Resecurity reports a Q4 2025 surge in criminal use of DIG AI on Tor, enabling scalable illicit activity and posing new risks ahead of major 2026 events. During Q4 2025, Resecurity observed a notable increase in malicious actors utilizing DIG…
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U.S. CISA adds Cisco, SonicWall, and ASUS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco, SonicWall, and ASUS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apple and Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV)…
GhostPairing campaign abuses WhatsApp device linking to hijack accounts
Attackers abuse WhatsApp’s device-linking feature to hijack accounts via pairing codes in the GhostPairing campaign. Attackers are exploiting WhatsApp’s device-linking feature to hijack accounts using pairing codes in a campaign dubbed GhostPairing, without requiring authentication. Gen Digital first observed the…
SonicWall warns of actively exploited flaw in SMA 100 AMC
SonicWall warned users to patch a SMA1000 AMC flaw that was exploited as a zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability in attacks. SonicWall urged customers to address a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-40602, in the SMA1000 Appliance Management Console that was exploited as…
GNV ferry fantastic under cyberattack probe amid remote hijack fears
French prosecutors probe a suspected cyberattack on GNV ferry Fantastic, raising concerns of a possible remote hijack. French prosecutors are investigating a suspected cyberattack on the GNV ferry Fantastic, raising fears of a potential remote hijack. The ferry Fantastic sails…
Askul data breach exposed over 700,000 records after ransomware attack
Askul disclosed that an October RansomHouse ransomware attack compromised over 700,000 records at the Japanese e-commerce and logistics firm. Askul is a Japanese e-commerce and logistics company best known for supplying office products, stationery, IT equipment, and everyday business consumables…
Russian state hackers targeted Western critical infrastructure for years, Amazon says
Amazon disclosed a years-long Russian state-backed cyber campaign targeting Western critical infrastructure from 2021 to 2025. Amazon Threat Intelligence reports a long-running Russian state-backed campaign (2021–2025) targeting Western critical infrastructure. Threat actors shifted from exploiting vulnerabilities to abusing misconfigured network…
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in multiple Fortinet products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. CISA adds a vulnerability impacting multiple products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Fortinet Multiple Products Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-59718 (CVSS Score of 9.1), to its Known Exploited…
A cyber attack hit Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) disrupting export operations
A cyber attack hit Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, over the weekend, disrupting its export operations. Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA was hit by a cyberattack over the weekend that disrupted export operations. The company says the…
Hackers are exploiting critical Fortinet flaws days after patch release
Threat actors are exploiting two critical Fortinet flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719, days after patch release, impacting multiple Fortinet products. Threat actors started exploiting two critical flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719 (CVSS score of 9.1), in Fortinet products…
Pornhub targeted in extortion attempt following Mixpanel breach exposing user activity
Hackers tied to ShinyHunters extort PornHub after stealing search and viewing history of Premium users in a Mixpanel data breach. PornHub faces extortion after hackers linked to ShinyHunters allegedly stole search and viewing history of Premium users via a Mixpanel…
French Interior Minister says hackers breached its email servers
The French interior minister confirmed that a cyberattack breached the Interior Ministry, compromising its email servers. The French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced on Friday that threat actors compromised email servers at the Ministry of the Interior. The attack was…
U.S. CISA adds Apple and Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple and Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apple and Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox flaws to its Known Exploited…
Atlassian fixed maximum severity flaw CVE-2025-66516 in Apache Tika
Atlassian released security updates to address dozens of flaws, including multiple critical-severity vulnerabilities. Atlassian addressed dozens of vulnerabilities impacting its products, including multiple critical-severity issues. One of the most severe bugs is a maximum-severity XML External Entity (XXE) injection flaw, tracked…
U.S. fintech and data services firm 700Credit suffered a data breach impacting at least 5.6 million people
A data breach at 700Credit exposed the names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of at least 5.6 million people. 700Credit is a U.S. fintech and data services company that provides credit reports, “soft pull” prequalification, identity verification,…
CERT-FR recommends completely deactivate Wi-Fi whenever it’s not in use
The CERT-FR (French Computer Emergency Response Team) is advising iPhone and Android users to fully disable Wi-Fi to reduce risk. CERT-FR warns iPhone and Android users to fully disable Wi-Fi to reduce exposure, citing multiple vulnerabilities across wireless interfaces, apps, OSs,…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 554 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Experts…
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 75
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter UDPGangster Campaigns Target Multiple Countries Ransomware Trends in Bank Secrecy Act Data Between 2022 and 2024 Return of ClayRat:…
Experts found an unsecured 16TB database containing 4.3B professional records
An open 16TB database exposed 4.3B professional records. It was unsecured and only closed after researchers alerted the owner. A 16TB unsecured MongoDB database exposed about 4.3 billion professional records, mainly LinkedIn-style data, enabling large-scale AI-driven social-engineering attacks. The researcher…
Germany calls in Russian Ambassador over air traffic control hack claims
Germany summoned Russia’s ambassador over alleged cyberattacks on air traffic control and a disinformation campaign ahead of national elections. Germany summoned Russia’s ambassador after accusing Moscow of cyber attacks against its air traffic control authority and running a disinformation campaign…