24 September 2026
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Pierluigi Paganini

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 561 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Crypto February 3, 2026

Security Affairs newsletter Round 561 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. DOJ r… [+5473 chars...

Empire Market co-founder faces 10 years to life after guilty plea

Crypto January 31, 2026

Empire Market co-founder faces 10 years to life after guilty plea Raheim Hamilton (30) of Virginia, co-creator of the dark web marketplace Empire Market, pleaded guilty in Chicago to a federal drug �...

Amnesia RAT deployed in multi-stage phishing attacks against Russian users

Crypto January 28, 2026

Amnesia RAT deployed in multi-stage phishing attacks against Russian users FortiGuard Labs researchers uncovered a multi-stage malware campaign mainly targeting users in Russia. The attack uses fake�...

North Korea–linked KONNI uses AI to build stealthy malware tooling

Crypto January 27, 2026

North Korealinked KONNI uses AI to build stealthy malware tooling Check Point Research uncovered an active phishing campaign attributed to the North Korealinked KONNI group (aka Kimsuky, Earth Imp,�...

Crooks impersonate LastPass in campaign to harvest master passwords

Crypto January 22, 2026

Crooks impersonate LastPass in campaign to harvest master passwords LastPass warned users about an active phishing campaign that began around January 19, 2026. Attackers impersonate the service with�...

Access broker caught: Jordanian pleads guilty to hacking 50 companies

Crypto January 21, 2026

Access broker caught: Jordanian pleads guilty to hacking 50 companies A Jordanian national Feras Khalil Ahmad Albashiti (40), living in Georgia, pleaded guilty in a US court to acting as an access b�...

Telegram-based illicit billionaire marketplace Tudou Guarantee stopped transactions

Crypto January 21, 2026

Telegram-based illicit billionaire marketplace Tudou Guarantee stopped transactions Blockchain cybersecurity firm Elliptic reports that Tudou Guarantee, a major Telegram-based illicit marketplace in�...

The cybercriminal behind the 2016 Bitfinex hack has been released from prison early thanks to Trump’s 2018 First Step Act

Crypto January 6, 2026

The cybercriminal behind the 2016 Bitfinex hack has been released from prison early thanks to Trumps 2018 First Step Act Ilya Lichtenstein (38), convicted for the hack of the cryptocurrency stock ex�...

Two U.S. cybersecurity professionals plead guilty in BlackCat/Alphv ransomware case

Crypto January 3, 2026

Two U.S. cybersecurity professionals plead guilty in BlackCat/Alphv ransomware case The U.S. cybersecurity professionals Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin pleaded guilty to charges tied to their roles �...

Trust Wallet confirms second Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack, $8.5M in crypto stolen

Crypto January 2, 2026

Trust Wallet confirms second Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack, $8.5M in crypto stolen Trust Wallet linked a second Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack to its Chrome extension hack, which resulted in the th�...