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LapDogs: China-nexus hackers Hijack 1,000+ SOHO devices for espionage

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Taking over millions of developers exploiting an Open VSX Registry flaw

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OneClik APT campaign targets energy sector with stealthy backdoors

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APT42 impersonates cyber professionals to phish Israeli academics and journalists

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Kai West, aka IntelBroker, indicted for cyberattacks causing $25M in damages

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Cisco fixed critical ISE flaws allowing Root-level remote code execution

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U.S. CISA adds AMI MegaRAC SPx, D-Link DIR-859 routers, and Fortinet FortiOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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CitrixBleed 2: The nightmare that echoes the 'CitrixBleed' flaw in Citrix NetScaler devices

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Hackers deploy fake SonicWall VPN App to steal corporate credentials

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Mainline Health Systems data breach impacted over 100,000 individuals

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Disrupting the operations of cryptocurrency mining botnets

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Prometei botnet activity has surged since March 2025

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The U.S. House banned WhatsApp on government devices due to security concerns

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Russia-linked APT28 use Signal chats to target Ukraine official with malware

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China-linked APT Salt Typhoon targets Canadian Telecom companies

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U.S. warns of incoming cyber threats following Iran airstrikes

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McLaren Health Care data breach impacted over 743,000 people

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American steel giant Nucor confirms data breach in May attack

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The financial impact of Marks & Spencer and Co-op cyberattacks could reach £440M

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Iran-Linked Threat Actors Cyber Fattah Leak Visitors and Athletes' Data from Saudi Games

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Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2021
Alleged APT implanted a backdoor in the network of a US federal agency

An alleged APT group planted a backdoor in the network of a U.S. federal government commission associated with international rights. Experts spotted a backdoor in the network of an unnamed U.S. federal government commission associated with international rights. The backdoor allowed the threat actors to achieve complete control over the infected networks, experts described the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2021
US Gov Executive Order would oblige to disclose security breach impacting gov users

According to a proposed executive order of the Biden administration, software vendors would have to disclose breaches to U.S. government users. The Reuters agency revealed that an executive order proposed by the Biden administration will oblige software vendors to notify their federal government customers in case they will suffer a security breach. The executive order […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2020
FBI warns of attacks on unsecured SonarQube used by US govt agencies and businesses

The FBI warns that threat actors are abusing misconfigured SonarQube applications to steal source code from US government agencies and businesses. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued an alert warning that threat actors are abusing misconfigured SonarQube applications to access and steal source code repositories from US government agencies and businesses. The alert, coded […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2019
Autoclerk travel reservations platform data leak also impacts US Government and military

vpnMentor’s discovered a breach in a database belonging to Autoclerk, a reservations management system owned by Best Western Hotels and Resorts Group. Security experts at vpnMentor’s discovered a breach in a database belonging to Autoclerk, a reservations management system owned by Best Western Hotels and Resorts Group. The data leak exposed sensitive personal information of thousands of users […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2016
US Presidential commission presents recommendations on cybersecurity

The US Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, tasked by President Barack Obama, issued its final report with recommendations on cybersecurity. Cyber security is a primary issue in the agenda of many countries, the U.S. Presidential commission has recently issued recommendations to urge a proactive cooperation between private and public sectors. The collaboration aims to improve the security […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2016
Ardit Ferizi, the hacker who helped ISIS to share a Kill List of US Military Personnel has been sentenced to 20 years in prison

The hacker Ardit Ferizi, aka Th3Dir3ctorY, who helped ISIS to share a Kill List of US Military Personnel has been sentenced to 20 years in a US prison Months ago, I reported you the story of Ardit Ferizi, aka Th3Dir3ctorY, who is the hacker that supported the ISIS organization by handing over data for 1,351 US […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2016
US Supreme court allows FBI hacking computers located worldwide

The US Supreme Court has approved amendments to Rule 41 that allows judges issue search warrants for hack into computers located worldwide. The US Supreme Court has approved amendments to Rule 41, which now let U.S. judges issue search warrants for hacking into computers located also outside their jurisdiction. Under the original Rule 41, a […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2016
FBI paid more than $1.3 million to hack into San Bernardino shooter iPhone

FBI Director Comey explained at the Aspen Security Forum in London that the Agency paid more than $1.3 million to break into San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone. FBI Director Comey explained at the Aspen Security Forum in London that the Agency paid more than $1.3 million to break into San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone The FBI vs […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2016
A NIST guide tells enterprises how to secure email systems

For the first time in a decade, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its secure email guide. The last effort of the NIST Agency in the development of email security guidelines is dated 2007 when it published the  NIST SP 800-45, Version 2 – Guidelines on Electronic Mail Security. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2016
FBI breaks into San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone

The Department of Justice says the FBI has broken into the iPhone used by the San Bernardino shooter, it no longer needs the help of Apple. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced it has broken into San Bernardino shooter‘s iPhone and it had accessed encrypted stored on the device. After a long battle between Apple and […]

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