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Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2025
How a researcher earned $100,000 hacking a Facebook server

Facebook paid $100,000 to a researcher for discovering a bug that granted him command access to an internal server in October 2024. TechCrunch first reported that Facebook awarded security researcher Ben Sadeghipour (@NahamSec) $100,000 for reporting a vulnerability that granted him access to an internal server. The researcher emphasized the vulnerability of online ad platforms due to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2025
DoJ charged three Russian citizens with operating crypto-mixing services

The U.S. Department of Justice charged three Russian citizens with operating crypto-mixing services that helped crooks launder cryptocurrency. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) charged Russian national Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko, Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik, and Anton Vyachlavovich Tarasov with operating crypto-mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io that helped crooks launder cryptocurrency. Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko and Alexander Evgenievich […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2025
U.S. cannabis dispensary STIIIZY disclosed a data breach

US marijuana dispensary STIIIZY warns customers of leaked IDs and passports following a November data breach. US marijuana dispensary STIIIZY disclosed a data breach after a vendor’s point-of-sale system was compromised by cybercriminals. The security breach exposed customer data and IDs between October 10 and November 10, 2024. After discovering the security breach, the company […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2025
Researchers disclosed details of a now-patched Samsung zero-click flaw

Researchers at Google Project Zero disclosed a now-patched zero-click vulnerability that affects Samsung devices. Google Project Zero researchers disclosed details about a now-patched zero-click vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-49415 (CVSS score: 8.1), in Samsung devices. The flaw is an out-of-bound write issue in libsaped.so prior to SMR Dec-2024 Release 1, it allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2025
Phishers abuse CrowdStrike brand targeting job seekers with cryptominer

CrowdStrike warns of a phishing campaign that uses its recruitment branding to trick recipients into downloading a fake application, which finally installs the XMRig cryptominer. CrowdStrike discovered a phishing campaign using its recruitment branding to trick recipients into downloading a fake application, which acts as a downloader for the XMRig cryptominer. The cybersecurity firm discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2025
China-linked APT group MirrorFace targets Japan

Japanese authorities attributed a cyber-espionage campaign targeting the country to the China-linked APT group MirrorFace. The National Police Agency (NPA) and the Cabinet Cyber Security Center in Japan have linked a long-running cyber-espionage campaign targeting local entities to the China-linked group MirrorFace (aka Earth Kasha). The campaign has been active since at least 2019, it […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2025
U.S. Medical billing provider Medusind suffered a sata breach

Medusind, a medical billing provider, disclosed a data breach that occurred in December 2023 and affected over 360,000 individuals. Medusind is a company that provides medical billing, coding, and revenue cycle management (RCM) services to healthcare organizations, including medical practices, dental practices, and other providers. The company disclosed a data breach discovered on December 29, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2025
Ukrainian Cyber Alliance destroyed the connectivity of Russian ISP Nodex

A group of hacktivists, known as the Ukrainian Cyber Alliance, breached Russian ISP Nodex, stole sensitive documents, and wiped systems. Ukrainian Cyber Alliance hacked Russian ISP Nodex, stole sensitive data, and wiped systems, highlighting their cyberattack capabilities. The Ukrainian Cyber Alliance has been active since 2016, the Pro-Ukraine group has targeted Russian entities since the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Ivanti Connect Secure Vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-0282 (CVSS score: 9.0) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability Ivanti impacted Ivanti Connect […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2025
SOC Scalability: How AI Supports Growth Without Overloading Analysts

Scaling up a security operations center (SOC) is inevitable for many organizations. How AI supports growth without overloading analysts. Scaling up a security operations center (SOC) is inevitable for many organizations. Although it might sting, keeping pace with business growth, increased threat volume and complexity, or compliance and regulatory demands requires enhancing and expanding SOC […]