Intel471 says Italy draws an unusual, outsized attack mix
The firm shared a pre-publication report with Dark Reading and offers three theories, which the excerpt does not include.
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76 articles · newest firstIntel471 says Italy is an outlier for access sales and exploits
Italian organizations account for about 7% of initial-access listings, far above what the country's size would suggest.
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noyb sues Scale AI over Outlier worker tracking and biometrics
Complaints in four EU countries allege keystroke logging and mandatory face video; Scale calls the claims inaccurate.
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Italy’s Chamber says three parliamentary email accounts were targeted
Public statements do not yet say whether messages were read or any data was taken.
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CyberStrikeAI’s 44 agents automated attacks on Japan organizations
Other listed targets included Taiwan, Hong Kong, the UK, France, Italy, Qatar, and Colombia.
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Rapid7: high-severity flaws exploited within three days in Q3
The Gentlemen and Qilin led claimed ransomware incidents, the US accounted for 60% of attacks, and AI was operational in 8%.
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Midnight Mimosa malware ships in Android phone firmware
A platform-signed system app installs ad-fraud plugins after briefly disabling the Play Store; proxy use was not seen.
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Midnight Mimosa hides ad-fraud malware in cheap Android firmware
Bitdefender saw thousands of infected phones in more than 150 countries over about two years.
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Dataset reconstructs procedural histories of 5346 Italian laws
LLM extraction, checked against manual annotations, yields 101413 dated events from 1985 to 2026.
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Chinese Phishing Network Uses 17,000 Domains to Target Japanese Banks and Steal Credentials
Chinese-language phishing kits used about 17,000 domains to steal credentials from Japanese bank and retail customers.
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Microsoft Disrupts CoGUI Phishing Kit Linked to Over 100 Million Malicious Emails a Month
Microsoft and partners seized CoGUI phishing-kit infrastructure tied to over 100 million malicious emails a month.
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NVIDIA Expands Advanced Technology Access for Europe’s Scientific Community Through Open Learning Resources, Collaborations and Compute
NVIDIA pledged open models, training, and compute to Europe's AI-in-science initiative.
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Amsterdam police confiscates server left-wing ISP A/I at American request
Amsterdam police seized an Autistici/Inventati server for the US after Washington sanctioned the Italian host.
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Meta, Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera, and EssilorLuxottica Expand Access to Art Through AI Glasses
Meta, Brera, and EssilorLuxottica pilot AI glasses that narrate artworks for blind and low-vision visitors in Milan.
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European Cities Deploy NVIDIA-Powered AI Agents to Run Smarter Urban Operations
European cities and partners are piloting NVIDIA AI agents and digital twins for urban operations.
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How a leaked builder of XWorm turned a remote access trojan into a surveillance kit
Netskope says leaked XWorm builders turned the RAT into a surveillance kit with live browser, mic, and location plugins.
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Low-Cost Android Phones Ship With Preinstalled Malware That Turns Them Into Residential Proxies
Preinstalled Midnight Mimosa malware on cheap Android phones enables ad fraud and residential proxies.
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Low-cost Android phones are arriving with malware that owners can’t uninstall
Bitdefender found preinstalled Midnight Mimosa malware on budget Android phones that owners cannot uninstall.
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Android Firmware Malware Uses Ad Fraud and Proxy Botnets to Generate Revenue
Midnight Mimosa, preinstalled Android firmware malware, monetizes thousands of phones in 150 countries through ad fraud and proxies.
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Midnight Mimosa Infects Android Phones Before Users Even Turn Them On
Midnight Mimosa ships in low-cost Android firmware, silently running ad fraud and proxy modules before first boot.
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Risky Bulletin: ShinyHunters suspects arrested in US and Jordan
Roundup: hackers stole data on 8.8 million Danes, and Oracle confirmed a 20-million-patient health breach.
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Leader of vast money mule operation that laundered cybercriminal proceeds pleads guilty
Oleg Korniev pleaded guilty to leading YMCO, which laundered at least $10 million through more than 15,000 money mules.
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Man admits to running network of 15,000 money mules for cybercriminals
Oleg Korniev admitted running 15,000 U.S. money mules that laundered millions for cybercriminals.
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Pre-Baked Firmware Malware Hits Budget Android Devices in 150+ Countries
Bitdefender found Midnight Mimosa firmware malware preinstalled on budget Android phones in over 150 countries.
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Thousands of wind and solar park systems sit exposed on the internet across Europe
Modat and NCSC-NL found 8,547 internet-reachable wind and solar control systems across Europe.
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Italy’s Foreign Ministry Under Cyberattack as Embassy Sites Come Under Review
Italy's Foreign Ministry says its website is under cyberattack, so far mitigated, while embassies are reviewed.
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Low-cost Android phones ship with residential proxy malware
Midnight Mimosa malware preinstalled on cheap Android phones enables ad fraud and residential proxy abuse.
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The Secrets of a US Spyware King
Paragon's CEO says the firm cannot detect or remotely shut off misuse of its mobile spyware.
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US Seeks Alleged Chinese Hafnium Hacker With $10 Million Reward
The US offers up to $10 million for alleged Hafnium hacker Zhang Yu, still at large.
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U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Alleged HAFNIUM Hacker Zhang Yu
The United States offered $10 million for Zhang Yu, accused of helping run the HAFNIUM Exchange intrusions.
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U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Chinese Hacker Behind Alleged COVID-19 Research Cyberattacks
The U.S. offers up to $10 million for information on Zhang Yu, accused of COVID-19 research cyberattacks.
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PoeLLM Malware Hijacks 3,400+ Servers for Crypto Mining and Botnet Expansion
PoeLLM has compromised over 3,400 servers, mining cryptocurrency and spreading through exposed AI and web apps.
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U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Chinese Hacker Who Tried to Steal COVID-19 Research
The U.S. offers up to $10 million for Zhang Yu, accused of MSS-directed theft of COVID-19 research.
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US posts $10 million reward for accused Chinese ‘Hafnium’ hacker
The US offers $10 million for Zhang Yu, accused of leading Hafnium intrusions for China.
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Poetry is the new AI security threat as PoeLLM malware infects 3K+ servers
PoeLLM malware has infected over 3,000 servers since April, hiding command-and-control in a GitHub poem while mining cryptocurrency.
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PoeLLM Malware Infects 3,400+ Servers to Expand Crypto Mining Botnet
PoeLLM malware has infected over 3,400 servers to build a cryptomining botnet called Canto Incognito.
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PoeLLM malware infects exposed AI servers in cryptomining attacks
PoeLLM cryptomining malware has compromised over 2,100 exposed AI servers, using GitHub poems for command-and-control.
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PoeLLM malware has assembled a sweeping botnet, taking technical cues from a poem
PoeLLM malware has compromised over 3,400 servers, encoding its command-and-control address in a GitHub poem.
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IQVIA fined $7.8 million for failing to properly anonymize health data
Italy fined IQVIA $7.8 million for weakly anonymizing health data on about one million patients.
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The Italian Italy’s Data Protection Authority fines IQVIA €7 million over data protection breach
Italy’s privacy authority fined IQVIA €7 million for processing re-identifiable health data on one million patients.
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