Hudson Rock researchers found that two university addresses tied to Italy’s school bomb threats were in infostealer data. On 11 November, bomb-threat emails hit schools across Europe. ANSA, citing the Education Ministry, reported that about 6,000 Italian schools received them. Some evacuated, others kept teaching after talking to police, so the recipient count tells you […]
Maersk confirms a data breach involving a legacy system, while WhiteArmor claims 100GB of stolen data and demands a $5 million ransom. A.P. Moller Maersk, the Danish shipping giant, says it identified an IT security incident involving unauthorized access and data extraction from one of its local legacy systems, one inherited from a previous acquisition. […]
Hackers advertise a $1,000-a-month tool claiming persistent Gmail access after password resets, but its effectiveness remains unverified. A developer of hacking tools is selling a $1,000 per month feature that allegedly gives criminals continuous access to Gmail inboxes. The cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock reports that the tool can keep reading a victim’s mailbox after a […]
ESET found Russia-Linked APT group Turla using a new toolset, dubbed Cereal, on government Exchange servers in Kazakhstan and Romania. ESET Research detailed a previously undocumented toolset it calls Cereal, built to run on Microsoft Exchange servers. The researchers found it on 28 November 2025 at a government body in Kazakhstan, and later at a […]
Taiwanese vendor QNAP urges users to update Plex Media Server after reports of NAS compromises through the Plex2Shell vulnerability chain. QNAP urges users to update Plex Media Server through the QNAP App Center after reports that threat actors exploited the Plex2Shell vulnerability chain to compromise NAS devices. “QNAP has received reports from some users that […]
Fake GitHub security tools are spreading malware that disables defenses, steals sensitive data and infects over 2,000 PCs. Cybersecurity firm Doctor Web has found malware hidden in GitHub projects that look like security tools. The campaign targets blockchain game fans and, more recently, information security professionals. The researchers discovered that more than 2,000 PCs were […]
Brenner Base Tunnel SE confirms a breach and Everest claims 812 GB. What we know, what we don’t, and why overblown alarm helps propaganda more than the attackers. Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) SE, the company building the Brenner Base Tunnel between Italy and Austria, has confirmed that unauthorized people accessed some of its data. The […]
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