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Security Affairs newsletter Round 562 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Security Affairs newsletter Round 562 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2026 A new round of...
DKnife toolkit abuses routers to spy and deliver malware since 2019
DKnife toolkit abuses routers to spy and deliver malware since 2019 Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2026 DKnife is a Linux...
Italian university La Sapienza still offline to mitigate recent cyber attack
Italian university La Sapienza still offline to mitigate recent cyber attack Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2026 Rome’s La Sapienza University...
CISA pushes Federal agencies to retire end-of-support edge devices
CISA pushes Federal agencies to retire end-of-support edge devices Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2026 CISA ordered U.S. federal agencies to...
Record-breaking 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack hits in November 2025, stopped by Cloudflare
Record-breaking 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack hits in November 2025, stopped by Cloudflare Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2026 AISURU/Kimwolf botnet hit...
Nearly 5 Million Web Servers Found Exposing Git Metadata – Study Reveals Widespread Risk of Code and Credential Leaks
Nearly 5 Million Web Servers Found Exposing Git Metadata – Study Reveals Widespread Risk of Code and Credential Leaks Pierluigi...
U.S. CISA adds SmarterTools SmarterMail and React Native Community CLI flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. CISA adds SmarterTools SmarterMail and React Native Community CLI flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Pierluigi Paganini February...
Hacker claims theft of data from 700,000 Substack users; Company confirms breach
Hacker claims theft of data from 700,000 Substack users; Company confirms breach Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2026 Substack confirmed a...
Incognito Market admin sentenced to 30 years for running $105 million dark web drug empire
A Taiwanese man who ran one of the world's largest dark web drugs marketplaces has been sentenced to 30 years...
Pro-Russian group Noname057(16) launched DDoS attacks on Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics
Pro-Russian group Noname057(16) launched DDoS attacks on Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2026 Italy stopped Russian-linked...
China-linked Amaranth-Dragon hackers target Southeast Asian governments in 2025
China-linked Amaranth-Dragon hackers target Southeast Asian governments in 2025 Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2026 China-linked hackers tracked as Amaranth-Dragon targeted...
CVE-2025-22225 in VMware ESXi now used in active ransomware attacks
CVE-2025-22225 in VMware ESXi now used in active ransomware attacks Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2026 Ransomware groups now exploit VMware...
Taiwanese operator of Incognito Market sentenced to 30 years over $105M darknet drug ring
Taiwanese operator of Incognito Market sentenced to 30 years over $105M darknet drug ring Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2026 A...
Smashing Security podcast #453: The Epstein Files didn’t hide this hacker very well
Supposedly redacted Jeffrey Epstein files can still reveal exactly who they’re talking about – especially when AI, LinkedIn, and a...
