Only 23% of ransomware victims paid in Q3 2025, the lowest ever, continuing a six-year decline in payment rates, Coveware reports. Cybersecurity firm Coveware reports that only 23% of ransomware victims paid attackers in Q3 2025, the lowest rate ever recorded. The researchers note this continues a six-year decline in payment rates. After 28% of…
Category: Exploits
APT, Breaking News, Exploits, Global Security News, hacking, intelligence, malware
Memento Labs, the ghost of Hacking Team, has returned — or maybe it was never gone at all.
Kaspersky links the first Chrome zero-day of 2025 to tools used in attacks attributed to Memento Labs, formerly known as the Hacking Team. The actor behind Operation ForumTroll used the same tools seen in Dante spyware attacks. Kaspersky researchers linked the first Chrome zero-day of 2025 (CVE-2025-2783), a sandbox escape flaw, to the arsenal of…
Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Exploits, Global Security News, Huntress, known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV), Threats
Attackers bypass patch in deprecated Windows Server update tool
Attackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services, bypassing a patch Microsoft issued earlier this month that failed to mitigate the issue affecting software versions dating back to 2012. Microsoft released an emergency, out-of-band security update for CVE-2025-59287 on Thursday. Multiple research firms detected in-the-wild exploitation by Friday, yet Microsoft has…
Exploits, Geopolitics, Global Security News, privacy, Research
Hacking Team successor linked to malware campaign, new ‘Dante’ commercial spyware
Kaspersky researchers said Monday that they’ve unearthed a malware campaign they’re linking to the successor company of the infamous Italy-based surveillance tech firm Hacking Team, and at the same time discovered new commercial malware tied to the same firm. The malware campaign that Kaspersky dubbed Operation ForumTroll targeted government organizations, media outlets, financial institutions, universities,…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Italian spyware vendor linked to Chrome zero-day attacks
A zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome exploited in Operation ForumTroll earlier this year delivered malware linked to Italian spyware vendor Memento Labs, born after IntheCyber Group acquired the infamous Hacking Team. […]
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Crafted URLs can trick OpenAI Atlas into running dangerous commands
Attackers can trick OpenAI Atlas browser via prompt injection, treating malicious instructions disguised as URLs in the omnibox as trusted commands. Attackers can exploit the OpenAI Atlas browser by disguising malicious instructions as URLs in the omnibox, which Atlas interprets as trusted commands, enabling harmful actions. NeuralTrust researchers warn that agentic browsers fail by not…
Exploits, Global Security News, Microsoft, Security
CISA orders feds to patch actively exploited Windows Server WSUS flaw
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered U.S. government agencies to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) vulnerability after adding it to its catalog of security flaws exploited in attacks. […]
Exploits, Global Security News, Ransomware, Security
Cross-platform ransomware: Qilin weaponizes Linux binaries against Windows hosts
Agenda ransomware group, popularly known as Qilin, has been abusing legitimate remote management and file transfer tools, security researchers revealed in a new disclosure. By deploying a Linux-based ransomware binary on Windows hosts, the threat actor has affected more than 700 victims since January 2025. According to Trend Micro findings, the cross-platform execution sidesteps Windows-centric…
Exploits, Global Security News
Critical WordPress Plugin Bugs Exploited En Masse
Wordfence says threat actors are trying to exploit three critical vulnerabilities from 2024
Exploits, Global Security News, GutenKit, hacking, hacking news, Hunk Companion, Uncategorized
Wordfence blocks 8.7M attacks exploiting old GutenKit and Hunk Companion flaws
Hackers exploited old RCE flaws in WordPress GutenKit and Hunk Companion plugins. Wordfence firm blocked 8.7M attacks in two days. In September and October 2024, submissions revealed Arbitrary Plugin Installation vulnerabilities in GutenKit and Hunk Companion WordPress plugins, with 40,000 and 8,000+ installs, respectively. These flaws allow unauthenticated attackers to install plugins and achieve RCE.…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 547 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. Russian Rosselkhoznadzor hit by DDoS attack, food shipments across Russia delayed CVE-2025-59287: Microsoft fixes critical WSUS…
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CVE-2025-59287: Microsoft fixes critical WSUS flaw under active attack
Microsoft released urgent updates to address the critical WSUS RCE vulnerability CVE-2025-59287, which is under active attack.. Microsoft released an out-of-band fix for CVE-2025-59287, a critical WSUS RCE flaw (CVSS 9.8) that is under active exploitation. Researchers MEOW and Markus Wulftange of CODE WHITE GmbH reported the vulnerability. “To comprehensively address CVE-2025-59287, Microsoft has released…
Endpoint Protection, Security, Vulnerabilities, Windows Security, Exploits, Global Security News
Critical Microsoft WSUS flaw exploited in wild after insufficient patch
Microsoft released out-of-band patches on Thursday to “comprehensively” fix a critical vulnerability in the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) after the first patches released on Oct. 14 proved insufficient. Attackers exploited the vulnerability in the wild after a detailed vulnerability analysis and proof-of-concept exploit were published this week. Tracked as CVE-2025-59287, the vulnerability stems from…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Hackers launch mass attacks exploiting outdated WordPress plugins
A widespread exploitation campaign is targeting WordPress websites with GutenKit and Hunk Companion plugins vulnerable to critical-severity, old security issues that can be used to achieve remote code execution (RCE). […]
Adobe, Breaking News, CISA, Exploits, Global Security News, hacking, Security
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft WSUS, and Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft WSUS, and Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Microsoft WSUS, and Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below the list of flaws added to the…
Exploits, Global Security News, Microsoft, Security
Critical WSUS flaw in Windows Server now exploited in attacks
Attackers are now exploiting a critical-severity Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability, which already has publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code. […]
Breaking News, Exploits, Global Security News, hacking, Pwn2Own Ireland 2025, Security
Summoning Team won Master of Pwn as Pwn2Own Ireland Rewards $1,024,750
The Pwn2Own Ireland hacking contest awarded a total $1,024,750 for 73 zero-days, the Summoning Team won Master of Pwn. Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 wrapped up with $1,024,750 awarded for 73 unique zero-days. Organizers thanked participants, vendors, and partners Meta, Synology, and QNAP. Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 includes eight categories of exploits targeting flagship smartphones (Galaxy S25, iPhone…
APT, china, Commentary, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Uncategorized
Shifting from reactive to proactive: Cyber resilience amid nation-state espionage
In recent years, the cybersecurity industry has made significant strides in securing endpoints with advanced Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions, and we have been successful in making life more difficult for our adversaries. While this progress is a victory, it has also produced a predictable and dangerous consequence where threat actors are shifting their…
Exploits, Global Security News
Threat Actors Ramp Up Public App Exploits as ToolShell Gains Traction
ToolShell exploit activity surged last quarter, appearing in over 60% of Cisco Talos IR cases and driving a sharp rise in public-facing application attacks
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China-linked hackers exploit patched ToolShell flaw to breach Middle East telecom
China-based threat actors exploited ToolShell SharePoint flaw CVE-2025-53770 soon after its July patch. China-linked threat actors exploited the ToolShell SharePoint flaw vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-53770, to breach a telecommunications company in the Middle East after it was addressed by Microsoft in July 2025. “China-based attackers used the ToolShell vulnerability (CVE-2025-53770) to compromise a telecoms company in…
Exploits, Global Security News, Microsoft, Security
Windows Server emergency patches fix WSUS bug with PoC exploit
Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) security updates to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability with publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code. […]
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Hackers earn $1,024,750 for 73 zero-days at Pwn2Own Ireland
The Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 hacking competition has ended with security researchers collecting $1,024,750 in cash awards after exploiting 73 zero-day vulnerabilities. […]
Exploits, Global Security News
AI browsers can be abused by malicious AI sidebar extensions: Report
AI browsers may be smart, but they’re not smart enough to block a common threat: Malicious extensions. That’s the conclusion of researchers at SquareX, who on Thursday released a report showing how attackers can exploit AI sidebars through compromised browser extensions. This attack vector isn’t new. Malicious extensions have been inserted into browser web stores…
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AI browsers can be abused by malicious AI sidebar extensions: Report
AI browsers may be smart, but they’re not smart enough to block a common threat: Malicious extensions. That’s the conclusion of researchers at SquareX, who on Thursday released a report showing how attackers can exploit AI sidebars through compromised browser extensions. This attack vector isn’t new. Malicious extensions have been inserted into browser web stores…
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Pwn2Own Day 2: Organizers paid $792K for 56 0-days
Day Two of Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 saw $792K for 56 0-days, led by The Summoning Team after a major Samsung Galaxy exploit. Day Two of Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 ends with participants earning $792,750 for 56 zero-days. Meta, Synology and QNAP are sponsoring the event. Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 includes eight categories of exploits targeting flagship smartphones…
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Ex-L3Harris executive accused of selling trade secrets to Russia
Federal prosecutors have accused a former executive at L3Harris Technologies’ cyber division of stealing trade secrets and selling them to an undisclosed buyer in Russia, according to court documents obtained by CyberScoop. The Department of Justice filed charges against Peter Williams, an Australian national who served as general manager of Trenchant, a specialized cybersecurity division…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
CISA warns of Lanscope Endpoint Manager flaw exploited in attacks
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Motex Landscope Endpoint Manager. […]
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U.S. CISA adds Motex LANSCOPE flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Motex LANSCOPE flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Motex LANSCOPE flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-61932 (CVSS v4 score of 9.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The flaw is an improper verification of source of a communication…
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Over 250 attacks hit Adobe Commerce and Magento via critical CVE-2025-54236 flaw
Hackers exploit CVE-2025-54236 in Adobe Commerce and Magento to hijack accounts via REST API. Over 250 attacks in 24 hours. E-commerce security company Sansec researchers warn that threat actors are exploiting a critical flaw in Adobe Commerce and Magento, tracked as CVE-2025-54236 (CVSS 9.1), to hijack customer accounts via the REST API. The experts observed…
Exploits, Global Security News
Serious vulnerability found in Rust library
Developers creating projects in the Rust programming language, as well as IT leaders with Rust-based applications in their environments, should pay attention to a serious vulnerability found in one of the programming language’s libraries. Researchers at Edera say they have uncovered a critical boundary-parsing bug, dubbed TARmageddon (CVE-2025-62518), in the popular async-tar Rust library. And not only…
Exploits, Global Security News
Prompt hijacking puts MCP-based AI workflows at risk
Model context protocol (MCP) gives IT teams a standardized way to connect large language models (LLMs) to tools and data sources when developing AI-based workflows. But security researchers warn that MCP-based AI workflows can be vulnerable to malicious prompt injection attacks if session ID management was implemented insecurely on the MCP servers facilitating the connection.…
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PhantomCaptcha targets Ukraine relief groups with WebSocket RAT in October 2025
PhantomCaptcha phishing campaign hit Ukraine relief groups with a WebSocket RAT on Oct 8, 2025, targeting Red Cross, UNICEF, and others. SentinelOne researchers uncovered PhantomCaptcha, a coordinated spear-phishing campaign on October 8, 2025, targeting Ukraine war relief groups, including Red Cross, UNICEF, NRC, and local administrations. Threat actors used fake emails to deploy a WebSocket-based…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Pwn2Own Day 2: Hackers exploit 56 zero-days for $790,000
Security researchers collected $792,750 in cash after exploiting 56 unique zero-day vulnerabilities during the second day of the Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 hacking competition. […]
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Hackers exploiting critical “SessionReaper” flaw in Adobe Magento
Hackers are actively exploiting the critical SessionReaper vulnerability (CVE-2025-54236) in Adobe Commerce (formerly Magento) platforms, with hundreds of attempts recorded. […]
Breaking News, Exploits, Global Security News, hacking, hacking news, information security news, Security
TP-Link urges immediate updates for Omada Gateways after critical flaws discovery
TP-Link warns of critical flaws in Omada gateways across ER, G, and FR models. Users should update firmware immediately to stay secure. TP-Link is warning users of critical flaws impacting its Omada gateway devices. The Taiwanese company published two security advisories this week, outlining four vulnerabilities that impacts more than a dozen products across the…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
TARmageddon flaw in abandoned Rust library enables RCE attacks
A high-severity vulnerability in the now-abandoned async-tar Rust library and its forks can be exploited to gain remote code execution on systems running unpatched software. […]
Exploits, Global Security News
MuddyWater Uses Compromised Mailboxes in Global Phishing Campaign
Group-IB has uncovered a phishing campaign by Iran-linked MuddyWater, exploiting compromised emails for foreign intelligence
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TARmageddon flaw in Async-Tar Rust library allows to smuggle extra archives when the library is processing nested TAR files
CVE-2025-62518 TARmageddon flaw in Rust async-tar and forks like tokio-tar may allow remote code execution, says Edera. Edera team disclosed a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-62518 (CVSS score: 8.1), dubbed TARmageddon, in the Rust async-tar library and forks like tokio-tar. A remote attacker can exploit the flaw to achieve code execution. “astral-tokio-tar is a tar archive…
Exploits, Global Security News, Phishing, Security
Google ‘Careers’ scam lands job seekers in credential traps
Scammers have begun impersonating outreach from Google’s “Careers” division to trick targets into giving away their credentials. According to a Sublime Security finding, the attackers are sending messages that appear to come from Google’s recruiting team — asking “Are you open to talk?” — and take victims through a fake booking process that lands them…
Exploits, Global Security News
Salesforce’s glaring Dreamforce omission: Vital security lessons from Salesloft Drift
Salesforce’s flagship Dreamforce conference last week offered attendees a range of sessions on best practices for securing their Salesforce environments and AI agents, and about what Salesforce itself is doing with AI to improve security. The company even released two new agents aimed at CISOs ahead of the event, one to handle security issues and…
Exploits, Global Security News
CAASM and EASM: Top 12 attack surface discovery and management tools
Cyber asset attack surface management (CAASM) or external attack surface management (EASM) solutions are designed to quantify the attack surface and minimize and harden it. The goal with CAASM tools is to give the adversary as little information about the security posture of the business as possible while still maintaining critical business services. If you’ve…
Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Research, Technology
Researchers uncover remote code execution flaw in abandoned Rust code library
Security specialists at Edera discovered and disclosed a high-severity vulnerability in an early and since-abandoned code for an open-source async tar archive library for the Rust programming language. Researchers warned that potential exploitation, which allows for remote code execution, could bear major impacts due to widespread forking and a lack of visibility into the code’s…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
CISA confirms hackers exploited Oracle E-Business Suite SSRF flaw
CISA has confirmed that an Oracle E-Business Suite flaw tracked as CVE-2025-61884 is being exploited in attacks, adding it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. […]
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Hackers exploit 34 zero-days on first day of Pwn2Own Ireland
On the first day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2025, security researchers exploited 34 unique zero-days and collected $522,500 in cash awards. […]
Exploits, Global Security News, Uncategorized
U.S. CISA adds Oracle, Windows, Kentico, and Apple flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Oracle, Windows, Kentico, and Apple flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Oracle, Windows, Kentico, and Apple flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CVE-2022-48503 Apple Multiple Products Unspecified Vulnerability CVE-2025-2746 Kentico Xperience Staging Sync Server Digest Password Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2025-2747 Kentico…
0day, cyber attacks, Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Envoy Air (American Airlines) Confirms Oracle EBS 0-Day Breach Linked to Cl0p
Envoy Air (American Airlines) confirms a breach by CL0P after they exploited the critical CVE-2025-61882 zero-day flaw in Oracle E-Business Suite.
Exploits, Global Security News, Government, Policy, privacy, Technology
Apple and Google challenged by parents’ rights coalition on youth privacy protections
A nonprofit organization has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, claiming Google’s business practices around children and teenagers violates U.S. privacy laws and constitutes unfair and deceptive practices. The complaint, filed by the Digital Childhood Institute, lays out five core claims against the tech giant: that it “knowingly” markets adult-themed or age-restricted…
Exploits, Global Security News, Microsoft, Security
CISA: High-severity Windows SMB flaw now exploited in attacks
CISA says threat actors are now actively exploiting a high-severity Windows SMB privilege escalation vulnerability that can let them gain SYSTEM privileges on unpatched systems. […]
Exploits, Global Security News
Threat actors are spreading malicious extensions via VS marketplaces
Careless developers publishing Visual Studio extensions to two open marketplaces have been including access tokens and other secrets that can be exploited by threat actors, a security vendor has found. The discovery was made earlier this year by researchers at Wiz, who quietly worked with Microsoft and its VSCode Marketplace as well as those behind…
Breaking News, Exploits, Global Security News, Security
F5 breach exposes 262,000 BIG-IP systems worldwide
Over 262K F5 BIG-IP devices exposed after threat actors stole source code and data on undisclosed flaws in a recent F5 breach. Over 262,000 F5 BIG-IP devices are exposed online after F5 confirmed a breach by nation-state actors who stole source code and data on undisclosed flaws. The Shadowserver Foundation found 262,269 F5 BIG-IP systems…
Exploits, Global Security News
Network security devices endanger orgs with ’90s era flaws
Enterprises have long relied on firewalls, routers, VPN servers, and email gateways to protect their networks from attacks. Increasingly, however, these network edge devices are becoming security liabilities themselves. Every few weeks, another crisis plays out: Security teams scramble to patch and scan their network appliances for malware implants after another zero-day attack is newly…
Exploits, Global Security News
Foreign hackers breached a US nuclear weapons plant via SharePoint flaws
A foreign threat actor infiltrated the Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), a key manufacturing site within the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), exploiting unpatched Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities, according to a source involved in an August incident response at the facility. The breach targeted a plant that produces the vast majority of critical non-nuclear components…
Exploits, Global Security News
October Patch Tuesday reveals 172 Vulnerabilities
GUEST OPINION: Microsoft is publishing 172 new vulnerabilities today. Microsoft is aware of public disclosure for just two of the vulnerabilities published today, and claims no evidence of in-the-wild exploitation. Today sees six zero-day vulnerabilities patched, but only a single one is evaluated as critical severity. Microsoft is aware of public disclosure in three cases, and…
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 67
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Astaroth: Banking Trojan Abusing GitHub for Resilience North Korea’s Contagious Interview Campaign Escalates: 338 Malicious npm Packages, 50,000 Downloads New Rust Malware “ChaosBot” Uses Discord for Command and Control Weaponizing Discord for Command and…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 546 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. Winos 4.0 hackers expand to Japan and Malaysia with new malware From Airport chaos to cyber…
Endpoint Protection, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Security, Vendors and Providers, Windows, Windows Security, Exploits, Global Security News
For October’s Patch Tuesday, a scary number of fixes
Microsoft this week released 175 updates affecting Windows and Office and .NET, including server-based updates for Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange server. There are also four zero-day fixes (CVE-2025-24052, CVE-2025-24990, CVE-2025-2884 and CVE-2025-59230), leading to a “Patch Now” recommendation for Windows. (All other updates can be added to your standard patch release schedule.) To help you navigate these changes,…
Breaking News, Exploits, Global Security News, hacking, hacking news, information security news, Security
A critical WatchGuard Fireware flaw could allow unauthenticated code execution
A critical WatchGuard Fireware vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-9242, could allow unauthenticated code execution. Researchers revealed details of a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-9242 (CVSS score of 9.3), in WatchGuard Fireware. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the flaw to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds write issue that affects Fireware OS versions 11.10.2–11.12.4_Update1, 12.0–12.11.3,…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security, Vulnerabilities
Critical ASP.NET core vulnerability earns Microsoft’s highest-ever severity score
Microsoft has patched a critical vulnerability in ASP.NET Core that earned a CVSS severity score of 9.9, the highest rating the company has ever assigned to a flaw in the web development framework. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-55315, affects the Kestrel web server component built into ASP.NET Core and could allow authenticated attackers to bypass…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security, Vulnerabilities
‘Zero Disco’ campaign hits legacy Cisco switches with fileless rootkit payloads
In newly disclosed real-world attacks, threat actors are found exploiting a Cisco Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) vulnerability to gain remote code execution (RCE) and install Linux rootkits on vulnerable switches. A Trend Micro investigation traced the activity, dubbed “Operation Zero Disco,” to older Cisco platforms and found the operation using spoofed IPs and MAC…
Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, malware, Scams and Fraud, Security
Malicious Perplexity Comet Browser Download Ads Push Malware Via Google
Attackers are exploiting Google Ads with fake Comet Browser download links to spread malware disguised as Perplexity’s official installer. The campaign, tracked by DataDome, has ties to DarkGate.
AI, Apps, Compliance, Cybersecurity, data breach, Data Breaches, Exploits, F5, forensics, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Information Security, Network Security, Risk Management
Think Your Firewall Is Safe? The F5 Hack Proves It’s the Perfect Trojan Horse
In what is being described as one of the most consequential cyber-espionage operations of the year, US technology vendor F5 Networks has confirmed that nation-state threat actors successfully infiltrated its internal environment, stealing source code and vulnerability intelligence related to its flagship BIG-IP product line — a core networking and application delivery system used by…
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Operation Zero Disco: Threat actors targets Cisco SNMP flaw to drop Linux rootkits
Hackers exploit Cisco SNMP flaw CVE-2025-20352 in “Zero Disco” attacks to deploy Linux rootkits on outdated systems, researchers report. Trend Micro researchers disclosed details of a new campaign, tracked as Operation Zero Disco, that exploited a recently disclosed security flaw impacting Cisco IOS Software and IOS XE Software to deploy Linux rootkits on older, unprotected…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Hackers exploit Cisco SNMP flaw to deploy rootkit on switches
Threat actors exploited a recently patched remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-20352) in older, unprotected Cisco networking devices to deploy a Linux rootkit and gain persistent access. […]
Breaking News, CISA, Exploits, Global Security News, hacking, hacking news, Security
U.S. CISA adds Adobe Experience Manager Forms flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Adobe Experience Manager Forms flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Adobe Experience Manager Forms flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-54253 (CVSS score 10.0), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Forms is a component of Adobe…
Exploits, Global Security News
New Rootkit Campaign Exploits Cisco SNMP Flaw to Gain Persistence
Trend Micro have reported a campaign exploiting a flaw in Cisco SNMP to install Linux rootkits on devices
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
CISA: Maximum-severity Adobe flaw now exploited in attacks
CISA has warned that attackers are actively exploiting a maximum-severity vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager to execute code on unpatched systems. […]
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Unified Exposure Management Platforms: The Future of Preemptive Cyber Defense
Traditional MDR focuses on reacting to attacks already in motion — but modern threats demand prevention. Picus Security explains how Unified Exposure Management Platforms continuously identifies, validates, and fixes exploitable risks before adversaries strike. […]
Exploits, Global Security News
Apple’s Vision Pro: the Newton of the XR age
Apple’s alleged decision to suspend development of a lighter and cheaper Vision Pro device sounds a lot worse than it actually is, because in a short time the product will be seen as the Newton of the AR age. Why the Newton? Vision Pro is ahead of its time. To build it, Apple pushed the envelope…
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U.S. CISA adds SKYSEA Client View, Rapid7 Velociraptor, Microsoft Windows, and IGEL OS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds OracSKYSEA Client View, Rapid7 Velociraptor, Microsoft Windows, and IGEL OS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added OracSKYSEA Client View, Rapid7 Velociraptor, Microsoft Windows, and IGEL OS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the descriptions…
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PowerSchool hacker sentenced to 4 years in prison
A Massachusetts man who previously pleaded guilty to a cyberattack on PowerSchool, exposing data on tens of millions of students and teachers, was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday — half the amount federal prosecutors sought in sentencing recommendations submitted to the court. Matthew Lane, 20, stole data from PowerSchool belonging to nearly 70…
Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Security, Vulnerabilities
Source code and vulnerability info stolen from F5 Networks
CSOs with equipment from F5 Networks in their environment should patch their devices immediately and be alert for suspicious activity after the company acknowledged in a regulatory filing today that an unnamed threat actor stole some source code for its BIG-IP products earlier this year, as well as information on undisclosed vulnerabilities and device configuration…
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday Oct 2025 Fixs 175 Vulnerabilities including 3 Zero-Days
October’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes 170+ flaws, including 3 actively exploited zero-days and critical WSUS RCE (CVSS 9.8). Immediate patching is mandatory. Final free updates for Windows 10.
Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Department of Justice (DOJ), Exploits, F5, Global Security News, nation-state hackers
F5 disclosures breach tied to nation-state threat actor
F5, a company that specializes in application security and delivery technology, disclosed Wednesday that it had been the target of what it’s calling a “highly sophisticated” cyberattack, which it attributes to a nation-state actor. The announcement follows authorization from the U.S. Department of Justice, which allowed F5 to delay public disclosure of the breach under…
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200,000 Linux systems from Framework are shipped with signed UEFI components vulnerable to Secure Boot bypass
About 200K Linux systems from Framework shipped with signed UEFI components vulnerable to Secure Boot bypass, allowing bootkit installation and persistence. Firmware security company Eclypsium warns that about 200,000 Linux systems from Framework are shipped with signed UEFI components vulnerable to Secure Boot bypass, allowing bootkit installation and persistence. The experts pointed out that signed…
Exploits, Global Security News
Flax Typhoon exploited ArcGIS to gain long-term access
An advanced persistent threat (APT) group, Flax Typhoon, was able to gain persistent access to the mapping tool ArcGIS for over a year, putting several enterprises at risk. ArcGIS is a geospatial platform developed by ESRI, often relied upon by organizations to understand and analyze data in a geographic context. China-based Flax Typhoon, also known…
Exploits, Global Security News
TigerJack’s malicious VSCode extensions mine, steal, and stay hidden
In a new disclosure, security researchers revealed that a threat actor group called TigerJack has been publishing malicious extensions on Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VSCode) Marketplace and the OpenVSX registry to steal source code, plant cryptominers, and maintain remote access. According to Koi Security’s findings, two of the campaign’s popular extensions – “C++ Payground” and…
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SAP fixed maximum-severity bug in NetWeaver
SAP addressed 13 new flaws, including a maximum severity vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver, which could lead to arbitrary command execution. SAP addressed 13 new vulnerabilities, including a maximum severity issue, tracked as CVE-2025-42944 (CVSS score of 10.0) in SAP NetWeaver. The vulnerability is an insecure deserialization that could lead to arbitrary command execution. “Due to a deserialization…
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October 2025 Patch Tuesday: Holes in Windows Server Update Service and an ancient modem driver
Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday releases will fix 167 vulnerabilities, the highest number this year, including seven rated as critical that need immediate attention from CISOs. Separately, SAP released 13 new security notes, as well as four updates to previously released security notes. Among the critical Microsoft holes are: WSUS RCE CVE-2025-59287, which could allow remote…
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Operation Zero Disco: Attackers Exploit Cisco SNMP Vulnerability to Deploy Rootkits
Trend™ Research has uncovered an attack campaign exploiting the Cisco SNMP vulnerability CVE-2025-20352, allowing remote code execution and rootkit deployment on unprotected devices, with impacts observed on Cisco 9400, 9300, and legacy 3750G series.
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Patch Tuesday, October 2025 ‘End of 10’ Edition
Microsoft today released software updates to plug a whopping 172 security holes in its Windows operating systems, including at least two vulnerabilities that are already being actively exploited. October’s Patch Tuesday also marks the final month that Microsoft will ship security updates for Windows 10 systems. If you’re running a Windows 10 PC and you’re…
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Microsoft Drops Terrifyingly Large October Patch Update
October 2025’s enormous Patch Tuesday offers plenty of nightmares for admins, including actively exploited zero-days and insidious high-severity privilege-escalation bugs — and it spells curtains for Windows 10 updates.
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Pixnapping Attack Lets Attackers Steal 2FA on Android
The proof-of-concept exploit allows an attacker to steal sensitive data from Gmail, Google Accounts, Google Authenticator, Google Maps, Signal, and Venmo.
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Learned helplessness is hurting the security industry
Every several months, I come across an article, a LinkedIn post, or a talk that gets me annoyed, seemingly for no reason. I found this interesting, so several years ago, I started collecting these statements to which my brain responds with rejection into a single Google Doc. Whenever I’d hear or see someone repeat one…
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Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday fixes 175 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited zero-days
Microsoft addressed 175 vulnerabilities affecting its core products and underlying systems, including two actively exploited zero-days, the company said in its latest security update. It’s the largest assortment of defects disclosed by the tech giant this year. The zero-day vulnerabilities — CVE-2025-24990 affecting Agere Windows Modem Driver and CVE-2025-59230 affecting Windows Remote Access Connection Manager…
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Oracles silently fixes zero-day exploit leaked by ShinyHunters
Oracle has silently fixed an Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability (CVE-2025-61884) that was actively exploited to breach servers, with a proof-of-concept exploit publicly leaked by the ShinyHunters extortion group. […]
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Harvard hit in Oracle EBS cyberattack, 1.3 TB of data leaked by Cl0p group
Harvard University confirmed being targeted in the Oracle EBS campaign after the Cl0p ransomware group leaked 1.3 TB of data. Harvard University confirmed it was targeted in the Oracle E-Business Suite campaign after the Cl0p ransomware group listed it on its leak site. The cybercrime group claimed to have leaked 1.3 TB of data allegedly…
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Harvard University hit in Oracle EBS cyberattack, 1.3 TB of data leaked by Cl0p group
Harvard University confirmed being targeted in the Oracle EBS campaign after the Cl0p ransomware group leaked 1.3 TB of data. Harvard University confirmed it was targeted in the Oracle E-Business Suite campaign after the Cl0p ransomware group listed it on its leak site. The cybercrime group claimed to have leaked 1.3 TB of data allegedly…
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Secure Boot bypass risk on nearly 200,000 Linux Framework sytems
Around 200,000 Linux computer systems from American computer maker Framework were shipped with signed UEFI shell components that could be exploited to bypass Secure Boot protections. […]
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Flax Typhoon can turn your own software against you
By Derek B. Johnson For more than a year, hackers from a Chinese state-backed espionage group maintained backdoor access to a popular software mapping tool by turning one of its own features into a webshell, according to new research from ReliaQuest. In a report published Tuesday, researchers said that Flax Typhoon — a group that…
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SonicWall VPNs face a breach of their own after the September cloud-backup fallout
Just weeks after SonicWall disclosed an incident that exposed data from its MySonicWall cloud backup platform, new findings from Huntress suggest the situation is far from over — this time pointing to a fresh wave of SonicWall SSLVPN compromises. According to Huntress, a new round of breaches targeting SonicWall SSLVPN devices emerged in early October,…
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Oracle issues second emergency patch for E-Business Suite in two weeks
Oracle has issued its second emergency security update in less than two weeks for its E-Business Suite (EBS), patching a high-severity information disclosure vulnerability that security experts warn could become the next target for ransomware groups already circling the widely deployed enterprise software. The company released a security alert on October 11 addressing CVE-2025-61884, a…
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Unverified COTS hardware enables persistent attacks in small satellites via SpyChain
SpyChain shows how unverified COTS hardware in small satellites can enable persistent, multi-component supply chain attacks using NASA’s NOS3 simulator. The rise of small satellites has transformed scientific, commercial, and defense operations. Using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) parts makes them cheaper and faster to build but also introduces new, poorly understood security risks unique to space…
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Oracle issued an emergency security update to fix new E-Business Suite flaw CVE-2025-61884
Oracle issued an emergency security update to address a new E-Business Suite (EBS) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-61884. Oracle released an emergency patch to address an information disclosure flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-61884 (CVSS Score of 7.5), in E-Business Suite’s Runtime UI component (versions 12.2.3–12.2.14). “Oracle has just released Security Alert CVE-2025-61884. This vulnerability affects some deployments of Oracle E-Business…
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Microsoft restricts IE mode access in Edge after zero-day attacks
Microsoft is restricting access to Internet Explorer mode in Edge browser after learning that hackers are leveraging zero-day exploits in the Chakra JavaScript engine for access to target devices. […]
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Fortra cops to exploitation of GoAnywhere file-transfer service defect
Fortra, in its most forceful admission yet, confirmed a maximum-severity defect it disclosed in GoAnywhere MFT has been actively exploited in attacks, yet researchers are still pressing the vendor to be more forthcoming about how attackers obtained a private key required to achieve exploitation. The vendor published a summary of its investigation into CVE-2025-10035 Thursday,…
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Gladinet file sharing zero-day brings patched flaw back from the dead
Criminals have been spotted exploiting a new zero-day vulnerability in Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox file sharing servers that could allow them to re-create the conditions of an earlier flaw patched in April, security company Huntress has warned. Normally, organizations patch a flaw and assume they’re done until the next issue arises. In the case of…
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Hackers Target ScreenConnect Features For Network Intrusions
A rise in attacks exploiting RMM tools like ScreenConnect enables system control via phishing tactics
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Oracle releases emergency patch for new E-Business Suite flaw
Oracle has issued an emergency security update over the weekend to patch another E-Business Suite (EBS) vulnerability that can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers. […]
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Microsoft revamps Internet Explorer Mode in Edge after August attacks
Microsoft updated Edge’s Internet Explorer mode after August 2025 reports that attackers exploited it to access users’ devices without authorization. Microsoft updated Edge’s Internet Explorer mode after reports in August 2025 that threat actors exploited the backward compatibility feature to gain unauthorized device access. Microsoft Edge’s IE mode lets organizations run legacy Internet Explorer 11…
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Dull but dangerous: A guide to 15 overlooked cybersecurity blind spots
Resilience fails in the seams: tiny misconfigurations, forgotten defaults and silent drifts that escape the spotlight but magnify blast radius when things go wrong. Most breaches don’t begin with exotic zero-day vulnerabilities. They pivot on mundane gaps: time drift that breaks forensics, stale DNS records ripe for hijacking or that printer nobody remembers buying. You’ve…