijack cryptocurrency transfers. Fortinet researchers discovered multiple malicious NPM packages that are used to target PayPal users. The packages were uploaded to the repository in early March by a threat actor known as tommyboy_h1 and tommyboy_h2, and were used to steal PayPal credentials and hijack cryptocurrency transfers. “Using PayPal-related […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2025
Tycoon2FA phishing kit rolled out significant updates

The operators of the Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform Tycoon2FA have rolled out significant updates to enhance its evasion capabilities. Tycoon2FA, a phishing kit discovered in 2023 by cybersecurity firm Sekoia, was recently updated to improve its evasion capabilities. The phishing kit now uses advanced evasion tactics such as a custom CAPTCHA via HTML5 canvas, invisible Unicode […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2025
South African telecom provider Cell C disclosed a data breach following a cyberattack

Cell C, one of the biggest telecom providers in South Africa confirms a data breach following a 2024 cyberattack. Cell C is the fourth-largest mobile network operator in South Africa, ,after Vodacom, MTN, and Telkom. The company founded in 2001 offers prepaid and postpaid mobile plans, data bundles and internet services, fiber broadband, roaming and […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2025
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 41

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Lazarus Expands Malicious npm Campaign: 11 New Packages Add Malware Loaders and Bitbucket Payloads BadBazaar: iOS and Android Surveillanceware by China’s APT15 Used to Target Tibetans and Uyghurs   GOFFEE continues to attack organizations in Russia Atomic […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2025
Security Affairs newsletter Round 519 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter 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. Symbolic Link trick lets attackers bypass FortiGate patches, Fortinet warns Attackers are exploiting recently disclosed OttoKit WordPress plugin flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2025
China admitted its role in Volt Typhoon cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure

China admitted in a secret meeting with U.S. officials that it conducted Volt Typhoon cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, WSJ reports. China reportedly admitted in a secret meeting with U.S. officials that it carried out cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, linked to the Volt Typhoon campaign. According to the Wall Street Journal, at a December Geneva summit, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2025
Symbolic Link trick lets attackers bypass FortiGate patches, Fortinet warns

Fortinet warns attackers can keep read-only access to FortiGate devices even after the original vulnerability is patched. Fortinet warns that threat actors can retain read-only access to FortiGate devices even after the original vulnerability used for the breach has been patched. The cybersecurity firm revealed that attackers exploited known FortiGate flaws like CVE-2022-42475, CVE-2023-27997, and CVE-2024-21762 to […]