An international law enforcement operation has shut down Kidflix, a platform for child sexual exploitation with 1.8m registered users
Category: Exploits
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Major Online Platform for Child Exploitation Dismantled
An international law enforcement operation has shut down Kidflix, a platform for child sexual exploitation with 1.8m registered users
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Major Online Platform for Child Exploitation Dismantled
An international law enforcement operation has shut down Kidflix, a platform for child sexual exploitation with 1.8m registered users
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CrushFTP Vulnerability Exploited Following Disclosure Issues
A critical authentication bypass flaw in CrushFTP is under active exploitation following a mishandled disclosure process
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CrushFTP Vulnerability Exploited Following Disclosure Issues
A critical authentication bypass flaw in CrushFTP is under active exploitation following a mishandled disclosure process
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CrushFTP Vulnerability Exploited Following Disclosure Issues
A critical authentication bypass flaw in CrushFTP is under active exploitation following a mishandled disclosure process
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CrushFTP Vulnerability Exploited Following Disclosure Issues
A critical authentication bypass flaw in CrushFTP is under active exploitation following a mishandled disclosure process
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AI disinformation didn’t upend 2024 elections, but the threat is very real
The 2024 election cycle was widely feared to be a watershed moment when artificial intelligence fundamentally changed the disinformation battlefield as deepfake videos, AI-generated propaganda, and hyper-personalized bot campaigns disrupted political systems at an unprecedented scale. The fear was not unfounded — hyper-realistic synthetic voices impersonating world leaders, AI-generated news websites seamlessly blending fabricated stories…
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Google Patches Quick Share Vulnerability Enabling Silent File Transfers Without Consent
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new vulnerability impacting Google’s Quick Share data transfer utility for Windows that could be exploited to achieve a denial-of-service (DoS) or send arbitrary files to a target’s device without their approval. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-10668 (CVSS score: 5.9), is a bypass for two of the 10 shortcomings…
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How to defend against a password spraying attack?
Password spraying attacks are becoming a serious threat, especially targeting Active Directory environments. These attacks enable attackers to exploit weak passwords and gain unauthorised access by applying login attempts across multiple accounts, making them difficult to detect. They also bypass account lockout mechanisms, causing significant risk to organisations. In this blog, we will detail how…
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How to Prevent Kerberoasting Attacks?
Kerberoasting attack targets the Active Directory environment to enable attackers to extract and crack service account credentials. Threat actors can gain elevated privileges by exploiting weak password policies and misconfiguration, which further results in lateral movement and deeper network compromise. In this article, we will learn about the harm that Kerberoasting causes, also its impact…
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Threat-informed defense for operational technology: Moving from information to action
As the threat landscape continues to evolve, critical infrastructure sectors face a growing wave of sophisticated cyber threats. Traditional security strategies that focus solely on indicators of compromise (IoCs) are proving insufficient against the scale and speed of modern cyberattacks. To address today’s challenges, organizations must adopt a threat-informed defense approach—one that shifts the focus…
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The Reality Behind Security Control Failures—And How to Prevent Them
Most orgs only discover their security controls failed after a breach. With OnDefend’s continuous validation, you can test, measure, and prove your defenses work—before attackers exploit blind spots. […]
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Independent tests show why orgs should use third-party cloud security services
Businesses don’t always get what they pay for in cybersecurity. Some of the most expensive cloud network firewall vendors are among the worst performers against exploits and evasions, according to the most comprehensive, independent testing CyberRatings.org has conducted to date. Cisco, by far the most expensive cloud network firewall offering across the top 10 vendors…
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Trump’s national security advisor reportedly used his personal Gmail account to do government work
Michael Waltz used his personal Gmail to share “potentially exploitable” information, per the report.
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Microsoft’s AI tool catches critical GRUB2, U-boot bootloader flaws
Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team has leveraged its AI-driven Security Copilot tool to identify 20 critical vulnerabilities in widely used open-source bootloaders — GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox. These bootloaders are crucial for initializing operating systems, particularly in Linux-based environments and embedded systems. The newly discovered flaws affect systems utilizing Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot,…
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How SSL Misconfigurations Impact Your Attack Surface
When assessing an organization’s external attack surface, encryption-related issues (especially SSL misconfigurations) receive special attention. Why? Their widespread use, configuration complexity, and visibility to attackers as well as users make them more likely to be exploited. This highlights how important your SSL configurations are in maintaining your web application security and
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Malicious actors increasingly put privileged identity access to work across attack chains
Abuse of legitimate privileged access is on the rise, accounting for the majority of security breaches last year, with stolen user identities being leveraged by malicious actors across various parts of the attack chain. More effective and more challenging to detect, the breaches, including ransomware extortions, were achieved by stealing various types of identifiers, including…
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Sophos Releases 2025 Active Adversary Report, ID’s Top Risks
Sophos recently released the findings of its annual report detailing various learnings and insights from its internal research. The report details attacker behavior and techniques from over 400 MDR and IR cases in 2024. Research shows organizations are detecting attacks faster, but threats remain complex The report found that the primary way attackers gained initial…
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Exploited: Critical Unauthenticated Access Vulnerability in CrushFTP (CVE-2025-2825)
In the ever-evolving landscape of web application vulnerabilities, a new critical flaw has emerged. CVE-2025-2825 is a high-severity vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass authentication on CrushFTP servers. This popular enterprise file transfer solution is often used in corporate environments to manage sensitive data, making this vulnerability particularly concerning. Attackers are actively exploiting this flaw……
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Microsoft takes first step toward passwordless future
Microsoft is looking to permanently abandon password-based user authentication, replacing it with a system that uses access keys and identity confirmation methods based on biometrics. According to a post on the Microsoft Entra blog, Microsoft is working intensively on new login screens, in which users will no longer see a request for a password. This…
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Dispersed responsibility, lack of asset inventory is causing gaps in medical device cybersecurity
Witnesses at a House hearing on medical device cybersecurity Tuesday called out the need for more proactive tracking of products used across the country, saying the status quo leaves many health system owners and operators in the dark about vulnerabilities, exploitation and patching updates. Testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and…
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Apple issues fixes for vulnerabilities in both old and new OS versions
Apple released security updates Monday to address software defects in the latest version of the company’s Safari browser and other applications across iOS, iPadOS and macOS. The security issues addressed across the latest versions of Apple’s most popular platforms include 62 vulnerabilities affecting iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, 131 vulnerabilities affecting macOS Sequoia 15.4 and…
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The urgent reality of machine identity security in 2025
The importance of machine identity security has reached a critical juncture in 2025. With machine identities now far outnumbering human ones, securing these digital credentials has become a top cybersecurity priority for enterprises. However, as the CyberArk 2025 State of Machine Identity Security Report shows, many of the 1,200 security leaders in organizations we surveyed—across the U.S., U.K., Australia,…
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Apple backports zero-day patches to older iPhones and Macs
Apple has released security updates that backport fixes for actively exploited vulnerabilities that were exploited as zero-days to older versions of its operating systems. […]
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Critical auth bypass bug in CrushFTP now exploited in attacks
Attackers are now targeting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the CrushFTP file transfer software using exploits based on publicly available proof-of-concept code. […]
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Apple Backports Critical Fixes for 3 Live Exploits Impacting iOS and macOS Legacy Devices
Apple on Monday backported fixes for three vulnerabilities that have come under active exploitation in the wild to older models and previous versions of the operating systems. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below – CVE-2025-24085 (CVSS score: 7.3) – A use-after-free bug in the Core Media component that could permit a malicious application already…
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LLMs are now available in snack size but digest with care
As large language models (LLMs) gain mainstream, they are pushing the edges on AI-driven applications, adding more power and complexity. Running these massive models, however, comes at a price. The high costs and latency associated with them make them impractical for many real-world scenarios. Enter model distillation. A technique AI engineers are using to pack…
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Next.js Vulnerability Exposes Middleware Security Gaps
On March 21, 2025, a critical authorization bypass vulnerability in Next.js, identified as CVE-2025-29927, was disclosed with a CVSS score of 9.1. This framework’s middleware handling flaw enables attackers to bypass authentication and authorization, exposing sensitive routes to unauthorized access. Exploiting this vulnerability does not require authentication, providing attackers with direct access to protected routes.…
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Volume of attacks on network devices shows need to replace end of life devices quickly
Two of the top three vulnerabilities that threat actors tried to leverage in 2024 were in end of life (EOL) network devices that manufacturers have stopped issuing patches for, says a new report. “This underscores the importance of decommissioning and replacing EOL components of an organization’s network as soon as possible,” says the 2024 annual…
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DOJ charges hacker for 2021 Texas GOP website defacement
The Department of Justice unsealed charges against Canadian citizen Aubrey Cottle, a hacker who goes by the handle “Kirtaner,” for a 2021 incident that resulted in the defacement of the Texas Republican Party’s website. Prosecutors have charged Cottle, an early member of the hacktivist group Anonymous, for the defacement, as well as downloading contents from…
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CISA Warns of Resurge Malware Connected to Ivanti Vuln
Threat actors are exploiting a vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure first disclosed by the vendor in January.
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Gen Z’s Rising Susceptibility to Social Engineering Attacks
Gen Z, or individuals born between 1997 and 2012, have certain types of lifestyles, upbringings and character traits that make them ideal for social engineering exploitation. The post Gen Z’s Rising Susceptibility to Social Engineering Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Russian Hackers Exploit CVE-2025-26633 via MSC EvilTwin to Deploy SilentPrism and DarkWisp
The threat actors behind the zero-day exploitation of a recently-patched security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows have been found to deliver two new backdoors called SilentPrism and DarkWisp. The activity has been attributed to a suspected Russian hacking group called Water Gamayun, which is also known as EncryptHub and LARVA-208. “The threat actor deploys payloads primarily…
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New Malware Variant RESURGE Exploits Ivanti Vulnerability
CISA recommends immediate action to address malware variant RESURGE exploiting Ivanti vulnerability CVE-2025-0282
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UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 31 March 2025
UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 31 March 2025 Welcome to this week’s edition of our cybersecurity news roundup, bringing you the latest developments and insights from the UK and beyond. UK Warned of Inadequate Readiness Against State-Backed Cyberattacks Cybersecurity experts have sounded the alarm over the UK’s growing vulnerability to state-sponsored cyber threats. A…
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UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 31 March 2025
UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 31 March 2025 Welcome to this week’s edition of our cybersecurity news roundup, bringing you the latest developments and insights from the UK and beyond. UK Warned of Inadequate Readiness Against State-Backed Cyberattacks Cybersecurity experts have sounded the alarm over the UK’s growing vulnerability to state-sponsored cyber threats. A…
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UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 31 March 2025
UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 31 March 2025 Welcome to this week’s edition of our cybersecurity news roundup, bringing you the latest developments and insights from the UK and beyond. UK Warned of Inadequate Readiness Against State-Backed Cyberattacks Cybersecurity experts have sounded the alarm over the UK’s growing vulnerability to state-sponsored cyber threats. A…
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UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 31 March 2025
UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 31 March 2025 Welcome to this week’s edition of our cybersecurity news roundup, bringing you the latest developments and insights from the UK and beyond. UK Warned of Inadequate Readiness Against State-Backed Cyberattacks Cybersecurity experts have sounded the alarm over the UK’s growing vulnerability to state-sponsored cyber threats. A…
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UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 31 March 2025
UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 31 March 2025 Welcome to this week’s edition of our cybersecurity news roundup, bringing you the latest developments and insights from the UK and beyond. UK Warned of Inadequate Readiness Against State-Backed Cyberattacks Cybersecurity experts have sounded the alarm over the UK’s growing vulnerability to state-sponsored cyber threats. A…
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UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 31 March 2025
UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 31 March 2025 Welcome to this week’s edition of our cybersecurity news roundup, bringing you the latest developments and insights from the UK and beyond. UK Warned of Inadequate Readiness Against State-Backed Cyberattacks Cybersecurity experts have sounded the alarm over the UK’s growing vulnerability to state-sponsored cyber threats. A…
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UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 31 March 2025
UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 31 March 2025 Welcome to this week’s edition of our cybersecurity news roundup, bringing you the latest developments and insights from the UK and beyond. UK Warned of Inadequate Readiness Against State-Backed Cyberattacks Cybersecurity experts have sounded the alarm over the UK’s growing vulnerability to state-sponsored cyber threats. A…
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RESURGE Malware Exploits Ivanti Flaw with Rootkit and Web Shell Features
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has shed light on a new malware called RESURGE that has been deployed as part of exploitation activity targeting a now-patched security flaw in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) appliances. “RESURGE contains capabilities of the SPAWNCHIMERA malware variant, including surviving reboots; however, RESURGE contains distinctive commands that
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Babuk Locker 2.0 vs Seceon Platform: MITRE ATT&CK Mapping and Early-Stage Detection & Remediation
Overview of Babuk Locker 2.0 Babuk Locker 2.0 is a ransomware strain that employs double extortion, where attackers encrypt victim files and exfiltrate sensitive data for ransom. It targets organizations by exploiting RDP vulnerabilities, unpatched systems, weak credentials, and phishing attacks. MITRE ATT&CK Mapping of Babuk Locker 2.0 & Seceon’s Early Detection & Remediation MITRE…
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Ubuntu namespace vulnerability should be addressed quickly: Expert
Linux admins who have enabled the unprivileged user namespace restriction in their recent Ubuntu environments should take action to close three new vulnerabilities that allow a threat actor to bypass the supposed protection. This warning comes after researchers at Qualys found three different ways this hardening feature can, under certain circumstances, be bypassed. “It needs…
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Solar Power System Vulnerabilities Could Result in Blackouts
Forescout researchers found multiple vulnerabilities in leading solar power system manufacturers, which could be exploited to cause emergencies and blackouts
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New Ubuntu Linux security bypasses require manual mitigations
Three security bypasses have been discovered in Ubuntu Linux’s unprivileged user namespace restrictions, which could be enable a local attacker to exploit vulnerabilities in kernel components. […]
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Researchers Uncover 46 Critical Flaws in Solar Inverters From Sungrow, Growatt, and SMA
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed 46 new security flaws in products from three solar inverter vendors, Sungrow, Growatt, and SMA, that could be exploited by a bad actor to seize control of devices or execute code remotely, posing severe risks to electrical grids. The vulnerabilities have been collectively codenamed SUN:DOWN by Forescout Vedere Labs. “The new…
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Mozilla Patches Critical Firefox Bug Similar to Chrome’s Recent Zero-Day Vulnerability
Mozilla has released updates to address a critical security flaw impacting its Firefox browser for Windows, merely days after Google patched a similar flaw in Chrome that came under active exploitation as a zero-day. The security vulnerability, CVE-2025-2857, has been described as a case of an incorrect handle that could lead to a sandbox escape.…
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New security requirements adopted by HTTPS certificate industry
Posted by Chrome Root Program, Chrome Security Team The Chrome Root Program launched in 2022 as part of Google’s ongoing commitment to upholding secure and reliable network connections in Chrome. We previously described how the Chrome Root Program keeps users safe, and described how the program is focused on promoting technologies and practices that strengthen…
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New security requirements adopted by HTTPS certificate industry
Posted by Chrome Root Program, Chrome Security Team The Chrome Root Program launched in 2022 as part of Google’s ongoing commitment to upholding secure and reliable network connections in Chrome. We previously described how the Chrome Root Program keeps users safe, and described how the program is focused on promoting technologies and practices that strengthen…
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CVE-2025-29927: Next.js Middleware Authorization Bypass Flaw
IntroductionOn March 21, 2025, a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-29927, was publicly disclosed with a CVSS score of 9.1, signifying high severity. Discovered by security researcher Rachid Allam, the flaw enables attackers to bypass authorization checks in Next.js Middleware, potentially granting unauthorized access to protected resources. This poses a risk to applications that rely on Middleware to…
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The Essential Role of Supply Chain Security in ASPM
Threat actors are continuously evolving their tactics to exploit vulnerabilities and gain unauthorized access. That increasingly involves attacks targeting the software supply chain. The post The Essential Role of Supply Chain Security in ASPM appeared first on Cycode. The post The Essential Role of Supply Chain Security in ASPM appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Dozens of solar inverter flaws could be exploited to attack power grids
Dozens of vulnerabilities in products from three leading makers of solar inverters, Sungrow, Growatt, and SMA, could be exploited to control devices or execute code remotely on the vendor’s cloud platform. […]
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Reality Bites: You’re Only as Secure as Your Last API Deployment
In agile and DevOps-driven environments, APIs are frequently updated to meet evolving business demands, from adding new features to addressing performance issues. However, each deployment introduces potential security risks, as new code, configurations, and endpoints can expose vulnerabilities. In an environment of continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD), the security of an organization’s APIs hinges…
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Top 3 MS Office Exploits Hackers Use in 2025 – Stay Alert!
Hackers have long used Word and Excel documents as delivery vehicles for malware, and in 2025, these tricks are far from outdated. From phishing schemes to zero-click exploits, malicious Office files are still one of the easiest ways into a victim’s system. Here are the top three Microsoft Office-based exploits still making the rounds this…
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CISA Warns of Sitecore RCE Flaws; Active Exploits Hit Next.js and DrayTek Devices
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two six-year-old security flaws impacting Sitecore CMS and Experience Platform (XP) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2019-9874 (CVSS score: 9.8) – A deserialization vulnerability in the Sitecore.Security.AntiCSRF
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NetApp SnapCenter Flaw Could Let Users Gain Remote Admin Access on Plug-In Systems
A critical security flaw has been disclosed in NetApp SnapCenter that, if successfully exploited, could allow privilege escalation. SnapCenter is an enterprise-focused software that’s used to manage data protection across applications, databases, virtual machines, and file systems, offering the ability to backup, restore, and clone data resources. The vulnerability, tracked as
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Die 10 häufigsten IT-Sicherheitsfehler
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Generative AI: threat or opportunity? It depends on your adaptive speed!
Now that AI reasoning capabilities are blasting and becoming accessible, folks tend to argue that generative AI will bring us a new era of exploitation. More zero days, more vulnerabilities, more sophisticated, and in higher frequency. The emergence of more new exploitation techniques will significantly increase the number of new vulnerabilities. We have seen in…
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String of defects in popular Kubernetes component puts 40% of cloud environments at risk
More than 40% of cloud environments are at risk of an account takeover due to a series of five recently discovered vulnerabilities — one regarded critical — in the Ingress Ngnix Controller for Kubernetes, according to security research published this week. Upon discovering the string of vulnerabilities in one of most widely used ingress controllers…
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Exploited! Kentico Xperience Staging Service Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-2746 & CVE-2025-2747)
Recently, two critical security flaws were discovered in Kentico Xperience 13, a popular digital experience platform (CMS). Tracked as CVE-2025-2746 and CVE-2025-2747, these vulnerabilities allow unauthenticated attackers to bypass the Staging Sync Server’s authentication, potentially gaining administrative control over the CMS. Both issues carry a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) (Warning: Multiple Critical & High……
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Threat Actors Abuse Trust in Cloud Collaboration Platforms
Threat actors are exploiting cloud platforms like Adobe and Dropbox to evade email gateways and steal credentials
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EncryptHub Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Deploy Rhadamanthys and StealC Malware
The threat actor known as EncryptHub exploited a recently-patched security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows as a zero-day to deliver a wide range of malware families, including backdoors and information stealers such as Rhadamanthys and StealC. “In this attack, the threat actor manipulates .msc files and the Multilingual User Interface Path (MUIPath) to download and execute…
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VMware plugs a high-risk vulnerability affecting its Windows-based virtualization
Broadcom is warning customers of a high-severity, authentication bypass flaw, now fixed, affecting VMWare Tools for Windows. Tracked as CVE-2025-22230, the issue stems from improper access control and could allow privilege escalation on the affected system. “An authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware Tools for Windows was privately reported to VMware,” said Broadcom in a security…
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Google fixes Chrome zero-day exploited in espionage campaign
Google has fixed a high-severity Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited to escape the browser’s sandbox and deploy malware in espionage attacks targeting Russian organizations. […]
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Zero-Day Alert: Google Releases Chrome Patch for Exploit Used in Russian Espionage Attacks
Google has released out-of-band fixes to address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser for Windows that it said has been exploited in the wild as part of attacks targeting organizations in Russia. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2783, has been described as a case of “incorrect handle provided in unspecified circumstances in Mojo on…
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Critical RCE flaws put Kubernetes clusters at risk of takeover
The Kubernetes project has released patches for five vulnerabilities in a widely used popular component called the Ingress NGINX Controller that’s used to route external traffic to Kubernetes services. If exploited, the flaw could allow attackers to completely take over entire clusters. “Based on our analysis, about 43% of cloud environments are vulnerable to these…
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U.S. Officials Called Signal a Tool for Terrorists and Criminals. Now They’re Using It.
For years, U.S. officials villainized end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Signal as the domain of criminals and terrorists and a threat to national security. As fallout over a Signal group chat about Yemen war plans ricocheted through Washington, however, CIA Director John Ratcliffe revealed at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday that the app…
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EncryptHub linked to MMC zero-day attacks on Windows systems
A threat actor known as EncryptHub has been linked to Windows zero-day attacks exploiting a Microsoft Management Console vulnerability patched this month. […]
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23andMe Bankruptcy Filing May Put Sensitive Data at Risk
Security experts worry the company’s Chapter 11 status and aim to sell its assets could allow threat actors to exploit and misuse the genetic information it collected.
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11 ways cybercriminals are making phishing more potent than ever
Phishing has long been a primary source for security breaches — a major issue that, despite years of security awareness training, remains a top cybersecurity concern today. But thanks to refinements of tactics alongside malign repurposing of AI technologies, the longstanding social engineering technique continues to evolve, and cybercriminals are finding new ways to try…
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CVE-2025-1097, CVE-2025-1098, CVE-2025-1974, CVE-2025-24513, CVE-2025-24514: Frequently Asked Questions About IngressNightmare
Frequently asked questions about five vulnerabilities in the Ingress NGINX Controller for Kubernetes, collectively known as IngressNightmare. Background The Tenable Security Response Team (SRT) has compiled this blog to answer Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding IngressNightmare. FAQ What is IngressNightmare? IngressNightmare is the name given to a series of vulnerabilities in the Ingress NGINX Controller…
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CVE-2025-26633: How Water Gamayun Weaponizes MUIPath using MSC EvilTwin
Trend Research identified Russian threat actor Water Gamayun exploiting CVE-2025-26633, a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Management Console that attackers exploit to execute malicious code and exfiltrate data.
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CVE-2025-26633: How Water Gamayun Weaponizes MUIPath using MSC EvilTwin
Trend Research identified Russian threat actor Water Gamayun exploiting CVE-2025-26633, a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Management Console that attackers exploit to execute malicious code and exfiltrate data.
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CVE-2025-26633: How Water Gamayun Weaponizes MUIPath using MSC EvilTwin
Trend Research identified Russian threat actor Water Gamayun exploiting CVE-2025-26633, a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Management Console that attackers exploit to execute malicious code and exfiltrate data.
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Researchers raise alarm about critical Next.js vulnerability
Researchers warn that attackers could exploit a recently discovered critical vulnerability in the open-source JavaScript framework Next.js to bypass authorization in middleware and gain access to targeted systems. Vercel, the San Francisco-based company that created and maintains Next.js, released a patch for CVE-2025-29927 in Next.js 15.2.3 on March 18 and published a security advisory on…
23andMe, Exploits, Global Security News, privacy
As 23andMe declares bankruptcy, privacy advocates sound alarm about DNA data
Genetic testing business 23andMe filed for bankruptcy Sunday, amplifying fears from privacy advocates that the DNA records and personal information of its 15 million customers could soon be up for sale to the highest bidder. 23andMe, which was once valued at $6 billion, has been experiencing financial distress and declining profits since going public in…
Exploits, Global Security News
Oracle Cloud breach may impact 140,000 enterprise customers
A threat actor has reportedly breached Oracle Cloud infrastructure, exfiltrating six million sensitive authentication records and potentially endangering more than 140,000 enterprise customers. The attacker is now demanding ransom payments while actively marketing the stolen data on underground forums, according to threat intelligence firm CloudSEK. Security researchers at CloudSEK’s XVigil team discovered the breach on…
Exploits, Global Security News
Critical Next.js Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Bypass Middleware Authorization Checks
A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Next.js React framework that could be potentially exploited to bypass authorization checks under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-29927, carries a CVSS score of 9.1 out of 10.0. “Next.js uses an internal header x-middleware-subrequest to prevent recursive requests from triggering infinite loops,” Next.js said in…
Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Government, Uncategorized
Despite challenges, the CVE program is a public-private partnership that has shown resilience
In 1999, Dave Mann and Steve Christey, two researchers from the nonprofit R&D corporation MITRE, debuted a concept for security vulnerabilities that laid the groundwork for the common vulnerability and exposures framework (CVE) that organizes information around computer vulnerabilities. Twenty-five years later, the CVE program, which assigns a unique record to each reported vulnerability, is…
Application Security, Exploits, Global Security News
Kubernetes Security: Wie Sie Ihre Cluster (besser) absichern
Anatoliy Eremin | shutterstock.com Kubernetes hat sich unter Enterprise-Softwareentwicklern zu einem durchschlagenden Erfolg entwickelt. Das veranlasst kriminelle Hacker zunehmend dazu, entsprechende Installationen mit speziell entwickelten Exploits anzugreifen. Dabei werden die Bedrohungsakteure immer besser darin, ihre Schadsoftware zu verstecken, (triviale) Sicherheitskontrollen zu umgehen und sich lateral durch Netzwerke zu bewegen, um weiteren Schaden anzurichten. Wie die…
Exploits, Global Security News
UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 23 March 2025
Welcome to this week’s edition of our cybersecurity news roundup, bringing you the latest developments and insights from the UK and beyond. NHS Scotland Confirms Cyberattack Disruption On 20 March 2025, NHS Scotland reported a major cyber incident that caused network outages across multiple health boards. The cyberattack disrupted clinical systems and led to delayed…
Exploits, Global Security News
UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 23 March 2025
Welcome to this week’s edition of our cybersecurity news roundup, bringing you the latest developments and insights from the UK and beyond. NHS Scotland Confirms Cyberattack Disruption On 20 March 2025, NHS Scotland reported a major cyber incident that caused network outages across multiple health boards. The cyberattack disrupted clinical systems and led to delayed…
Exploits, Global Security News
UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 23 March 2025
Welcome to this week’s edition of our cybersecurity news roundup, bringing you the latest developments and insights from the UK and beyond. NHS Scotland Confirms Cyberattack Disruption On 20 March 2025, NHS Scotland reported a major cyber incident that caused network outages across multiple health boards. The cyberattack disrupted clinical systems and led to delayed…
Exploits, Global Security News
UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 23 March 2025
Welcome to this week’s edition of our cybersecurity news roundup, bringing you the latest developments and insights from the UK and beyond. NHS Scotland Confirms Cyberattack Disruption On 20 March 2025, NHS Scotland reported a major cyber incident that caused network outages across multiple health boards. The cyberattack disrupted clinical systems and led to delayed…
Exploits, Global Security News
UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 23 March 2025
Welcome to this week’s edition of our cybersecurity news roundup, bringing you the latest developments and insights from the UK and beyond. NHS Scotland Confirms Cyberattack Disruption On 20 March 2025, NHS Scotland reported a major cyber incident that caused network outages across multiple health boards. The cyberattack disrupted clinical systems and led to delayed…
Exploits, Global Security News
UK Cybersecurity Weekly News Roundup – 23 March 2025
Welcome to this week’s edition of our cybersecurity news roundup, bringing you the latest developments and insights from the UK and beyond. NHS Scotland Confirms Cyberattack Disruption On 20 March 2025, NHS Scotland reported a major cyber incident that caused network outages across multiple health boards. The cyberattack disrupted clinical systems and led to delayed…
Exploits, Global Security News
GitHub Supply Chain Breach: Coinbase Attack Exposes 218 Repositories, Leaks CI/CD Secrets
The supply chain attack involving the GitHub Action “tj-actions/changed-files” started as a highly-targeted attack against one of Coinbase’s open-source projects, before evolving into something more widespread in scope. “The payload was focused on exploiting the public CI/CD flow of one of their open source projects – agentkit, probably with the purpose of leveraging it for…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security Bloggers Network
CVE-2025-24813: Apache Tomcat Vulnerable to RCE Attacks
IntroductionCVE-2025-24813 was originally published on March 10 with a medium severity score of 5.5, and Apache Tomcat released an update to fix it. On March 12, the first attack was detected in Poland by Wallarm researchers, even before a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) was made public. After the PoC was released on March 13 on GitHub and…
Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Vulnerabilities
Attackers probing backdoor flaw in popular Cisco Smart Licensing Utility, warns SANS
Organizations running Cisco’s Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) should update their software as soon as possible to fix two serious vulnerabilities, the SANS Technology Institute has urged. The CSLU is a tool used primarily in smaller, on-premises and air-gapped networks as a way to manage Cisco licenses without having to resort to the more complex cloud-based…
Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Russia, Security, Telegram, zero days
Russian zero-day seller is offering up to $4 million for Telegram exploits
Two sources in the zero-day industry say Operation Zero’s prices for exploits against the popular messaging app Telegram will depend on different factors.
Exploits, Global Security News
Cybercriminals Exploit CheckPoint Antivirus Driver in Malicious Campaign
A security researcher has observed threat actors exploiting vulnerabilities in a driver used by CheckPoint’s ZoneAlarm antivirus to bypass Windows security measures
Exploits, Global Security News, Security, Vulnerabilities
CISA marks NAKIVO’s critical backup vulnerability as actively exploited
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a patched, high-severity vulnerability affecting NAKIVO’s backup and replication software to its known exploited vulnerability (KEV) catalog. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-48248, is a path traversal issue that received a high severity rating with CVSS 8.6 out of 10 and was marked “critical” by NAKIVO in…
Exploits, Global Security News
Attackers Use Fake CAPTCHAs to Deploy Lumma Stealer RAT
Attackers are exploiting user familiarity with CAPTCHAs to distribute the Lumma Stealer RAT via malicious PowerShell commands, according to HP
Exploits, Global Security News
10 Critical Network Pentest Findings IT Teams Overlook
After conducting over 10,000 automated internal network penetration tests last year, vPenTest has uncovered a troubling reality that many businesses still have critical security gaps that attackers can easily exploit. Organizations often assume that firewalls, endpoint protection, and SIEMs are enough to keep them secure. But how effective are these defenses when put to the…
Exploits, Global Security News
11 hottest IT security certs for higher pay today
With change a constant, IT professionals looking to improve their careers can benefit from the latest insights into employers’ needs. Data from Foote Partners on the skills and certification most in demand today may provide helpful signposts. Analyzing more than 640 certifications as part of its 4Q 2024 “IT Skills Demand and Pay Trends Report,” Foote Partners…
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Ongoing Cyber Attacks Exploit Critical Vulnerabilities in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility
Two now-patched security flaws impacting Cisco Smart Licensing Utility are seeing active exploitation attempts, according to SANS Internet Storm Center. The two critical-rated vulnerabilities in question are listed below – CVE-2024-20439 (CVSS score: 9.8) – The presence of an undocumented static user credential for an administrative account that an attacker could exploit to log in…
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Critical remote code execution flaw patched in Veeam backup servers
Data resilience solutions provider Veeam Software released a critical patch for its Veeam Backup & Replication product. The update fixes a deserialization issue that can result in remote code execution as the SYSTEM user on the underlying Windows server. The issue can be exploited by any authenticated account that’s part of the local users group…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security Bloggers Network
AI in the Enterprise: Key Findings from the ThreatLabz 2025 AI Security Report
Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly shifted from buzz to business necessity over the past year—something Zscaler has seen firsthand while pioneering AI-powered solutions and tracking enterprise AI/ML activity in the world’s largest security cloud.As enterprises embrace AI to boost productivity, accelerate decision-making, and automate workflows, to name a few benefits, cybercriminals are using the same…