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Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2025
A new Italian citizen was targeted with Paragon’s Graphite spyware. We have a serious problem

An Italian political adviser was targeted with Paragon’s Graphite spyware, becoming the fifth Italian in the ongoing government surveillance activity. Italian political adviser Francesco Nicodemo said he was targeted with Paragon’s Graphite spyware, becoming the fifth Italian in the ongoing government surveillance activity. Graphite is an invasive, non-auditable spyware that covertly accesses sensitive phone data; […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2025
LANDFALL spyware exploited Samsung zero-day CVE-2025-21042 in Middle East attacks

A now-patched Samsung Galaxy flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-21042, was exploited as a zero-day to deploy LANDFALL spyware in targeted attacks in Middle East. Samsung patched a flaw exploited as a zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-21042 (CVSS score of 8.8), to deploy LANDFALL spyware on Galaxy devices in Middle East attacks. “Unit 42 researchers have uncovered a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2025
Cisco fixes critical UCCX flaw allowing Root command execution

Cisco patched a critical flaw in its Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX) software that allowed attackers to execute commands with root privileges. Cisco released security updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20354 (CVSS score 9.8), in the Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX) software. An attacker can exploit the flaw to execute commands with root […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2025
Clop Ransomware group claims the breach of The Washington Post

The Clop Ransomware group claims the breach of The Washington Post and added the American daily newspaper to its Tor data leak site. The Clop Ransomware group announced the hack of the prestigious American daily newspaper The Washington Post. The cybercrime group created a page for the university on its Tor data leak site and announced it will […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2025
Cisco became aware of a new attack variant against Secure Firewall ASA and FTD devices

Cisco warns of a new attack variant exploiting CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362 in Secure Firewall ASA and FTD devices. Cisco warned of a new attack variant targeting vulnerable Secure Firewall ASA and FTD devices by exploiting the vulnerabilities CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362. “On November 5, 2025, Cisco became aware of a new attack variant against devices running […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2025
Google sounds alarm on self-modifying AI malware

Google warns malware now uses AI to mutate, adapt, and collect data during execution, boosting evasion and persistence. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) warn of a new generation of malware that is using AI during execution to mutate, adapt, and collect data in real time, helping it evade detection more effectively. Cybercriminals increasingly use AI […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2025
Alleged Russia-linked Curly COMrades exploit Windows Hyper-V to evade EDRs

Curly COMrades threat actors exploit Windows Hyper-V to hide Linux VMs, evade EDR tools, and deploy custom malware undetected. Bitdefender researchers, aided by Georgia’s CERT, uncovered that Curly COMrades, a group linked to Russian interests, abused Windows Hyper-V to gain covert, long-term access to victims. Threat actors created hidden Alpine Linux VMs (120MB/256MB) hosting custom […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2025
SonicWall blames state-sponsored hackers for September security breach

Cybersecurity firm SonicWall attributed the September security breach exposing firewall configuration files to state-sponsored hackers. In September, SonicWall urged customers to reset credentials after firewall backup files tied to MySonicWall accounts were exposed. The company announced it had blocked attackers’ access and was working with cybersecurity experts and law enforcement agencies to determine the scope […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2025
U.S. sanctioned North Korea bankers for laundering funds linked to cyberattacks and peapons program

U.S. sanctions North Korea bankers and firms accused of laundering cybercrime funds used to finance the country’s nuclear weapons program. The U.S. Government has imposed sanctions on several North Korea bankers, financial institutions, and individuals accused of laundering funds obtained from cybercrime operations. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, these illicit financial activities directly support […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2025
Former cybersecurity employees attempted to extort five U.S. companies in 2023 using BlackCat ransomware attacks

U.S. prosecutors charged three Florida men for using BlackCat ransomware to hack and extort five U.S. companies in 2023. U.S. prosecutors charged Ryan Clifford Goldberg, Kevin Tyler Martin, and another Florida-based accomplice (aka “Co-Conspirator 1”) for using BlackCat ransomware to hack and extort five U.S. companies in 2023. According to Federal prosecutors, the attacks occurred […]