Microsoft has issued a security bulletin for a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in Power Pages, which hackers exploited as a zero-day in attacks. […]
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Hackers Chain Exploits of Three Palo Alto Networks Firewall Flaws
Palo Alto Networks has observed exploit attempts chaining three vulnerabilities in its PAN-OS firewall appliances
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Understanding OWASP’s Top 10 list of non-human identity critical risks
Verizon There are some very good reasons why non-human identities (NHI) have landed among the most-discussed cybersecurity topics in the last few years — it’s estimated that for every 1,000 human users in an enterprise network, there are 10,000 non-human connections or credentials. Some estimates peg that ratio even higher at 10 to 50 times…
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Microsoft Patches Actively Exploited Power Pages Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Microsoft has released security updates to address two Critical-rated flaws impacting Bing and Power Pages, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2025-21355 (CVSS score: 8.6) – Microsoft Bing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2025-24989 (CVSS score: 8.2) – Microsoft Power Pages Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability…
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Russian cyberespionage groups target Signal users with fake group invites
Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) groups are increasingly launching phishing attacks aimed at tricking users of the Signal messaging app into giving attacker-controlled devices access to their accounts and the encrypted communications within. The attacks typically masquerade as Signal group chat invites that, in reality, abuse the device linking functionality. “Signal’s popularity among common targets…
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#StopRansomware: Ghost (Cring) Ransomware
Summary Note: This joint Cybersecurity Advisory is part of an ongoing #StopRansomware effort to publish advisories for network defenders that detail various ransomware variants and ransomware threat actors. These #StopRansomware advisories include recently and historically observed tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) to help organizations protect against ransomware. Visit stopransomware.gov to see…
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Palo Alto Networks tags new firewall bug as exploited in attacks
Palo Alto Networks warns that hackers are actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass flaw (CVE-2025-0108) in PAN-OS firewalls, chaining it with two other vulnerabilities to breach devices in active attacks. […]
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Palo Alto Networks warns of another firewall vulnerability under attack by hackers
The US cybersecurity giant says hackers are exploiting the high-severity flaw to break into unpatched customer networks. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Edge device vulnerabilities fueled attack sprees in 2024
Edge devices harboring zero-day and n-day vulnerabilities were linked to the most consequential attack campaigns last year, Darktrace said in an annual threat report released Wednesday. Darktrace’s threat researchers found the most frequent vulnerability exploits in customers’ instances of Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure appliances, along with firewall products from Fortinet and Palo…
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Russian phishing campaigns exploit Signal’s device-linking feature
Russian threat actors have been launching phishing campaigns that exploit the legitimate “Linked Devices” feature in the Signal messaging app to gain unauthorized access to accounts of interest. […]
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Hackers gain root access to Palo Alto firewalls through chained bugs
A high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS software, patched last week, is now being actively exploited by threat actors to gain root-level access to affected firewall systems. Tracked as CVE-2025-0108, the vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the PAN-OS management web interface to bypass authentication requirements. The flaw received…
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Java security: If you ain’t cheatin,’ you ain’t tryin’
Most industries have rules of engagement. In sports, there are referees. In business, there are regulations. In government, there are Robert’s Rules of Order. Cybersecurity is different. There are regulations, but they don’t limit how much we can defend ourselves. They focus on compliance, breach reporting, and risk management, not on dictating the strategies we…
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CISA Adds Palo Alto Networks and SonicWall Flaws to Exploited Vulnerabilities List
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws impacting Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS and SonicWall SonicOS SSLVPN to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The flaws are listed below – CVE-2025-0108 (CVSS score: 7.8) – An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Palo Alto…
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OpenSSH fixes two flaws that enable a man-in-the-middle attack and denial of service
OpenSSH, the most widely used tool for remotely managing Linux and BSD systems, received patches for two vulnerabilities. One of the flaws could allow attackers to perform a man-in-the-middle attack against OpenSSH clients with a certain configuration and impersonate a server to intercept sensitive communications. While the second vulnerability can lead to CPU resource exhaustion.…
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New OpenSSH Flaws Enable Man-in-the-Middle and DoS Attacks — Patch Now
Two security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the OpenSSH secure networking utility suite that, if successfully exploited, could result in an active machine-in-the-middle (MitM) and a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, respectively, under certain conditions. The vulnerabilities, detailed by the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU), are listed below – CVE-2025-26465 – The OpenSSH client
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Learn & Avoid Social Engineering Scams in 2025
In the past decade, social engineering attacks have become more sophisticated and prevalent than ever. From AI voice impersonation to deepfake video calls, cybercriminals are leveraging the latest technology to make their scams increasingly convincing. Despite growing awareness of these threats, social engineering remains one of the most successful attack methods because it exploits something…
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Juniper Session Smart Routers Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Bypass Authentication
Juniper Networks has released security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Session Smart Router, Session Smart Conductor, and WAN Assurance Router products that could be exploited to hijack control of susceptible devices. Tracked as CVE-2025-21589, the vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8 and a CVS v4 score of 9.3. “An Authentication…
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XCSSET macOS malware reappears with new attack strategies, Microsoft sounds alarm
Microsoft has warned that a new variant of XCSSET malware is actively targeting macOS users, marking the first update to the malware since 2022. This latest version has been observed in limited attacks but introduces stronger evasion tactics, updated persistence mechanisms, and new infection strategies that make it more difficult to detect and remove. The…
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Password managers under increasing threat as infostealers triple and adapt
Security watchers warn of a three-fold increase in malware that targets credential stores, such as password managers and browser-stored login data. The study by Picus Security, which was based on analysis of 1 million real-world malware samples, also found that 93% of all malicious actions mapped to just 10 MITRE ATT&CK techniques. Password store security…
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Palo Alto Networks and SonicWall Firewalls Under Attack
Vulnerabilities in firewalls from Palo Alto Networks and SonicWall are currently under active exploitation
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⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Google Secrets Stolen, Windows Hack, New Crypto Scams and More
Welcome to this week’s Cybersecurity News Recap. Discover how cyber attackers are using clever tricks like fake codes and sneaky emails to gain access to sensitive data. We cover everything from device code phishing to cloud exploits, breaking down the technical details into simple, easy-to-follow insights. ⚡ Threat of the Week Russian Threat Actors Leverage…
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Software Bill of Material umsetzen: Die besten SBOM-Tools
Nur wenn Sie wissen, was drinsteckt, können Sie sich sicher sein, dass alles mit rechten Dingen zugeht. Das gilt für Fast Food wie für Software. Foto: Geka – shutterstock.com Um Software abzusichern, muss man wissen, was in ihrem Code steckt. Aus diesem Grund ist eine Software Bill of Material, SBOM oder Software-Stückliste heute unerlässlich. Der…
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Threat researchers spot ‘device code’ phishing attacks targeting Microsoft accounts
Microsoft threat researchers discovered a series of what they are calling “device code” phishing attacks that allowed a suspected Russia-aligned threat group to gain access to and steal data from critical infrastructure organizations, the company said in research released Thursday. The group, which Microsoft tracks as Storm-2372, has targeted governments, IT services and organizations operating…
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Hackers exploit authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
Hackers are launching attacks against Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS firewalls by exploiting a recently fixed vulnerability (CVE-2025-0108) that allows bypassing authentication. […]
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Palo Alto Networks firewall bug being exploited by threat actors: Report
Admins with firewalls from Palo Alto Networks should make sure the devices are fully patched and the management interface blocked from open internet access after the discovery this week of a zero-day login authentication bypass in the PAN-OS operating system. The discovery of the vulnerability (CVE-2025-0108) was made by researchers at Assetnote and, according to…
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SonicWall firewall bug targeted in attacks after PoC exploit release
Attackers are now targeting an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting SonicWall firewalls shortly after the release of proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code. […]
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SonicWall firewall bug leveraged in attacks after PoC exploit release
Attackers are now targeting an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting SonicWall firewalls shortly after the release of proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code. […]
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PostgreSQL flaw exploited as zero-day in BeyondTrust breach
Rapid7’s vulnerability research team says attackers exploited a PostgreSQL security flaw as a zero-day to breach the network of privileged access management company BeyondTrust in December. […]
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whoAMI name confusion attacks can expose AWS accounts to malicious code execution
Thousands of active AWS accounts are vulnerable to a cloud image name confusion attack that could allow attackers to execute codes within those accounts. According to DataDog research, vulnerable patterns exist in the way multiple software projects retrieve Amazon Machine Image (AMIs) IDs to create Amazon elastic compute cloud (EC2) instances. “The vulnerable pattern allows…
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AI-Powered Social Engineering: Ancillary Tools and Techniques
Social engineering is advancing fast, at the speed of generative AI. This is offering bad actors multiple new tools and techniques for researching, scoping, and exploiting organizations. In a recent communication, the FBI pointed out: ‘As technology continues to evolve, so do cybercriminals’ tactics.’ This article explores some of the impacts of this GenAI-fueled acceleration.…
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PostgreSQL Vulnerability Exploited Alongside BeyondTrust Zero-Day in Targeted Attacks
Threat actors who were behind the exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products in December 2024 likely also exploited a previously unknown SQL injection flaw in PostgreSQL, according to findings from Rapid7. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-1094 (CVSS score: 8.1), affects the PostgreSQL interactive tool psql.…
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PostgreSQL patches SQLi vulnerability likely exploited in BeyondTrust attacks
Attackers who exploited a zero-day vulnerability in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access and Remote Support products in December likely also exploited a previously unknown SQL injection flaw in PostgreSQL, a widely used open-source object-relational database system. The PostgreSQL issue was fixed on Thursday and users are advised to upgrade their database servers as soon as possible.…
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Salt Typhoon remains active, hits more telecom networks via Cisco routers
Salt Typhoon, the Chinese nation-state threat group linked to a spree of attacks on U.S. and global telecom providers, remains active in its intrusion and has hit multiple additional networks worldwide, including two in the United States, Recorded Future said in a report released Thursday. Recorded Future’s Insikt Group observed seven compromised Cisco network devices communicating…
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CISA, FBI call software with buffer overflow issues ‘unforgivable’
FBI and CISA have issued a joint advisory to warn software developers against building codes with Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities in them, calling them “unforgivable” mistakes. Tagging the advisory as part of their ongoing “Secure by Design” efforts, the authorities said these vulnerabilities are prevalent in software, including vendors like Microsoft, VMware, and Ivanti, that lead…
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24% of vulnerabilities are abused before a patch is available
Almost one in four (24%) known exploited vulnerabilities discovered last year were abused on or before the day their CVEs were publicly disclosed. A study by exploit and vulnerability specialists VulnCheck identified 768 CVEs that were publicly reported as exploited in the wild for the first time last year, an increase of 20% from the…
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zkLend loses $9.5M in crypto heist, asks hacker to return 90%
Decentralized money lender zkLend suffered a breach where threat actors exploited a smart contract flaw to steal 3,600 Ethereum, worth $9.5 million at the time. […]
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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Patches Two Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws
February’s report on Microsoft patches includes 56 vulnerabilities, two of which are zero-day flaws that have been exploited.
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Russian state threat group shifts focus to US, UK targets
A subgroup of Seashell Blizzard has shifted its focus to targets in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the U.K. within the past year, expanding the scope of its malicious activity, Microsoft’s threat intelligence team said in a report released Wednesday. The initial-access operation, which Microsoft tracks as the “BadPilot campaign,” has allowed the Russian state…
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Cybercriminals Exploit Valentine’s Day with Romance Scams, Phishing Attacks
As Valentine’s Day approaches, cybercriminals are ramping up their efforts to exploit consumers through romance scams, phishing campaigns and fraudulent e-commerce offers. The post Cybercriminals Exploit Valentine’s Day with Romance Scams, Phishing Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Getting the Most Value out of the OSCP: Pre-Course Prep
The first post in a five-part practical guide series on maximizing the professional, educational, and financial value of the OffSec certification pursuit for a successful career in offensive cybersecurity consulting Disclaimer: All opinions expressed in this article are solely my own. I have reviewed the content to ensure compliance with OffSec’s copyright policies and agreements.…
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Researchers Find New Exploit Bypassing Patched NVIDIA Container Toolkit Vulnerability
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a bypass for a now-patched security vulnerability in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit that could be exploited to break out of a container’s isolation protections and gain complete access to the underlying host. The new vulnerability is being tracked as CVE-2025-23359 (CVSS score: 8.3). It affects the following versions – NVIDIA Container…
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Don’t use public ASP.NET keys (duh), Microsoft warns
Microsoft Threat Intelligence in December observed a “threat actor” using a publicly available ASP.NET machine key to inject malicious code and fetch the Godzilla post-exploitation framework, a “backdoor” web shell used by intruders to execute commands and manipulate files. The company then identified more than 3,000 publicly disclosed ASP.NET machine keys—i.e., keys that were disclosed in code…
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Microsoft Fixes Another Two Actively Exploited Zero-Days
February Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft fix four zero-days, including two under active exploitation
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Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday Fixes 63 Flaws, Including Two Under Active Exploitation
Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for 63 security flaws impacting its software products, including two vulnerabilities that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 63 vulnerabilities, three are rated Critical, 57 are rated Important, one is rated Moderate, and two are rated Low in severity. This is aside from the…
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UK monitoring group to classify cyber incidents on earthquake-like scale
A UK body backed by the cyber insurance industry is seeking to establish a framework to classify the severity of cyber incidents affecting UK organisations. The Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) — an independent nonprofit organisation launched last week — aims to create a standardised scale for measuring the impact of cyber incidents from one (least…
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Ivanti Patches Critical Flaws in Connect Secure and Policy Secure – Update Now
Ivanti has released security updates to address multiple security flaws impacting Connect Secure (ICS), Policy Secure (IPS), and Cloud Services Application (CSA) that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution. The list of vulnerabilities is below – CVE-2024-38657 (CVSS score: 9.1) – External control of a file name in Ivanti Connect Secure before version…
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2025 Edition
Microsoft today issued security updates to fix at least 56 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including two zero-day flaws that are being actively exploited. All supported Windows operating systems will receive an update this month for a buffer overflow vulnerability that carries the catchy name CVE-2025-21418. This patch should be a…
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February Patch Tuesday: CISOs should act now on two actively exploited Windows Server vulnerabilities
CISOs should make sure that two actively exploited vulnerabilities in Windows are addressed as part of their staff’s February Patch Tuesday efforts. They are: CVE 2025-21391, a Windows Storage escalation of privilege vulnerability that, if exploited, could allow an attacker to delete – but not read — targeted files on a system. While this wouldn’t…
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Microsoft fixes 63 vulnerabilities, including 2 zero-days
Microsoft patched 63 vulnerabilities affecting some of its underlying systems and core products, the company said in its latest security update Tuesday, including Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Windows CoreMessaging and Windows Storage. More than two-thirds of the vulnerabilities covered in the update are high-severity flaws on the CVSS scale. Vulnerabilities with high-severity base scores run…
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Microsoft February 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 4 zero-days, 55 flaws
Today is Microsoft’s February 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 55 flaws, including four zero-day vulnerabilities, with two actively exploited in attacks. […]
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Fortinet warns of new zero-day exploited to hijack firewalls
Fortinet warned today that attackers are exploiting another authentication bypass zero-day bug in FortiOS and FortiProxy to hijack Fortinet firewalls and breach enterprise networks. […]
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SonicWall firewall exploit lets hackers hijack VPN sessions, patch now
Security researchers at Bishop Fox have published complete exploitation details for the CVE-2024-53704 vulnerability that allows bypassing the authentication mechanism in certain versions of the SonicOS SSLVPN application. […]
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Over 12,000 KerioControl firewalls remain prone to RCE attack amid active exploits
Businesses around the globe have over 12,000 vulnerable instances of the GFI KerioControl application — a unified threat management (UTM) firewall software designed for small and mid-sized enterprises. The unpatched instances remained high weeks after the patches were issued for a critical RCE bug. Tracked as CVE-2024-52875, the vulnerability is an improper input sanitization error…
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Progress Software Patches High-Severity LoadMaster Flaws Affecting Multiple Versions
Progress Software has addressed multiple high-severity security flaws in its LoadMaster software that could be exploited by malicious actors to execute arbitrary system commands or download any file from the system. Kemp LoadMaster is a high-performance application delivery controller (ADC) and load balancer that provides availability, scalability, performance, and security for business-critical
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Apple issues emergency patches to contain an ‘extremely sophisticated attack’ on targeted individuals
Apple has rolled out emergency security patches after discovering that an “extremely sophisticated attack” exploited a flaw in its USB Restricted Mode, potentially targeting specific individuals. The company released updates for iOS and iPadOS to fix the vulnerability, which could allow attackers with physical access to disable security protections on locked devices. “A physical attack…
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Apple Mitigates “Extremely Sophisticated” Zero-Day Exploit
Apple has patched a zero-day vulnerability being exploited in targeted attacks
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Top 5 ways attackers use generative AI to exploit your systems
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the technology industry and this is equally true for the cybercrime ecosystem, as cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging generative AI to improve their tactics, techniques, and procedures and deliver faster, stronger, and sneakier attacks. But as with legitimate use of emerging AI tools, abuse of generative AI for nefarious ends isn’t so…
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Apple Patches Actively Exploited iOS Zero-Day CVE-2025-24200 in Emergency Update
Apple on Monday released out-of-band security updates to address a security flaw in iOS and iPadOS that it said has been exploited in the wild. Assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-24200, the vulnerability has been described as an authorization issue that could make it possible for a malicious actor to disable USB Restricted Mode on a…
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BeyondTrust Releases AI-powered True Privilege Graph to Expose How Attackers Exploit Hidden Paths to Privilege
COMPANY NEWS: Revolutionary technology redefines Identity Security by revealing previously undetectable Paths to Privilege attackers attempt to leverage Prioritised remediations enhance security across endpoints, servers, Cloud and SaaS environments, reducing alert fatigue and enabling organisations to strengthen their defenses before attacks occur
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Apple fixes iPhone and iPad bug used in an ‘extremely sophisticated attack’
Unknown attackers may have exploited a zero-day bug to access data on locked phones, according to Apple. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Apple fixes zero-day exploited in ‘extremely sophisticated’ attacks
Apple has released emergency security updates to patch a zero-day vulnerability that the company says was exploited in targeted and “extremely sophisticated” attacks. […]
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Australians Hit With One Cyber Attack Every Second in 2024
Australia saw a record surge in cyber attacks in 2024, with data breaches escalating. Experts warn of rising risks as hackers may exploit AI-driven tactics.
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BadIIS Malware Exploits IIS Servers for SEO Fraud
Trend Micro uncovers BadIIS malware exploiting IIS servers for SEO fraud and malicious redirects
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Hackers breach Microsoft IIS services using Cityworks RCE bug
Hackers are exploiting a high-severity remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Cityworks deployments — a GIS-centric asset and work order management software — to execute codes on a customers’ Microsoft web servers. In a coordinated advisory with the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Cityworks’ developer Trimble said that the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-0994…
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Zimbra Releases Security Updates for SQL Injection, Stored XSS, and SSRF Vulnerabilities
Zimbra has released software updates to address critical security flaws in its Collaboration software that, if successfully exploited, could result in information disclosure under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-25064, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. It has been described as an SQL injection bug in the ZimbraSync…
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Nearly 10% of employee gen AI prompts include sensitive data
Gen AI data leaks from employees are an enterprise nightmare in the making. According to a recent report on gen AI data leakage from Harmonic, 8.5% of employee prompts to popular LLMs included sensitive data, presenting security, compliance, privacy, and legal concerns. Harmonic, which analyzed tens of thousands of prompts to ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Claude,…
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XE Hacker Group Exploits VeraCore Zero-Day to Deploy Persistent Web Shells
Threat actors have been observed exploiting multiple security flaws in various software products, including Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX and Advantive VeraCore, to drop reverse shells and web shells, and maintain persistent remote access to compromised systems. The zero-day exploitation of security flaws in VeraCore has been attributed to a threat actor known as…
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DEF CON 32 – Exploiting Bluetooth From Your Car To The Bank Account
Authors/Presenters: Vladyslav Zubkov, Martin Str Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post DEF CON 32 – Exploiting Bluetooth From Your Car To The Bank…
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Hackers exploit Cityworks RCE bug to breach Microsoft IIS servers
Software vendor Trimble is warning that hackers are exploiting a Cityworks deserialization vulnerability to remotely execute commands on IIS servers and deploy Cobalt Strike beacons for initial network access. […]
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CISA Warns of Active Exploitation in Trimble Cityworks Vulnerability Leading to IIS RCE
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned that a security flaw impacting Trimble Cityworks GIS-centric asset management software has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-0994 (CVSS v4 score: 8.6), a deserialization of untrusted data bug that could permit an attacker to conduct remote code execution.…
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Cisco’s ISE bugs could allow root-level command execution
Cisco is warning enterprise admins of two critical flaws within its identity and management (IAM) solution, Identity Services Engine (ISE), that could allow attackers to obtain unauthorized privileges and run arbitrary commands on affected systems. Tracked as CVE-2025-20124 and CVE-2025-20125, the flaws have received a critical severity rating of CVSS 9.9 and 9.1 out of…
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Hackers Exploiting SimpleHelp RMM Flaws for Persistent Access and Ransomware
Threat actors have been observed exploiting recently disclosed security flaws in SimpleHelp’s Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software as a precursor for what appears to be a ransomware attack. The intrusion leveraged the now-patched vulnerabilities to gain initial access and maintain persistent remote access to an unspecified target network, cybersecurity company Field Effect said in…
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Spy vs spy: Security agencies help secure the network edge
The national intelligence services of five countries have offered enterprises advice on beating spies at their own game in a series of documents intended to help them protect network edge devices and appliances such as firewalls, routers, VPN (virtual private networks) gateways, internet of things (IoT) devices, internet-facing servers, and internet-facing OT (operational technology) systems…
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Malicious package found in the Go ecosystem
A malicious typosquat package has been found in the Go language ecosystem. The package, which contains a backdoor to enable remote code execution, was discovered by researchers at the application security company Socket. A February 3 Socket blog post states that the package impersonates the widely used Bolt database module. The BoltDB package is widely adopted in the Go ecosystem,…
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CISA Adds Four Vulnerabilities to Catalog for Federal Enterprise
CISA adds four new vulnerabilities to its catalog, urging agencies to remediate risks. Learn about the latest exploits and how they impact enterprise security.
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Ransomware payments dropped 35% in 2024
Ransomware payments saw a dramatic 35% drop last year compared to 2023, even as the overall frequency of ransomware attacks increased, according to a new report released by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. The considerable decline in extortion payments is somewhat surprising, given that other cybersecurity firms have claimed that 2024 saw the most ransomware activity…
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CISA orders agencies to patch Linux kernel bug exploited in attacks
CISA has ordered federal agencies to secure their systems within three weeks against a high-severity Linux kernel flaw actively exploited in attacks. […]
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AMD fixes bug that lets hackers load malicious microcode patches
AMD has released mitigation and firmware updates to address a high-severity vulnerability that can be exploited to load malicious CPU microcode on unpatched devices. […]
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CISA tags Microsoft .NET and Apache OFBiz bugs as exploited in attacks
The US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added four vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, urging federal agencies and large organizations to apply the available security updates as soon as possible. […]
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Infosec pros: We need CVSS, warts and all
A key pillar of a strong cybersecurity program is identifying vulnerabilities in the complex mix of software programs, packages, apps, and snippets driving all activities across an organization’s digital infrastructure. At the heart of spotting and fixing these flaws is the widely used Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), maintained by a nonprofit called the Forum…
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4 Ways to Mitigate the Human Factors of Cybersecurity
Before exploring how to mitigate the human factors in cybersecurity, it’s essential to understand what this term means. The human factors of cybersecurity refer to the actions or events where human error leads to a successful hack or data breach. While it might seem that hackers primarily target weak points within a system, they often…
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AsyncRAT Campaign Uses Python Payloads and TryCloudflare Tunnels for Stealth Attacks
A malware campaign has been observed delivering a remote access trojan (RAT) named AsyncRAT by making use of Python payloads and TryCloudflare tunnels. “AsyncRAT is a remote access trojan (RAT) that exploits the async/await pattern for efficient, asynchronous communication,” Forcepoint X-Labs researcher Jyotika Singh said in an analysis. “It allows attackers to control infected systems
Advanced Persistent Threats, Risk Management, Security Practices, Security Software, Exploits, Global Security News
Why honeypots deserve a spot in your cybersecurity arsenal
In cybersecurity, we spend a lot of time focusing on preventative controls — patching vulnerabilities, implementing secure configurations, and performing other “best practices” to mitigate risk to our organizations. These are great and necessary, but something must be said about getting an up close and personal look at real-world malicious activities and adversarial behavior. One…
Exploits, Global Security News
CISA Adds Four Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog, Urges Fixes by Feb 25
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added four security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2024-45195 (CVSS score: 7.5/9.8) – A forced browsing vulnerability in Apache OFBiz that allows a remote attacker to…
Exploits, Global Security News, Remote Access Security, Storage Security, Supply Chain
Abandoned AWS S3 buckets open door to remote code execution and supply-chain compromises
Code references to nonexistent cloud assets continue to pose significant security risks, and the problem is only growing. Recent research identified approximately 150 AWS S3 storage buckets once used by various software projects to host sensitive scripts, configuration files, software updates, and other binary artifacts that were automatically downloaded and executed on user machines. Because…
Exploits, Global Security News, Hardware, Security
Zyxel won’t patch newly exploited flaws in end-of-life routers
Zyxel has issued a security advisory about actively exploited flaws in CPE Series devices, warning that it has no plans to issue fixing patches and urging users to move to actively supported models. […]
Data Breaches, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Exploits, FISMA, Global Security News, Government, OPM breach, Policy, Threats, Treasury Department
Cybersecurity, government experts are aghast at security failures in DOGE takeover
As the world’s richest man and his team from the Department of Government Efficiency continue their quest to dismantle federal agencies, cybersecurity experts, good government experts and Democrats are increasingly expressing outrage and alarm, in some cases likening the actions to an ongoing data breach. Elon Musk and employees from DOGE — which is, legally,…
Android, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Mobile, Qualcomm, vulnerabilities
Android security update includes patch for actively exploited vulnerability
Google has addressed a total of 47 security vulnerabilities in its February update for the Android operating system, highlighted by the patching of a critical flaw that has reportedly been under active exploitation. The primary focus of the security update is CVE-2024-53104, a high-severity vulnerability affecting the USB Video Class (UVC) driver in the Linux…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
7-Zip MotW bypass exploited in zero-day attacks against Ukraine
A 7-Zip vulnerability allowing attackers to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) Windows security feature was exploited by Russian hackers as a zero-day since September 2024. […]
Exploits, Global Security News
Russian Cybercrime Groups Exploiting 7-Zip Flaw to Bypass Windows MotW Protections
A recently patched security vulnerability in the 7-Zip archiver tool was exploited in the wild to deliver the SmokeLoader malware. The flaw, CVE-2025-0411 (CVSS score: 7.0), allows remote attackers to circumvent mark-of-the-web (MotW) protections and execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. It was addressed by 7-Zip in November 2024 with version…
Amazon Web Services (AWS), cloud computing, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Exploits, Global Security News, open source, Research, S3 bucket, SSL, VPN gateway, watchTowr Labs
Here’s all the ways an abandoned cloud instance can cause security issues
There is a line of thought among the public that “the internet is forever.” A security company published research Tuesday that showed why “forever” can be a security nightmare. Over the course of four months, cybersecurity researchers at watchTowr monitored and ultimately took control of what they referred to as “abandoned” digital infrastructure, focusing on…
Exploits, Global Security News, Government IT, Security, Security Practices
Musk’s DOGE effort could spread malware, expose US systems to threat actors
Over the past 10 days, an astonishing series of actions by Elon Musk via his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project has elevated the cybersecurity risk of some of the most sensitive computing systems in the US government. Musk and his team of young, inexperienced engineers — at least one of whom is not…
Exploits, Global Security News
Google Patches 47 Android Security Flaws, Including Actively Exploited CVE-2024-53104
Google has shipped patches to address 47 security flaws in its Android operating system, including one it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-53104 (CVSS score: 7.8), which has been described as a case of privilege escalation in a kernel component known as the USB Video Class…
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Canadian Man Stole $65 Million in Crypto in Two Platform Hacks, DOJ Says
A 22-year-old Canadian man is indicted by the U.S. DOJ for using borrowed cryptocurrency and exploiting vulnerabilities on the KyberSwap and Indexed Finance DeFi platforms to steal $65 million in digital assets in two schemes between 2021 and 2023. The post Canadian Man Stole $65 Million in Crypto in Two Platform Hacks, DOJ Says appeared…
Exploits, Global Security News
Microsoft SharePoint Connector Flaw Could’ve Enabled Credential Theft Across Power Platform
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability impacting the Microsoft SharePoint connector on Power Platform that, if successfully exploited, could allow threat actors to harvest a user’s credentials and stage follow-on attacks. This could manifest in the form of post-exploitation actions that allow the attacker to send requests to the SharePoint API on…
Exploits, Global Security News, Google, Security
Google fixes Android kernel zero-day exploited in attacks
The January 2025 Android security updates patch 48 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day kernel vulnerability tagged as exploited in the wild. […]
CryptoCurrency, Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Canadian charged with stealing $65 million using DeFI crypto exploits
The U.S. Justice Department has charged a Canadian man with stealing roughly $65 million after exploiting two decentralized finance (DeFI) protocols. […]
Exploits, Global Security News
768 CVEs Exploited in the Wild in 2024
VulnCheck observed 768 public reports of CVEs exploited in the wild for the first time in 2024, a 20% rise compared to 2023
Exploits, Global Security News
768 CVEs Exploited in 2024, Reflecting a 20% Increase from 639 in 2023
As many as 768 vulnerabilities with designated CVE identifiers were reported as exploited in the wild in 2024, up from 639 CVEs in 2023, registering a 20% increase year-over-year. Describing 2024 as “another banner year for threat actors targeting the exploitation of vulnerabilities,” VulnCheck said 23.6% of known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV) were known to be…
Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, intezer, Research, Solis Security, Threats, VeraCore, XE Group, zero days
From credit card fraud to zero-day exploits: Xe Group expanding cybercriminal efforts
A cybercriminal organization that has been operating for over a decade has moved from credit-card skimming to exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities, according to a joint investigation by cybersecurity firms Solis Security and Intezer. The group, tracked as XE Group, now poses heightened risks to global supply chains, particularly in manufacturing and distribution sectors, by leveraging stealthier…