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Security Affairs newsletter Round 567 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
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Starbucks data breach impacts 889 employees
Starbucks disclosed a breach after phishing attacks on its employee portal led to unauthorized access to Partner Central accounts, exposing staff data. Starbucks reported a data breach affecting hundreds of employees after phishing attacks targeted its Partner Central employee portal.…
Storm-2561 lures victims to spoofed VPN sites to harvest corporate logins
Attackers linked to Storm-2561 use SEO-poisoned search results to lure users to fake Ivanti, Cisco, and Fortinet VPN sites that steal corporate login credentials. In mid-January 2026, Microsoft Defender Experts uncovered a credential-theft campaign attributed to Storm-2561. Threat actor is…
Interpol – Operation Synergia III leads to 45,000 malicious IPs dismantled and 94 arrests worldwide
INTERPOL dismantled 45,000 malicious IPs and servers and arrested 94 suspects in a global cybercrime operation. INTERPOL announced a global cybercrime operation (codenamed Operation Synergia III) involving 72 countries that dismantled 45,000 malicious IP addresses and servers linked to phishing,…
U.S. CISA adds Google Chrome flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chrome flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two Google Chrome flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws…
Hackers targeted Poland’s National Centre for Nuclear Research
Hackers targeted Poland’s National Centre for Nuclear Research, but security systems detected and blocked the attack before any damage. The National Centre for Nuclear Research in Poland reported a cyberattack on its IT infrastructure. The intrusion attempt was quickly detected…
US and European authorities disrupt socksEscort proxy service tied to AVrecon botnet
Authorities in the US and Europe disrupted the SocksEscort proxy service, which used the AVrecon botnet and infected about 360,000 devices since 2020. Law enforcement agencies in the US and Europe have disrupted SocksEscort, a malicious proxy service powered by…
AI-assisted Slopoly malware powers Hive0163’s ransomware campaigns
The Hive0163 group used AI-assisted malware called Slopoly to maintain persistent access in ransomware attacks. IBM X-Force researchers report that the financially motivated group Hive0163 is using AI-assisted malware named Slopoly to maintain persistent access during ransomware attacks, showing how…
Google fixed two new actively exploited flaws in the Chrome browser
Google addressed two high-severity vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser that have been exploited in attacks in the wild. Google has released security updates to address two high-severity vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2026-3909 and CVE-2026-3910, in the Chrome browser. The company is…
Beyond File Servers: Securing Unstructured Data in the Era of AI
File servers still exist for legacy storage and governance, but most modern workflows now happen in collaboration tools, code platforms, chats, and AI systems. File servers remain, but they are no longer central to operations. They still appear important on…
Apple issues emergency fixes for Coruna flaws in older iOS versions
Apple released iOS 16.7.15 and 15.8.7 updates for older iPhones and iPads to patch vulnerabilities linked to the Coruna exploits. Apple has released security updates for legacy devices, rolling out iOS and iPadOS 16.7.15 and 15.8.7 to address vulnerabilities tied…
Critical SQL Injection bug in Ally plugin threatens 400,000+ WordPress sites
An unauthenticated SQL injection flaw (CVE-2026-2413) in the Ally WordPress plugin, used on 400K+ sites, could allow attackers to steal sensitive data. An unauthenticated SQL injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-2413 (CVSS score 7.5), in Ally plugin could allow attackers to…
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in n8n to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in n8n to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an n8n flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-68613 (CVSS score of 10.0), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities…
ENISA Technical Advisory on Secure Package Managers: Essential DevSecOps Guidance
ENISA’s first Technical Advisory on Secure Package Managers helps developers safely use third-party packages. ENISA has released its first Technical Advisory on Package Managers, focusing on how developers can safely consume third-party packages. The document (March 2026, v1.1) follows public…
Bell Ambulance data breach impacted over 238,000 people
Bell Ambulance confirms a February 2025 breach affecting 238,000 people, exposing personal, financial, and health information. Nearly 238,000 individuals are impacted by a February 2025 Bell Ambulance data breach. Bell Ambulance is a U.S.-based emergency medical services provider offering ambulance…
Pro-Palestinian hacktivist group Handala targets Stryker in global disruption
Pro-Palestinian hacktivist group Handala claims a cyberattack on Stryker, alleging it wiped 200,000 systems and disrupted global operations. Pro-Palestinian hacktivist group Handala claims responsibility for a disruptive cyberattack against medical technology firm Stryker. “Medical technology giant Stryker is experiencing a…
BeatBanker malware targets Android users with banking Trojan and crypto miner
BeatBanker Android malware spreads through fake Starlink apps on websites imitating Google Play Store, hijacking devices, stealing credentials, and mining crypto. A new Android malware called BeatBanker spreads through fake Starlink apps distributed on websites posing as the Google Play…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise fixes critical authentication bypass in Aruba AOS-CX
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) fixed several flaws in Aruba AOS-CX, including a critical bug that lets attackers reset admin passwords. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) patched multiple vulnerabilities in Aruba AOS-CX, the operating system used in Aruba CX switches. The most…
KadNap bot compromises 14,000+ devices to route malicious traffic
KadNap malware infects 14,000+ edge devices, mainly Asus routers, turning them into a stealth proxy botnet used to route malicious internet traffic. KadNap malware infects more than 14,000 edge devices, mainly ASUS routers, and turns them into a proxy botnet…