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Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2025
Community Health Center data breach impacted over 1 million patients

Community Health Center (CHC) data breach impacted over 1 million patients in Connecticut, the healthcare provider started notifying them. Community Health Center (CHC) is a leading healthcare provider based in Connecticut, offering primary care, dental, behavioral health, and specialty services. It serves a diverse patient population, focusing on accessible and affordable healthcare, particularly for underserved […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2025
Italy’s data protection authority Garante blocked the DeepSeek AI platform

Italy’s data protection authority Garante blocked the DeepSeek AI service due to insufficient transparency regarding user data process. Italy’s data protection watchdog has blocked Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek ‘s chatbot service within the country, citing a lack of information on its use of users’ personal data. The AI-powered chatbot, recently launched globally, has rapidly gained […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2025
Broadcom fixed information disclosure flaws in VMware Aria Operations

Broadcom patched five flaws in VMware Aria Operations and Aria Operations for Logs that could lead to privilege escalation and credential theft. Broadcom addressed the following vulnerabilities in VMware Aria Operations and Aria Operations for Logs: The above vulnerabilities impact versions 8.x of VMware Aria Operations and VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x, 4.x. VMware Aria Operations […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2025
DeepSeek database exposed highly sensitive information

Chinese AI platform DeepSeek has publicly exposed two databases containing highly sensitive user and backend details. Wiz Research discovered a publicly accessible ClickHouse database belonging to DeepSeek, exposing chat history, secret keys, and backend details. After responsible disclosure, DeepSeek promptly secured the issue. “Within minutes, we found a publicly accessible ClickHouse database linked to DeepSeek, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2025
Operation Talent: An international law enforcement operation seized Cracked, Nulled and other cybercrime websites

An international law enforcement operation targeted several major cybercrime websites, including Cracked, Nulled, Sellix, and StarkRDP.  An international law enforcement operation led by Europol, code-named Operation Talent, dismantled several major cybercrime sites, including Cracked, Nulled, Sellix, and StarkRDP.  The message displayed on the targeted cybercrime websites states that authorities have seized the platforms, along with […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2025
PHP package Voyager flaws expose to one-click RCE exploits

The open-source PHP package Voyager is affected by three vulnerabilities that could be exploited to achieve one-click remote code execution on affected instances. Voyager is a popular open-source PHP package for managing Laravel applications, offering an admin interface, BREAD operations, media, and user management. During an ordinary scan activity, SonarSource researchers reported an arbitrary file write vulnerability in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2025
Italy’s Data Protection Authority Garante requested information from Deepseek

Italy’s data privacy regulator Garante has requested information from Chinese AI company DeepSeek regarding its data practices. Italy’s Data Protection Authority Garante has asked the AI firm DeepSeek to clarify its data collection, sources, purposes, legal basis, and storage, citing potential risks to user data. “The Italian Data Protection Authority has sent a request for […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2025
U.S. CISA adds Apple products’ flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple products’ flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24085, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Apple released security updates to address 2025’s first zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24085, actively exploited […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2025
Aquabot variant v3 targets Mitel SIP phones

A new variant of the Mirai-based botnet Aquabot targets vulnerable Mitel SIP phones to recruit them into a DDoS botnet. Akamai researchers spotted a new variant of the Mirai-based botnet Aquabot that is targeting vulnerable Mitel SIP phones. Aquabot is a Mirai-based botnet designed for DDoS attacks. Named after the “Aqua” filename, it was first […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2025
Critical remote code execution bug found in Cacti framework

A critical flaw in Cacti open-source network monitoring and fault management framework that could allow remote code execution. Cacti is an open-source platform that provides a robust and extensible operational monitoring and fault management framework for users. A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-22604 (CVSS score of 9.1), in the Cacti open-source framework could allow an authenticated […]